Project Officer (Fixed term or secondment until 28 June 2024)

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Project Officer (Fixed Term or Secondment until 28 June 2024) 37.5 hours Salary £31,099 - £35,411 per annumCounty Hall, DorchesterWhat’s In It For YouDorset Integrated Care system are seeking a Project Officer for an exciting new work stream.The role will support the delivery of the national Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training (OMMT) across the Dorset Integrated Care System (ICS).We are looking for a dynamic individual with demonstrable experience of supporting complex projects to tight deadlines, who is also comfortable working with financial information, have some understanding of training or educational provision and be able to work collaboratively across organisations to support the delivery of workable s o lutions. Whilst needing to have a strategic perspective, this is also a hands-on role, and you’ll need to be comfortable working with detail and helping develop and then support the implementation of processes and training arrangements.This is a fantastic opportunity to be supporting this interesting and worthwhile project, establishing new training arrangements which will make a direct contribution to improved patient/client/service user care.What You Can Expect To Be DoingThe OMMT Project Officer will work across the Dorset ICS footprint, supporting the full roll out of the OMMT programme, supporting providers to deliver this training to all of their staff within the required time frame.Given the breadth and scope of the role that the post holder will work as an integral member of the wider system team ensuring the OMMT is integrated into the wider work around the Learning Disability and Autism portfolio, ensuring that this cuts across all service areas and providers. They will work collaboratively with various provider organisation training leads to develop a strategy for OMMT rollout within ICS.The post holder will be provide support for the day-to-day management of the programme; starting up, implementing and delivery, supporting, facilitating, monitoring progress and evaluating the project. This will support a variety of work streams to ensure that the project is delivered to agreed expectations, on time and within budget.As the OMMT process is in its early stages, the postholder will be key to support the designing, implementing, delivering, and monitoring this extensive programme, which will impact every member of staff within the ICS footprint. They will also be required to support the review and implementation of immediate improvements that are identified whilst supporting longer term training requirements for the IICS, including any processes and subsequent projects that are developed as a result.This post would be hosted by Dorset Council in an established programme management team on behalf of Dorset Integrated Care Board. The role would have a matrix management approach to line management and supervision from across system partners.Location: home or remote working, with the ability to attend local office or meetings within the county via a hybrid approach as required.12 month fixed term contract or secondment (subject to current employer consent)For further information about this job, please contact Laura.white@nhsdorset.nhs.ukDorset Council: A great place to workWe’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.At Dorset Council We

• provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
• have ambitious aspirations
• are excited about our future
• care about Dorset and all the people who live here
• know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You Will

• have access to a range of employee benefits
• be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
• have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone.We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.  We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours . We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn .This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.This post requires you to have access to sensitive information. It will be subject to a Basic Criminal Records Check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders .This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.We cannot accept CVs in the place of an application form as we need the same range of information from all our candidates.