Digital Portfolio Discovery Manager, Belfast

Digital Portfolio Discovery Manager
Location: DHCNI
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Pay Rate: £37.11 per hour

JOB SUMMARY

Digital Health and Care Northern Ireland (DHCNI) sets the vision and strategy for Digital Transformation in Health and Social Care, directs and oversees the central budget for Digital investments and works in partnership with, and commissions projects and services from, the Business Services Organisation and other HSC organisations as appropriate. As part of the DHCNI Enterprise Portfolio Management (EPMO) Team, the postholder will be responsible for contributing to the planning and commissioning of the regional Digital Portfolio. This will include ongoing consultation with a wide range of HSC stakeholders in order to define and manage strategic Digital priorities and requirements within the Digital budget constraints. The post-holder will coordinate and lead on the development of a portfolio of strategic digital projects including the production of Discovery Reports, mandates and Strategic Outline Cases. As a member of the DHCNI EPMO Team the postholder will share corporate responsibility for achievement of team objectives, and be committed to multi-disciplinary working in driving forward a culture of change, innovation, development and modernisation. The postholder will ensure that the focus of regional digital system initiatives are to support the delivery of high quality, timely and efficient care to patients and clients of HSCNI.

Key Duties / Responsibilities

The successful applicant will be required to undertake the following duties and responsibilities: Professional Leadership 1. Contribute to the strategic planning process for the development and improvement of services through the use of digital and information and communication technology in partnership with key stakeholders. 2. Contribute to the development of a HSC Digital Strategy and Digital Portfolio covering a wide range of clinical and non-clinical systems. 3. Take lead responsibility for the definition and development of projects to Start-up in line with strategic service priorities, including the preparation of Discovery Reports, programme and project mandates and business cases as required. Delivering the service 4. Provide specialist expert advice regarding the technologies and systems available to meet stakeholder's requirements. 5. Take led responsibility for developing business analysis processes as a means of identifying and clarifying stakeholder's Digital/ICT requirements, the expected benefits and advising on the design of any potential ICT solution. 6. Identify and engage with relevant stakeholders and third-parties to clarify expected timescales, resources, costs, sources of funding and any risks with proposed programmes or projects. 7. Ensure the appropriate documentation and related business standards are in place to support the commission of projects from Trusts, BSO or external organisations. 8. Mange the dependencies and interfaces between projects, adjusting plans to optimise benefit realisation or to address emerging priorities. 9. Manage a communications strategy informing stakeholders of progress and issues within projects. 10. Liaise with the DHCNI Finance Lead with regards to financial control of proposed programmes or projects. 11. Ensure that projects are reviewed, lessons learned are identified and recommendations for improvement are implemented.

Essential Criteria

Key Duties / Responsibilities

The successful applicant will be required to undertake the following duties and responsibilities: Professional Leadership 1. Contribute to the strategic planning process for the development and improvement of services through the use of digital and information and communication technology in partnership with key stakeholders. 2. Contribute to the development of a HSC Digital Strategy and Digital Portfolio covering a wide range of clinical and non-clinical systems. 3. Take lead responsibility for the definition and development of projects to Start-up in line with strategic service priorities, including the preparation of Discovery Reports, programme and project mandates and business cases as required. Delivering the service 4. Provide specialist expert advice regarding the technologies and systems available to meet stakeholder's requirements. 5. Take led responsibility for developing business analysis processes as a means of identifying and clarifying stakeholder's Digital/ICT requirements, the expected benefits and advising on the design of any potential ICT solution. 6. Identify and engage with relevant stakeholders and third-parties to clarify expected timescales, resources, costs, sources of funding and any risks with proposed programmes or projects. 7. Ensure the appropriate documentation and related business standards are in place to support the commission of projects from Trusts, BSO or external organisations. 8. Mange the dependencies and interfaces between projects, adjusting plans to optimise benefit realisation or to address emerging priorities. 9. Manage a communications strategy informing stakeholders of progress and issues within projects. 10. Liaise with the DHCNI Finance Lead with regards to financial control of proposed programmes or projects. 11. Ensure that projects are reviewed, lessons learned are identified and recommendations for improvement are implemented.

If you are interested and available for this position, please upload your CV to the link or contact Stephanie Wilson at [email protected]

To be shortlisted for this role all applicants MUST meet the essential criteria. Please note that these roles may be filled quickly but your CV will be kept on file for future similar roles. As there are so many applications, unsuccessful candidates may not be contacted.

Successful candidates may need to apply for an Access NI Certificate with Staffline regardless if you already have a valid certificate. It will be a cost of between £16-£32 depending on clearance level.