Business & Development Project Manager

Job Title: Business & Development Project Manager
Starting Salary: £41,511 progressing to £45,718
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Stevenage
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services

About the team

The Social Care Housing and Infrastructure Team develops, manages and supports a number of major programmes designed to deliver the right supported accommodation for Hertfordshire's citizens.

Hertfordshire has adopted a 10 year supported accommodation strategy which aims to deliver a substantial amount of new supported accommodation, including at least 2000 units of housing for older people and younger adults with disabilities. The core discipline of this work is housing development delivery using project and programme management, with experience in construction. A new Hertfordshire wide supported housing governance structure is in place to ensure that Hertfordshire's partners and citizens are fully involved in scheme design and delivery.

About the role

The role offers the exciting opportunity to ensure the timely delivery of Hertfordshire's accommodation strategy through the effective design, financing, planning and construction of supported housing schemes within Hertfordshire.

This role will appeal to you if you thrive in complex and demanding environments, where proactive stakeholder management is critical, and you have a proven ability to confidently, clearly and effectively communicate and deliver housing development within a change environment. You will have a strong track record of managing complex housing projects and be able to demonstrate success in negotiating and influencing with colleagues, clients and partners to achieve the right result through collaborative working.

• Use best practice programme and project management methodologies to ensure delivery of multiple, concurrent projects, including capital projects ranging from small (under £1 Million) to substantial (over £50 Million).
• Work with programme sponsors to define the scope, business justification, resources, required outcomes, success criteria and governance framework for each programme under the 10 Year Accommodation Strategy, including the Extra Care Accommodation Strategy, the Supported Living Delivery Programme and the Nursing Strategy
• Secure capital to support the programme from range of sources, including by bidding for HCC capital and attracting investment from housing providers, social investment organisations, NHS England and private investment bodies.
• Provide line management and strategic direction for project managers to enable effective management of benefits, resources, issues and risks across the programme.
• Ensure projects deliver to agreed quality standards, timescales and budgets and programmes deliver benefits against agreed benefits maps.
• Lead Hertfordshire Adults Care Service's work at 3-4 District Supported Accommodation Boards, developing effective relationships within HCC and with other relevant organisations.
• Build and manage an effective team within cross-organisational project teams. Influencing internal partners, district councils, local and regional partners in delivery of supported housing across the county and the aims of the relevant strategies

About you

Essential:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Strong technical knowledge of project management methodologies within a housing development/capital construction project setting
• Experience of leading housing/construction scheme design work and presenting results to a wide range of audiences
• Knowledge of local government and housing/infrastructure
• Excellent written and verbal skills

Desirable:

• A professional qualification in a related field
• Support team members and motivate colleagues to drive forward improvement in the team. Ability to monitor and motivate team colleagues

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is within the Programme and Project, level PRO11 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles: Project & programme

To hear more about this opportunity please contact sarah.newman@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 21 May

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.