Project Office Coordinator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 30
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This Project Office Coordinator role supports the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling, and closure of projects within the digital teams. The post holder will work with Project Managers, providing guidance and support to various stakeholders. They will also manage specific projects and support performance improvement, ensuring deliverables meet quality, time, and cost constraints. The role involves administrative support to senior IM&T leads.
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of supporting multiple projects.
- Experience of identifying roadblocks to successful project delivery.
- Experience of escalating project risks effectively.
- Experience of reporting on project delivery schedules.
- First degree or equivalent experience plus further training and experience to diploma level equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Project Management Qualification.
- Experience of supporting the development of standard activities.
- Experience of supporting the delivery of the deployment of standard processes.
- Experience of devising and maintaining standard templates to record and measure deployment activities.
- Experience in identifying process gaps and devising methods to close those gaps.
- Experience of delivering training.
- Experience of building networks of associates in different functions.
- Experience of supporting planning activities for organisation-wide change activities.
- Experience of successful support to a projects implementation and delivery.
- Experience of successful project management and delivery.
- Skills and Knowledge
- Knowledge and experience of supporting multiple projects.
- Experience of identifying roadblocks to successful project delivery.
- Experience of escalating project risks effectively.
- Experience of reporting on project delivery schedules.
- First degree or equivalent experience plus further training and experience to diploma level equivalent.
- Project Management Qualification.
- Experience of supporting the development of standard activities.
- Experience of supporting the delivery of the deployment of standard processes.
- Experience of devising and maintaining standard templates to record and measure deployment activities.
- Experience in identifying process gaps and devising methods to close those gaps.
- Experience of delivering training.
- Experience of building networks of associates in different functions.
- Experience of supporting planning activities for organisation-wide change activities.
- Experience of successful support to a projects implementation and delivery.
- Experience of successful project management and delivery.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Project Office Coordinator
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
NHS Band 5 Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata per annum (actual salary £25,658 - £31,234 per annum)
Hours per Week:Part Time 30 hrs
Contract Type: Temporary for 12 months
Location Base:Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY OR St Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG
Main duties of the job
The project Co-ordinator role will have a portfolio of projects for which they will work with supervision or alongside various Project Managers to support the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project.
A project coordinator may be tasked, under supervision, with the direct responsibility for implementation of part of a more complex project or programme of work.
About us
Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing st
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