The role
The Role:
The Building Safety Programme is the Council’s response to the Building Safety Act and the Fire Safety Act. As a building safety project manager you will have a key role in delivering some of our building safety objectives. Working across the team you will have a varied and interesting range of duties, you will be responsible for managing and delivering projects across the Asset Management work streams of the Building Safety Programme, this includes planning, mobilisation, implementation and delivery. The post holder will ensure that these projects are delivered within financial, quality and scope constraints.
About Us:
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.
About you:
We are a new and growing team, the Project Manager will play a pivotal role, it’s essential that the post-holder have the knowledge and ‘hands-on approach and willingness to learn about Building Safety and the challenges around meeting the new requirements.
To be successful in this role you will require:
- A demonstrable understanding of building regulations and the requirements of the Building Safety legislation
- Excellent project management knowledge and experience with ability to write clear and concise reports for internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to work on own initiative, effectively prioritise and meet deadlines when faced with conflicting priorities, and undertake dependencies across the Building Safety Programme by chairing the Operational Group and by co-ordinating other meetings between work stream leads.
- Able to influence and negotiate effectively and able to deal with conflict calmly and professionally and build and maintain appropriate and effective business relationships at all level.
- Able to analyse, design, plan, execute and evaluate work to time, manage budget cost and quality targets.
- Ability to analyse and evaluate management information, producing detailed and highlight reports and presentations of findings.
If you are passionate about building safety management systems, want to make a difference at a local level, have experience in managing projects related to building safety, knowledge of statutory requirements for building safety management systems, excellent communication skills, ability to work independently as well as part of a team, we encourage you to apply now.
Additional salary details
Benefits and more information:
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
Recruitment timetable
Recruitment Timeline:
Application closing date for: 25th June 2023
Interview date: 4th July 2023
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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