Senior Project Manager

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Additional details

- Standard 36hours, Monday - Friday

For more information about the role, please read through the Job description attached

The role will work with all other departments to effectively manage the council wide new homes and rebuilding programme to ensure that they have sight of, and achieve all milestone deadlines, within budget. Reporting and presenting on all programme information to internal and external key stakeholders including Members, Cabinet, senior officers and external agencies such as the GLA will also be a key part of the role.

Benefits and more information:

In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
The role

About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.

The Senior Project Manager will drive the successful implementation of our homebuilding projects, holding a team of highly professional, skilled and technical project managers to account for and report performance to the Strategic Lead.

The successful applicants will be responsible for ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within scope and that budgets are proactively managed.

The successful candidate will also collaborate with all stakeholders and contribute to developing Southwark's housing landscape and the overall strategic vision.

About you:

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced team player to work with senior management to lead people and projects within enabling and delivery in Southwark Construction.

You will have previous experience of managing strategic projects and programmes within housing, regeneration, planning or development within a public sector, or similar environment, with a thorough understanding of current, relevant legislation, issues and policy developments at local and national level.

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent in Programme or Project Management and have a successful track record of leading a multi-disciplinary team of technical and professional experts, delivering to deadlines and within resource constraints.
Recruitment timetable

Advert Closing Date: 11:59 pm on the 25th September 2024

Interview Date: 07 October & 09 October 2024

• Please note, we reserve the right to close applications prior to the closing date indicated above - please apply as soon as possible - we look forward to receiving your application.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme:

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