Project Manager New

Project Manager - eHealth

12 month Contract

€500-€600 per day

Purpose of the role:

The senior eHealth Project Manager will work within our clients eHealth Programme Delivery Team.

Overview of role:

• Manage the planning and delivery of complex and/or large eHealth projects ensuring the correct governance is in place and lessons learned from previous projects are incorporated.
• Track project deliverables using the appropriate tools and techniques whilst taking responsibility for the quality assurance process of all deliverables against pre-defined product definitions and acceptance criteria, in line with the Project’s Quality Plans.
• Manage the Project's budget controlling the expenditures within tolerance and monitoring the costs against project deliverables.
• Liaise with the relevant Business Sponsor to facilitate the definition of the project scope, goals and deliverables and develop business case details to enable selection of options where appropriate.
• Develop and implement project management plans to ensure the success of the project while balancing and prioritising competing demands.
• Create and maintain communication strategies to in order to ensure effective and timely Communication with all stakeholders.
• Commitment to continuous professional development including completion of relevant internal training programmes available through our Centre for Learning & Development Prospectus.
• Manage effective teams and relationships with stakeholders.
• Lead project teams ensuring provision of direction and support to appointed staff to ensure project outcomes are achieved.
• Manage the risk, quality and progress of ICT projects to organisational standards, and ensure projects are completed on time, on budget, to quality standards, and within agreed scope.
• Promote a culture of dignity, respect and fairness and seek to eliminate all forms of discrimination
• Making decisions in relation to service delivery on a daily basis.
• Budget preparation and management of same.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other departments and directorates.
• Continuously monitoring existing procedures to ensure they comply with best practice and the development of new/improved procedures where appropriate.
• Use all technology and equipment assigned and complete all essential training successfully
• To undertake any other duties of a similar level and responsibilities as may be required from time to time.
• Completion of relevant training and availing of supports in the Leadership Academy including coaching, mentoring and leadership development as applicable.
• Line management of the assigned eHealth Project Support Officer where applicable.

Qualifications & Experience required

Must have:

• Degree in relevant field
• Project management and delivery experience
• Practical and demonstrable experience of use of ICT systems / packages
• Fluent command and understanding of the English language to include spoken and written word.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Project Management Qualification

Desirable:

• Masters in a relevant field
• Experience in the Health Sector environment, pharmacy in particular.
• Supervisory / Management experience