Hove (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£37336 - £40221
37
Job introduction
We are looking to recruit a project manager to work in our Workstyles team which is part of the People, Culture & Communications Services Directorate of the Council. The role offers a varied, interesting and diverse workload, working and collaborating with colleagues across the council to deliver an ambitious programme of transformation, exploring and changing our ways of working in how we use our accommodation and property creatively and flexibly to drive greater collaboration and innovation between teams, services and partners to work as ‘one council’ and create ‘a better Brighton and Hove for all’. It is an exciting and interesting time to be joining the team, with high-profile projects about to enter their delivery stage, including new regeneration schemes involving listed buildings to improve the city and its services.
Interview date: Week commencing 11th November
For an informal discussion, please contact Maria Andrews, Property Programmes & Business Manager on 07795 336262
About the role
Have recent world events led you to consider making changes in order to achieve a better work/life balance? Join us in Brighton & Hove – a unique, energetic, diverse centre for culture in the South East and an exciting place to develop your career.
There are so many great reasons to work in Brighton & Hove: reduce your carbon footprint, reduce time spent commuting and get a genuine work / life balance. Our team members enjoy the benefits of flexible working, enabling them to fit work around caring for loved ones, nursery/school drop-off & collection times, personal matters and fitness/hobbies. Follow the 'Why work for us' link below to find out more information about the Council’s flexible working policy and staff benefits.
The Workstyles Team is leading work to modernise the organisation's workplaces as change agents to maximise the use of its property portfolio. You will be a key member of the team, managing projects that will deliver improving and transforming the ways of working for the organisation, and meet critical corporate priorities as a responsive council with well-run services. You will also act as a Business Partner supporting directorates in homes and care, families, children and wellbeing services of the council to transform, improve and modernise with the ability to adapt to changing priorities working in a dynamic environment.
As the successful candidate you will have demonstrable experience of developing and leading project teams, successfully advising and negotiating with senior management, planning and managing projects with the ability to analyse complex data and extract meaningful insights in a change management environment to achieve agreed outcomes. Delivering presentations to audiences and speaking with conviction, challenging the ‘status quo’ with authority but at the same time with respect and understanding of other parties’ point of view, applying IT&D and Human Resource solutions, providing a Business Partner service to a large and complex local authority organisation, and using Microsoft Office and other digital resources.
There's a lot to do, and we need someone who is passionate about making change happen, is comfortable working in a complex political environment, and has a proven track-record of providing excellent project management and acting as a role model for staff, managers, partner agencies and stakeholders on change, transformation and improvement. You will have a degree or similar management qualification and be an accredited PRINCE2 practitioner or hold a comparable project management qualification or equivalent demonstrable project management experience.
If this is you then we would love to hear from you.
Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.
As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)
Company information
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).