Project Manager – Permanent - Outreach

Are you an experienced project manager with national engagement expertise? If so, you could help improve patient care through strategic delivery of key projects to support good, safe patient care.

The GMC helps to protect patients and improve medical education and practice in the UK by setting standards for doctors, physician associates (PAs), anaesthesia associates (AAs). We support them in achieving (and exceeding) those standards, working directly with them and their educators and employers, and take action when they are not met.

The role is based within our Outreach team, which collaborates and engages with a range of stakeholders. You’ll have experience of communicating with a diverse range of audiences both face to face and virtually, and you’ll have outstanding relationship management skills at senior level. We’ll provide you with all the training you need about the health sector to be successful in this role.

Summary of the role and background

Applicants will be expected to work in the Manchester or London office on average one day per week, there is an opportunity to attend more regularly if preferred with the expectation to come into the office more often during the induction period, or to suit the needs of the project. There may be occasional travel required to other GMC offices.

You can find more detail on the tasks you will undertake and the essential skills required, in the job pack attached to the vacancy.

GMC Benefits – Why work for us

You’ll benefit from being part of an organisation that is genuinely committed to its people with several excellent benefits including:

• 30 days holiday with the option to buy and sell more
• A generous employer pension contribution of 15%
• Access to a range of learning and development opportunities designed to support your ongoing progression
• Flexible working patterns
• Attractive salary that’s reviewed annually
• Discounts at 100s of high street and online stores
• Discounted gym membership
• Private medical insurance
• Employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme for those wanting a greener commute
• Bike lockers and shower facilities
• We are happy to consider a range of flexible working options. Flexible working requests will be considered in line with the policy.

Candidate Pool

We often look to create a pool of appointable Project Manager talent so that we can recruit to future roles quickly to meet the GMC's policy business needs. If you meet the standard for the appointment, but you are not offered a role in the first instance, you will join the project manager pool for 6 months. If further roles from across directorates become available, we will use the appointable pool from this campaign if applicable. 

The GMC values diversity and has made a public commitment to processes and procedures that are fair, objective, transparent and free from discrimination.

We are also committed to the Disability Confident employer scheme and support the requirements of the Disability Confident interview scheme. If you have a disability and meet the cut-off mark for the essential criteria for this role as outlined in the person specification document, you will be offered an interview.

The GMC is a charity registered in England and Wales (1089278) and Scotland (SC037750)