Culture Capital Project Manager

About Us:

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our team to support the development of public spaces including parks, play areas and sports facilities.

The purpose of the role is to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Tower Hamlets and reduce health inequalities by creating places where people can improve their physical and mental health, stay active and connected and enjoy themselves.

The post holder will work as part of a team supporting the programme manager to deliver a pipeline of capital works at exceptional value for money as well as suggesting priorities for investment over the coming years.

This role is to be:

Responsible for the initiation and delivery of a portfolio of regeneration projects, initiatives or schemes from inception to completion within approved parameters ensuring maximum quality and value to the Council, its stakeholders and clients.

Build positive relationships with key stakeholders to achieve the Council objectives for it’s Regeneration Programmes. Working with workstream leads across the Council and external partners to identify and manage project dependencies, risks, issues and actions.

Produce and submit regular progress reports for project and senior management, Regeneration Board and all relevant Council meetings for regeneration initiatives, to demonstrate effective project management and meet the governance requirements.

To ensure effective contact between partners and directorates, dealing with enquiries in a sensitive, efficient and accurate manner in an environment where there are competing demands, using initiative to seek solutions.

Manage consultants and contractors involved in project, initiative and scheme delivery in accordance with LBTH procedures and procurement rules. Monitor their instruction and report regularly on progress. Deal with all aspects relating to quality of work.

The role is a 2 year fixed term contract

Capital Project Manager| London Borough of Tower Hamlets

''Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the post are guaranteed an interview. Care experience has also been adopted by the Council as an additional protected characteristic.