**Join Our Team: Project Manager – Waste Management & Cleaning Service**
About the Role:
Southwark Council is leading the way in sustainable living with our ambitious Waste Management Strategy Extension to 2025. We're on a mission to significantly boost household recycling rates and reduce household waste. As a Project Manager, you'll partner with our Head of Waste and Cleaning to bring these exciting projects to life.
But that's not all! We're also reshaping our in-house Cleaning Service to enhance efficiency and make it future-ready. Plus, you'll play a vital role in championing equality, diversity, and inclusion within our Cleaning Service, ensuring training and growth opportunities for our front-line heroes.
About Southwark:
We're proud to be London's largest local authority social landlord, providing homes for 40% of Southwark’s vibrant residents in 55,000 properties. With over 18,300 businesses, including renowned London venues and social enterprises, our borough is active with diversity and innovation.
Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our community. We're passionate about making Southwark a fair and just place for everyone. From our iconic cultural offerings to our commitment to tackling inequality through initiatives like 'Southwark Stands Together', we're united in creating a brighter future for all.
About You:
As our Project Manager, you'll be the driving force behind successful project delivery. You'll ensure projects stay on track within scope, budget, and timeframes, collaborating closely with the Head of Service. Your skills in project reporting and management will be key in guiding our initiatives to success.
Key Responsibilities:
*Project Management:* Lead projects from inception to completion, managing resources, suppliers, and budgets effectively.
*Reporting & Analysis:* Prepare and present insightful reports to the Head of Service, offering recommendations based on research and monitoring outcomes.
*Budget Management:* Oversee project budgets, ensuring resources are optimally allocated for maximum impact.
*Stakeholder Collaboration:* Work closely with internal and external partners to achieve best value and alignment with project goals.
*Governance & Control:* Operate within our governance framework, maintaining controls and providing timely progress updates.
*Communication:* Produce clear and concise status updates for executive teams and project teams, highlighting risks, issues, and dependencies.
*Innovation:* Draft and manage project budgets innovatively to ensure successful project delivery.
**Join us in shaping Southwark’s sustainable future and fostering an inclusive community. Apply now!
Additional salary details
Please be advised that this post is a 2 years fixed-term contract.
Recruitment timetable
Application Closing Date: Sunday 12th May 2024
Interview : Tuesday 21st May 2024
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.
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
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