Project Manager (Maritime)

Iqarus has a proud history, extending over 40 years, of delivering fully-integrated healthcare solutions in complex and demanding operating environments. We operate across the medical spectrum from primary care and occupational health, to advanced pre-hospital trauma care, through to full scale laboratory, radiological, diagnostic and surgical capabilities. Our approach projects the highest standards of clinical care into the environments in which we operate, through a combination of local knowledge, multinational medical staff, integrated global clinical governance, training and medical supply. Our highly-skilled operational teams deliverfrontline and preventative services to mitigate health risk and help organisations keep their workforces safe, healthy, resilient and productive.By increasing the quality, simplicity and efficiency of health delivery we enhance our clients’ return on investment in health and in many instances, help elevate social and/or humanitarian objectives too. Our clients include multinationals and SMEs, governments, non-governmental organisations, supra-nationals, and non-governmental organisations. 

Duties and responsibilities:

• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the execution of the project deliverables.
• Ensure that the project is delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Ensure resource availability and allocation.
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques.
• Measure performance using appropriate project management tools and techniques.
• Meeting with project team members to identify and resolve issues.
• Report and escalate issues, concerns and positive outcomes to management as needed.
• Manage the relationship with the client on site and relevant stakeholders.
• Perform risk management to minimize potential risks, using appropriate risk management tracking tools.
• Establish and maintain relationships with any third parties/vendors.
• Meet with clients to provide detailed briefs and clarify specific requirements for the project.
• Delegate project tasks based on junior staff members' individual strengths, skill sets, and experience levels.
• Track project performance, specifically to analyse the successful completion of short and long-term goals.
• Meet budgetary objectives and make adjustments to project constraints based on financial analysis.
• Use and continually develop leadership skills.
• Maintain a strong, professional working relationship with the Iqarus head office staff.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Work with Iqarus Head office staff to manage project staff leave, duty rosters, staff discipline, pay and allowances, travel, security, appropriate insurance cover, medical and general welfare of the contracted staff.
• Coordinating with cross discipline team members to make sure that all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines and schedules.
• Submitting project deliverables and ensuring that they adhere to quality standards
• Preparing status reports by gathering, analysing, and summarizing relevant information
• Establishing effective project communication plans and ensuring its execution
• Facilitating change requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on schedule and budget
• Ensuring that all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Policies are implemented and followed by all staff
• Identifying and developing new opportunities with clients
• Obtaining customer acceptance of project deliverables
• Managing customer satisfaction within project transition period
• Conducting post project evaluation and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements

Governance

Comply with health & safety standards consistent with the requirement to follow such procedures and regulations as may be laid down by the company, its client or the host state including;

• Prohibition of the abuse of alcohol and narcotics or intoxicating substances
• Fire response drills
• Personal and Catering hygiene

Absolute familiarity with and compliance with company policies and such procedures that are pertinent to the role and to good clinical care, including but not limited to:

• Consent, confidentiality, and appropriate handling of healthcare records.  Clinical staff must ensure that they understand their professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities as set out in M-1305 Control of Medical Records, M1308-Standards for Health Record Keeping, and M-2527 Informed Consent.
• Maintaining and improving clinical quality through audit and quality improvement activity as described in M-1602 Clinical Audit and M-1604 Quality Assurance and Improvement
• Safe and appropriate use of medication.  All staff involved in prescribing, dispensing or administering medication are to be familiar with M-3102 Prescribing and Dispensing Medicines, M-3105 Treatment of Expired Medication, and M-2213 Medication Management and to understand that they are responsible for their actions, non-actions, and omissions at all times.
• Clinical notifications. All staff must be aware of how to raise significant events, patient safety incident reports, and escalate clinical incidents that meet the criteria set out in M-2008 Clinical Notification Requirements.
• Clinical governance. Clinicians should understand their role in the organisation’s clinical governance programme, as described in M-200 Clinical Governance Policy.

Compliance with rules requiring personnel to reject bribery and corruption laid down by the company, its client, host state or international laws including the principles of;

• Rejection of the offer of or acceptance of any favour or any financial or material inducement intended to influence a business decision or official action.
• The L-300 Business Ethics Policy, J-200 Data Protection Policy, F-303 Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy and HR policies that describes key compliance criteria for personnel during their service with the company and the active promotion of best practice in respect of the following processes;
  • Disciplinary Action
  • Appeals and Grievance
  • Whistleblowing

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience required
• Prior military naval or offshore maritime experience is beneficial to this role.
• Formal project management training such as Project Management Professional (PMP) / PRINCE II certification or equivalent is desirable
• Minimum five (5) years management experience, within international medical operations and specifically maritime operations is preferable.
• Experience as a registered healthcare provider beneficial but not essential
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office package