Project Manager (Sponsorship Available) – Livewell Southwest

Employer: Livewell Southwest
Job Title: Project Manager
Location: United Kingdom
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
Job Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 04 May 2026

Job Summary

• Band 7 Project Manager
• People Digital Transformation Programme Livewell Southwest
• FTC 37.5 hours per week Hybrid working

Livewell Southwest is seeking an experienced & motivated Band 7 Project Manager to support delivery of key initiatives, including the People Digital Transformation Programme, a key enabling programme within the organisations wider transformation portfolio.

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a complex, multi-provider digital transformation, supporting modernisation of workforce systems & processes that underpin recruitment, onboarding, workforce change, learning management systems, payroll assurance & data driven decision making.

The post holder will work within the Programme Management Office (PMO), reporting to the PMO Lead, & will work closely with the Programme Manager, Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) & a wide range of operational, corporate, digital & clinical stakeholders.

The primary focus of the role is to support Livewell Southwests readiness & delivery activities for the People Digital Programme, working across multiple interdependent projects.

This includes:

• Ensuring local process readiness
• Managing risks & dependencies
• Supporting testing & acceptance activity
• Enabling safe & effective go lives through strong governance & stakeholder engagement

The role will also contribute to the design, tracking & realisation of benefits, ensuring digital change delivers measurable & sustained improvements for staff & the organisation.

Main Duties of the Job

Key Responsibilities

• Support delivery of digital and workforce transformation projects
• Work with programme and project leads to define scope, milestones, risks, dependencies and benefits
• Coordinate local readiness activities including testing, process validation and golive decision making
• Maintain effective governance, producing core project documentation and reporting in line with PMO standards
• Support benefits identification, baselining and realisation tracking
• Work with HR, Payroll, ESR, Finance, Digital, BI & operational teams to ensure safe implementation

Project Management Support

• Provide project management guidance & support
• Build effective relationships with senior leaders & operational managers to support change adoption

About Livewell Southwest

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values, kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees’ development, offering:

• Protected CPD time
• Training pathways
• Leadership programs
• Funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships
• Induction and preceptorship programs

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Job Description – Job Responsibilities

Analytical and Judgemental Skills

• To provide challenge and scrutiny projects to ensure agreed outputs and capability will be delivered to support wider programme outcomes
• To support the analysis and interpretation of sensitive and complex information and data and escalate issues/findings where required in order to ensure that appropriate action is taken that fits with the strategic aims and ensures the achievement of performance targets
• To be able to direct others to complete relevant analysis to support decision making with the support of the Programme Manager
• To be able to understand and communicate information and facilitate others understanding of it
• To be able to understand and communicate performance and financial information to help third parties understand the interdependencies

Planning and Organisational Skills

• To plan and prioritise work delegated by the PMO
• To be able to manage competing and changing priorities to ensure programme outcomes are achieved with the support of the Programme Manager
• To identify and plan own professional development needs
• Experience of cost/benefit analysis of expenditure and management of budgets with support from relevant people (either within or outside of the PMO)
• To support the development of the programme environment for corporate projects and ensure there are robust systems and processes for the development, tracking and reporting of projects
• To identify and, assess and plan for risk and opportunities within programmes and projects with the support of the Programme Manager
• To support, advise and plan for delivery of change initiatives within operations or organisation wide
• To ensure compliance with the established governance, producing highlight and exception reports as required
• To work to agreed project timelines, ensuring that all objectives are met
• To support the application of project management and improvement methodologies within work-streams
• To act as a champion for continuous improvement, encouraging a progressive approach to the use of project management and improvement methodologies
• To undertake training to support continuous improvement and lean skills development
• To support the PMO Lead and Programme Managers in the presentation of projects and programmes of work at the programme Board

Policy and Service Development Implementation

• To work with the Senior Leaders in the organisation to identify and understand corporate project opportunities
• To contribute to and ensure compliance with best practice project management
• Support the making recommendations to decision makers
• Ability to present complex ideas and concepts to a range of stakeholders
• Experience of developing and implementing policies would have an impact on other areas within the organisation

Financial

• To work with finance and information colleagues to create a performance management framework that enables continuous improvement to achieve best practice (in line with the projects/programmes of work)
• Ability to work with finance colleagues to test financial assumptions at all stages of programme delivery
• Support the development of options appraisals and making recommendations
• Budget holder for department
• Develop cost/benefit analysis with the support of Finance colleagues
• Support the analysis of a range of financial data and making recommendations in regard to improving financial position

Human Resources / Development

• To coach others in project management methodologies to support the delivery of a project
• To support the coaching operational and clinical managers to embed best practice project management and change management techniques
• Would have day to day line management responsibilities for a department of staff which would include managing any performance issues and allocating of work

Information Resources

• To work with the Performance and Information team to develop Programme dashboards that evidence delivery of the Programme objectives
• To work with the Performance and Information team to undertake complex activity and financial analysis to support option appraisal and assurance of projects

Research and Development

• To apply best practice project, change and workforce management to the PMO corporate projects programme
• To review emerging research, evidence based reviews and benchmarking to support the implementation of new projects which align to LSW strategic aims
• To maintain own knowledge of best practice and the current evidence base for practice

Professional Duties

• Carry out any other reasonable duties commensurate with the role and delegated or requested by the PMO Lead or Programme Manager as the needs of the PMO and LSW require
• The job description and the person specification may be reviewed on an on-going basis in accordance with the changing needs of the PMO
• To undertake further personal development and training as required to meet the person specification

Procurement / Contractual

• To support business case or bid submissions for new contracts using subject matter experts to support the content
• To support bids, procurement processes and governance in support of tenders for the benefit of LSW and strategic partners

Communications and Relationships

• To foster effective and supportive relationships with operational teams and external stakeholder to enable delivery of agreed outcomes
• To develop strong and supportive working relationships with operational and corporate teams
• To be able to work with multi-disciplinary teams from across Livewell Southwest (LSW) to deliver agreed outcomes
• To represent the PMO with external stakeholders as required
• To participate in Executive led Steering Groups and liaising with Executives as necessary to deliver objectives
• To support the development of large-scale improvement/change projects
• To be credible and foster effective and supportive relationships with senior leaders
• To promote, negotiate and facilitate change and resolve conflict with senior colleagues
• To work with and empower multi-disciplinary teams
• To translate complex information into coherent plans
• To deal with conflict and remain calm to resolve difficult issues

Person Specification

Additional Requirements (Essential)

• Must be able to concentrate at a VDU for long periods
• Ability to concentrate on reports and paper work and manage unexpected interruptions

Skills (Essential)

• Excellent communication and relationship skills and the ability to establish and maintain relationships, negotiate, motivate and persuade others
• Ability to empathise, communicate unpleasant news sensitively and provide counselling and reassurance
• Facilitate good working relationships across LSW and wider health and social care community
• Manage and navigate through ambiguity
• Experience of building good working relationships with stakeholders
• Flexible communication approaches tailored to audience
• Ability to analyse complex data
• Ability to communicate complex information effectively
• Ability to manage conflict
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams
• Computer literate with strong information systems knowledge
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Qualifications (Essential)

• Educated to post graduate level or significant, relevant and demonstratable experience working at a senior level
• Project management qualifications or equivalent experience

Knowledge (Essential)

• Project management experience in public or private sector
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies
• Financial management understanding for project expenditure
• Knowledge of risk management
• Understanding of health and social care services
• Experience delivering projects on time and within budget
• Awareness of Livewell Southwest strategy and sector challenges

Experience (Essential)

• Managing projects from definition to delivery
• Presenting to varied audiences
• Developing option appraisals
• Cost/benefit analysis and budget management
• Financial data analysis and recommendations

Additional Information

• Subject to Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975
• DBS check required

Sponsorship Information

Applications from candidates requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

• Criminal record certificates required for countries lived in for 12+ months in past 10 years
• Applies to adult dependants over 18

How to Apply

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