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Capital Delivery Manager RBKC615989

Job Summary:

 

Salary range: £64,929 - £74,220 per annum
Work location: London
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: 2x Permanent
Vetting requirements: Standard DBS Check
Closing date: 6th May 2024
Interview date: Week commencing 13th May 2024

About Us:

 

Work with our residents as you manage a number of high value housing projects 

 

At the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, we put local people and businesses at the heart of everything we do, working in partnership with them to provide quality services that are responsive, effective and efficient. Committed to acting with openness, honesty, compassion and humility, we aim to listen and understand in a way that is respectful, encourages involvement and meets the needs of all our communities.

The Role:

 

We’re currently looking for two Capital Delivery Managers to join our Capital Delivery Department within Housing Management and take responsibility for a team delivering a portfolio of individual contracts and call-off projects. Working and collaborating closely with residents, associations and senior management to ensure a fully integrated approach is achieved, you’ll monitor and report on programme slippages, mitigate action and cost profiles, and ensure all cost variations are fully reconciled and the necessary approvals obtained.

 

Join us in the Major Works role and you’ll oversee a number of large, high value schemes with multiple issues and solutions to manage and look after the relevant Project Management Team. The Special Projects role will involve working you’re your team, residents and local groups, with a particular focus on high priority capital delivery schemes for the Council to work towards addressing the Councils need for Decent Homes compliance and high value remediation of tower blocks of special importance. Both roles will be vital in contributing to making our residents safe and secure in their homes and neighbourhoods.

 

Please refer to the Job Descriptions for more information:

Capital Delivery Manager - Major Works

Capital Delivery Manager - Special Projects

About You:

 

Confident, organised and with excellent attention to detail, you’ll be an empathetic and confident communicator and listener with the ability to work with a diverse range of people. Some experience in Local Authority projects or Housing Associations would be an advantage, and as you’ll sometimes be working in challenging situations, you should be calm under pressure, solutions-focused, agile, team orientated and a superb multi-tasker.

 

You’ll be leading a team of project managers and other professionals delivering projects worth up to £42m, so we’ll expect you to have experience of delivering major works schemes within a housing or similar environment, and the ability to review complex specifications, designs and feasibility reports. We’ll expect you to be capable of negotiating with and working alongside consultants and contractors, and in addition to possessing excellent analytical skills and the ability to work well with figures and statistics, you should be ready to make informed decisions based on options appraisals. You should also have a relevant membership or qualification, such as with the RICS or CIOB or be qualified through experience.

 

Join us, and you can look forward to a package that includes a competitive salary, a high-quality pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. And as a key member of our team, you’ll also have plenty of opportunities for development and progression within our organisation. We’re committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We’re a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

 

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CV’s will not be considered for this role. 

 

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.
 

 

 

 

 

Application process

Please do not upload any documents, including CVs/Covering Letters or supporting statements, as these documents will not be reviewed and could result in your application not being shortlisted.
 

You should describe how you meet the person specification requirements for the position you are applying for in Section G of the application form.
 


Additional information

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
 

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
 

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.
 

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.
 

We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.
 

Please note, we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.
 

If you experience difficulties with the recruitment application process, please contact the recruitment team by email: recruitment@rbkc.gov.uk

 

          


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