Project Manager - Capital Works WCC618396

Job Details:

Salary range: £53,109 - £65,853 per annum  
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP   
Hours per week: 36   
Contract type: Permanent 
Vetting requirements: Basic DBS Check  
Closing date: 1 November 2024
Contact details for an Informal Discussion: Jeff Tourmentin, Senior Construction Manager, via email: JTOURMENTIN1@WESTMINSTER.GOV.UK 

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF SERENA’S VISION 

Growth Planning & Housing  in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where innovative and open-minded people bring everything to the cause. Even expertise from surprising places. 

Take Serena. She is an absolute force of nature at the heart of our Church Street regeneration. And she puts the residents first in everything. Serena’s vision is clear. Regeneration isn’t just about bricks and concrete. It’s about communities. It’s about the environment. It’s about the lives of people and how they feel about where they call home. Serena is their advocate, making sure residents’ voices aren’t just heard, but drive the changes we’re making. The future is safe in her hands.

The Role:

As a Project Manager for Capital Works in Housing Services, you can make your own powerful contribution to the lives of residents. Playing a leading role in our fully funded five-year capital investment programme, you’ll be helping to upgrade and improve a portfolio of some 21,000 homes.  Leading a team involved in day-to-day planning and management of construction operations, you’ll ensure we minimise disruption to residents whilst driving value for the council, leaseholders and other stakeholders. You’ll make certain best practices are followed and costs are controlled.  You will also develop and manage key partnerships and business relationships that contribute to the success of the capital programme.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

Commercially minded and customer driven, you’ll have in-depth expertise in construction programme management, ideally within a public sector context.  This will include a comprehensive understanding of processes and operational sequencing for large-scale projects.  You will also have extensive experience in managing construction contracts and major budgets. We’ll look to you to drive performance, so the ability to inspire and motivate a team is essential, along with well-honed communication, coaching and mentoring skills. You’ll also be an innovator, able to think beyond traditional solutions.

The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a global majority background and, while the role is open to all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background, you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.   
 
At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit  https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties  
 
As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.  
 
The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.