Project Manager Level 1 (Integrated Equity and Inclusion)

NHS

Project Manager Level 1 (Integrated Equity and Inclusion)

£39186

NHS, City Centre, Manchester

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 15 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: c59c4591ebd0491b878e985aa0336b10

Full Job Description

The Equity and Inclusion Project Manager is a new role within the integrated Inclusion and Engagement Team hosted by Manchester City Council's Public Health Department but working across the wider Manchester Integrated Care Partnership. It provides an exciting opportunity to progress our work to address the health equity gaps experienced by many communities in the city.

Manchester has been at the forefront of championing equality and diversity for decades; we have had a long-term commitment to equality and making services, facilities and opportunities fair and inclusive. The development of the integrated Inclusion and Engagement team provides a significant opportunity to bring together resources and support the delivery of system-wide change.

You will provide project and programme management support to the integrated team,
developing comprehensive information tools to track progress across complex systems. You will work across the Manchester locality, providing expert advice to stakeholders across health and care organisations, including the NHS and wider public and community services, leading on a number of strategy and policy projects to address health inequalities.

A key part of your role will involve providing expertise and guidance in relation to equalities work and the implications of legislation, policy and practice on Council and NHS GM (Manchester) decisions and actions.

You will also promote equality and inclusion in Manchester by embedding this into NHS GM (Manchester) and Council-wide activity and service delivery and via wide-ranging initiatives including work with internal and external partnerships. Close work with primary and secondary care organisations in the city will be an essential part of the role.
Using best practice and evidence to develop and deliver new and existing initiatives to support NHS GM (Manchester) and the Council's equality objectives, you will provide expertise for health equality and inclusion matters. This will ensure that advancing equality and addressing inequalities is integral to the delivery of the city's 'Our Manchester' strategy, equality objectives and other relevant strategies

You will be a health inequalities expert, providing project management support within the integrated equalities and inclusion team to enable the delivery of service and organisational objectives., As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

  • Members of the Armed Forces and veterans

  • Are currently in care, or have previously been in care

  • If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition


  • Accessibility

    As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide support for employees with physical or mental-health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity. Our workplaces are accessible by design, and we make workplace adjustments including providing aids, adaptations and equipment. These, combined with our flexible working policies such as disability-related leave, enable our employees to perform their role, thrive and be their authentic selves in work.

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    When you join us

    We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we'll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.

    We are looking for someone with demonstrable experience of monitoring project plans and of supporting others with project management tasks, keeping track of timescales, budgets, outputs and outcomes.
    You will have a good level of knowledge and a clear understanding of relevant equalities, human rights legislation and policy, as applied to health and care services as well as regulatory issues and trends relevant to equalities in local government and the communities of Manchester.
    You will have knowledge and experience of health and care services, including primary care as well as experience of working in a role or on projects focused on equality and inclusion.

    We're the local government authority for , and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We're proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.

    When you join us, you're joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you'll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.

    To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five 'behaviours' - the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:
  • We take time to listen and understand

  • We work together and trust each other

  • We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly

  • We 'own it' and we're not afraid to try new things

  • We're proud and passionate about Manchester


  • A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.

    Creating an inclusive team at Manchester City Council

    At Manchester City Council, we strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Council. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly encourage applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics.