Interim Project Manager - Housing Repairs & Maintenance
Reference no: Stoke on Trent 5255484
Pay Rate: £350.00 per day PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: STOKE ON TRENT
As the Project Manager, you will be responsible for the planning, implementation, and monitoring of the programme to reintegrate the repairs and maintenance service, currently an arms-length company back into council control and management.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Manage the day to day delivery of the Project, which covers the delivery of 8 workstreams established to ensure a smooth transition back to the council.
2. Lead employee engagement activities including workshops, roadshows and internal and external messaging.
3. Provide support and cover for the Programme Lead on the delivery of the programme; leading governance arrangements and day to day management of the workstreams.
4. Ensure all due-diligence activity has been completed and information is readily available and accessible.
5. Drive forward stakeholder management across the project and build and continually maintain communication with stakeholders based on the communications strategy, which you will help to inform.
6. Develop proposals for fit for purpose structures and lead the consultation processes.
7. Provide project management expertise and support to the project governance arrangements involving the major stakeholders, staff, relevant professionals and other agencies.
8. Monitor project progress, identify areas of development, develop the programme risk register and lead on the resolution of any issues, in order to ensure that the objectives of the programme are delivered within the specified budget, timescale and to the specified standards.
9. Work closely with other members of the overall project team on stakeholder management, dependency management and sharing insights from the programmes/projects they work with.
10. Undertake effective liaison with Trade Union representatives and manage and lead communication and engagement activity with employees and stakeholders.
Qualifications:
1. Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g. law, public/business administration, finance, construction management) or equivalent practical experience.
2. Project or programme management qualifications (e.g. APM, MSP, Prince 2) or experience in programme/project management and change management, including the delivery of high profile, complex and high risk projects and programmes.
Knowledge:
1. Strong understanding of repairs and maintenance, policies, and procedures.
2. Strong understanding of housing regulations, repairs and maintenance regulations.
Experience:
1. Practical experience and understanding of building maintenance and demonstrable technical knowledge of housing repairs and maintenance.
2. Proven experience in managing repairs and maintenance services at a head of service level and/or experience of insourcing repairs and maintenance services.
3. Experience of working in a local government setting at a strategic level.
4. Experience of building and maintaining positive working relationships both within the organisation and with external bodies.
Skills & Abilities:
1. Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
2. Excellent programme/project management skills for complex change programmes, including detailed programme planning and reporting.
3. Effective leadership abilities, with the capacity to motivate and manage teams to achieve goals and objectives.
4. Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.
5. Highly organised with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.
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