Job Description

Are you ready to be part of a team leading large scale workforce change in one of the UK's most dynamic and collaborative healthcare environments?



Hosted by Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, the People Scaling Team are seeking a skilled Project Manager with an open and mindset to work collaboratively with Surrey and South East Regional organisations providing NHS services.



The Project Manager will need to be adaptive to various project management techniques and have a future-thinking mindset in regards to the use of project tools, including automations and AI.



Are you a highly organised and proactive individual who is excited by the prospect of a new challenge?



We might be looking for you!

In this role you will:

Manage complex, multi-stakeholder projects with significant organisational and system-wide implications, requiring strong leadership, decision-making, and relationship management skills.

Have end-to-end responsibility for project lifecycle management, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring alignment with strategic workforce objectives.

Operate as a delivery enabler to others providing expertise, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring programme/project success through collaboration, innovation, and robust governance processes.



Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.



We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.



The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.



Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than 45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.



Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.



A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo



The Project Manager will provide project management and programme/portfolio support for Surrey Heartlands' People Scaling Team.



The Project Manager will manage complex, multi-stakeholder projects with significant organisational and system-wide implications, requiring strong leadership, decision-making, and relationship management skills. They will have end-to-end responsibility for project lifecycle management, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring alignment with strategic workforce objectives. They will operate as a delivery enabler to others providing expertise, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring programme/project success through collaboration, innovation, and robust governance processes.



This role requires a proactive, organised individual who can manage competing priorities and work independently, ensuring the timely delivery of projects, aligned to the wider People Scaling Strategy and Portfolio. The successful candidate will be a key contributor to the department's success, ensuring effective communication and seamless coordination.



They will also support programme managers with foundation and discovery work and support the senior team with the management of the People Scaling Board. The post holder will also be responsible for establishing and enabling networks and working groups with key stakeholders, taking both a cultural/professional development and outcomes-based approach.