Working Hours: 35 Hours per week
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent (x2)
Closing Date: 24 October 2024
Interview Method: In Person (Face to Face)
The City Council is looking for two enthusiastic & dynamic Senior Project Managers, to help deliver our ambitious new Housing Strategy.
With a target of 36,000 new homes, including 10,000 new affordable homes, Manchester has set an ambitious target for new housing growth. In order to help us deliver our Strategy, we are seeking to appoint two experienced Senior Project Managers to coordinate and deliver a series of affordable housing projects in neighbourhoods in the North and South of the city. The main purpose of these roles is to plan and help deliver various affordable housing developments across Manchester, whilst ensuring operational delivery and optimising service performance.
Upscaling affordable housing delivery is a key element of our drive to deliver inclusive growth. We are embarking upon game-changing investment in our localities, high street and commercial centres. Clearly, affordable housing has a key role to play – helping to create new and inclusive low and zero carbon neighbourhoods across Manchester.
Based in the Strategic Housing team, the Senior Project Managers will play a leading role within the Growth & Development Directorate – set up to drive sustainable economic growth and the transformation of the city - coordinating work externally with Registered Providers through MHPP (the Manchester Housing Providers Partnership) and with private developers in conjunction with Development, Legal and Planning teams within MCC.
About the role - The role will be responsible for:
- Ensuring the successful delivery of key strategic affordable housing projects in line with our Housing Strategy commitment to build 10,000 new affordable homes in the period to 2022
- Negotiating funding / investment opportunities with public and private partners including working with Homes England and other Government departments to help attract external funding to key projects in the city
- Identifying suitable land and property opportunities and working with colleagues on the disposal of MCC land for affordable housing
- Managing project risks & constraints, scrutinising development appraisals, coordinating the required project resources and managing professional teams
- Monitoring and reporting on performance indicators in line with our strategic objectives
- Working with stakeholders to support affordable housing growth – principally with MHPP and other developer partners
- Engaging colleagues and wider stakeholders to ensure that objectives and activities are aligned with wider strategic objectives and activities to promote the growth and development of Manchester
For an informal discussion about the role please contact haydn.brown@manchester.gov.uk
Why Manchester
Manchester is often ranked as one of the best cities in the world to live within international media circles, with ‘nightlife’, ‘creativity’, ‘community spirit’, ‘friendliness’ and ‘getting to know your neighbours’ top of the list. We are home to the UK’s largest indoor arena, its second largest international airport, major sporting venues, great public transport options, and is right in the heart of the nation’s motorway network. On our doorstep are National Parks, areas of outstanding natural beauty and stunning coastlines. Within the City, our 600,000 residents live in every kind of housing from modern residential skyscrapers, traditional Victorian terraced neighbourhoods, to leafy suburban districts.
This role involves blended / hybrid working. You may be able to work from home or remotely some of the time, or for certain tasks or limited days or hours. For the remainder of the time, you will be required to work at council sites or offices. This will depend on your role’s responsibilities and your personal circumstances.
About the candidate - The successful candidate will have:
- A strong track record in programme management within the built environment
- Experience of working with large internal and external professional teams
- Knowledge of the legal, regulatory and operational issues relating to new build affordable housing development
- Experience of delivering housing including affordable housing projects
- Knowledge of Council committee structures and delivery arrangements
- The ability to react to immediate problems of a highly complex nature develop pragmatic solutions under pressure
- The ability to review and improve processes and procedures for effective and successful project delivery
- Experience of working with a high level of political awareness alongside external stakeholders and elected members
- Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of partners
- Able to effectively plan and organise a wide and challenging workload
- Ability to manage, motivate and influence staff including those not under your direct management and external stakeholders
- Knowledge of urban planning and development
In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. This is not a role we consider to be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route based on Manchester City Council policy. Candidates are therefore encouraged to consider their own right to work options without the requirement for Manchester City Council sponsorship.
We’re the local government authority for Manchester, and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We’re proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.
When you join us, you’re joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you’ll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.
To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five ‘behaviours’ – the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:
- We take time to listen and understand
- We work together and trust each other
- We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
- We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
- We’re proud and passionate about Manchester
A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.
Creating an inclusive team at Manchester City Council
At Manchester City Council, we strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Council. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly encourage applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics.
If you want to find out more about the role, our ways of working, flexible arrangements or any workplace adjustments, please let us know by emailing jobs@manchester.gov.uk. If you are invited to interview, we will ask you if you require any adjustments for you to best demonstrate your suitability for the role in the interview process.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
Accessibility
As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide support for employees with physical or mental-health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity. Our workplaces are accessible by design, and we make workplace adjustments including providing aids, adaptations and equipment. These, combined with our flexible working policies such as disability-related leave, enable our employees to perform their role, thrive and be their authentic selves in work.
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What we will need from you if you’re successful
If you are successfully offered a position with us, the pre-employment checks you will be asked to undertake will depend on the role you've applied for. As a guide, these may include:
- Passport/ID: You will be required to provide documentary proof of your right to work in the UK
- References (Current and Previous employer)
When you join us
We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we’ll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.
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