Project Manager

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Job Description:
Project Manager
Hybrid- with weekly travel to Bupa Place, M50 3SP
Permanent - full time
Salary: competitive depending on experience
37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday

We make health happen.

Working in our support functions you'll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards patient care. No matter your role, you'll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.

Role Overview

To define, lead and manage the delivery of projects for Health Services, working cross functionally,
ensuring all deadlines are met and projects are successfully implemented.
This may encompass all stages of the project life cycle including investigation, analysis of business
requirements, identification of solutions, implementation and post-implementation review.

You'll help us make health happen by:

* Managing projects using a recognised, sound development approach to ensure that
objectives are met within timescales and budget.
* Identifying the scope of a project and defining work streams and their deliverables
setting challenging but realistic timescales for delivery and building an overall project plan.
* For each project, identifying and managing the risk, impact and dependencies (including communication and training).
* Reporting progress to the business sponsor and other interested parties, ensuring that
issues are raised and dealt with.
* Acting as a subject matter expert on behalf of the business using market and
business knowledge effectively to shape and influence solution design.
* Managing, as appropriate, the implementation of the revised processes in a manner
which involves all areas of the business and ensures their commitment to them and then to provide post-implementation support.
* Challenging the direction and scope of projects, identifying and encouraging radical
opportunities and assisting in developing ideas, solutions and resolutions, ensuring that all projects remain aligned to business priorities

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
* Education to degree level or equivalent
* Excellent interpersonal skills; supportive and approachable, with the ability to manage
and motivate others by encouraging participation and ownership.
* Excellent Microsoft Office skills i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and particularly MS Project.
* Highly motivated team player, with ability to work on own initiative. A self-starter with
enthusiasm and drive.
* Excellent verbal and written communication at all levels. Asks questions to
understand others' views and always consults affected parties.
* Embraces new ways of working and is open minded about the way forward.
* Flexible attitude to change well versed in the principles of change management with
ability to coach others through the process of change.
* Committed to meeting deadlines and achieving deliverables, putting BUPA's interests
first.
* Able to take a non-directive approach to problems, work with teams to provide
processes to enable others to reach their own solutions.
* Able to work through ambiguity and navigate complex situations to deliver clear and
practical solutions.
* Builds and maintains credible relationships, instils confidence and trust in colleagues
by demonstrating a sound understanding of Bupa
* Ability to influence and persuade, through highlighting common benefits and
negotiating with relevant parties to achieve results.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

* Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
* An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
* Annual Health Services Bonus Scheme
* Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
* Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

At Bupa we strive to ensure all our of customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately

Time Type:Full time
Job Area:Strategy, Change & Transformation
Locations:Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House