The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise, which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The Role:
We have an opportunity to recruit for a Project Manager to join our Asset Management Team working within the Major Works Team. The post holder will be responsible for providing leadership, direction and motivation of a multi-disciplinary major works delivery and project team comprising of professional designers, project staff, engineers, customer facing staff, consultants and suppliers to facilitate high levels of service delivery.
- Manages customer expectations and achieves agreed standards of quality, workmanship and customer focus.
- To lead and manage borough-wide and /or area based contracts, Monitor and control expenditure of all delegated Capital and revenue budgets for investment Programme.
- To manage, motivate, supervise, develop and support all staff within the remit of the post-holder.
- Participate and contribute to the wider development of the borough and Residents Service through liaison with the Area management team and other stakeholders.
To be successful in this role you will require:
- Develop, co-ordinate and implement a customer focused, well designed and cost-effective Investment Programme, schemes and work packages, working with Asset Management team, and including procurement of contractors and consultants as necessary.
- To be responsible for the performance of borough wide and Area Housing investment based schemes and work packages and to ensure financial control.
- To co-ordinate with associated work programmes such as planned preventative maintenance, voids, regeneration projects and ad-hoc projects.
- To ensure appropriate monitoring systems are in place and to prepare reports for Senior Management, Cabinet and Area Forums as required.
- Responsible for the overall delivery of all individual projects, schemes or work packages.
- Manage Quality Control issues for individual projects and make appropriate recommendations for change.
- Leads on residents’ consultation process for proposed works packages.
- Oversees the detailed programming of contracts and work packages.
- Monitors Monthly service providers performance review assessments and attend necessary partnering meetings.
- Financial management of work delivery streams and projects.
Additional salary details
This is a 12 months Fixed Term Contract.
Benefits and More Information:
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
https://jobs.theguardian.com/minisites/southwark-council/life-at-southwark-benefits-and-more/
Recruitment timetable
Application closing date: 11:59 PM on 18th December 2022
Interview date: 22nd December 2022
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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