About the role
Housing and Land
The Housing and Land directorate is responsible for the Mayor’s plans to deliver new and improved homes and strong communities. Working closely with boroughs and partners, we manage the Mayor’s housing investment programmes and land and property assets to support the building of affordable homes, job creation and regeneration.
About the team
The Building Safety Team is responsible for delivering the government’s high-rise cladding remediation funds in London. London is in the midst of a housing crisis with many Londoners living in unsafe homes and facing unaffordable remediation costs. Our objective is to make homes in London safe as quickly as possible. We are a friendly and inclusive team who welcome applications to join from everyone.
What your day will look like
* Discussing projects with your team, including helping to solve problems and assessing project performance.
* Assessing your team’s projects against the funding programme’s criteria.
* Making decisions on projects according to the fund’s governance, including presenting projects for funding approval to MHCLG and negotiating funding agreements.
* Working with the GLA’s external suppliers and MHCLG to refine and improve programme delivery.
* Working with others in the Building Safety Team management team to support leadership of the team.
Skills, knowledge and experience
To be considered for the role you must meet the following essential criteria:
* Experience of project or programme management in a context of significant financial or delivery risk.
* Able to motivate and lead a team (Managing and Developing Performance).
* Able to assess complex problems, develop options and make recommendations which best achieve objectives (Problem Solving).
* Able to prioritise a busy and evolving workload for yourself and a team (Planning and Organising).
* Able to build productive relationships with different stakeholders with conflicting objectives (Building and Managing Relationships).
How to apply
If you would like to apply for the role you will need to submit the following:
Please note all applications for this vacancy must be submitted via our online recruitment system. We do not accept CVs alone for this role.
* Personal statement, which can be a document with a maximum of 1500 words. Your statement should address how you demonstrate the 5 essential criteria listed above.
Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement have a maximum file size of 1.5MB each and upload your Personal Statement to the ‘Additional Documents’ section of the form, ensuring you address the essential criteria in your Personal Statement.
Word or PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement are saved with the job reference number as part of the naming convention (E.g. “CV – applicant name - 012345).
Applications submitted without a Personal Statement will not be considered.
If you have questions about the role
If you wish to talk to someone about the role, the hiring manager James Hewlett would be happy to speak to you, including if you wish to discuss reasonable adjustments at assessment or in post. Please contact them at james.hewlett@london.gov.uk.
We will be holding a live one hour session on MS Teams which will provide the opportunity for applicants to find out more about the role. This will be held on: Thursday 2 January at 2pm. Please contact james.hewlett@london.gov.uk for joining details.
Assessment process
Once you have submitted an application, your details will be reviewed by a panel. If shortlisted, you’ll be invited to an interview/assessment.
The interview/assessment date is: week commencing 27th January.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
London's diversity is its biggest asset, and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share.
Please note we are a Disability Confident Employer so for candidates who wish to be considered under the scheme and meet the essential criteria, they will automatically be invited to interview.
Please note, should you require any adjustments through the process, we will accommodate as much as possible. Please contact the recruitment team for further information if required.
Job Description
Job purpose
To lead a team focused on making London buildings safer. To lead on the provision of expert advice and guidance on cladding remediation in London to the Mayor and his advisers. To lead the implementation of, and influence any ongoing redesign of, the Government’s building safety investment programmes. To take overall responsibility for ensuring grant is provided in line with rigorous legal and technical processes, including supervising the negotiation and agreement of funding agreements with building owners. To manage the GLA’s relationships with other stakeholders and partners involved in cladding remediation.
Principal accountabilities
* Maintain a broad overview of issues related to building safety, seek to anticipate and identify emerging trends, risks, new developments and innovations that may impact on the Mayor’s strategy and policies, and provide written and oral briefings, high level advice and specialist reports for the Mayor and advisers on these issues.
* Design and refine appropriate legal and technical processes for the building safety investment programmes and ensure projects comply by providing close and effective supervision of the application, assessment and approval processes.
* Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with officials at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and Homes England, working closely with them to ensure GLA recommendations on applications and associated issues are seen as credible, consistent with the programme principles and/or reflective of the Mayor’s position and to ensure technical and legal compliance.
* Deputise for the Senior Manager and take responsibility for managing and motivating a team.
* Lead the development, negotiation and agreement of the individual funding agreements with building owners in partnership with the relevant Senior Programme Officer, legal and technical consultants and central Government.
* Provide professional and technical advice, guidance and support to enable the Building Safety team to fulfil its functions in line with its investment programme criteria and associated legislation.
* Regular and accurate reporting of building safety investment programmes, including outputs, budgets and risks, including approval/update papers for internal and external stakeholders.
* Provide rigorous contract management of the GLA’s appointed technical and legal consultants to ensure they provide services in line with the specification and contract.
* Realise the benefits of London’s diversity by promoting and enabling equality of opportunities and promoting the diverse needs and aspirations of London’s communities.
* Take a flexible approach to undertaking the duties and responsibilities of the job and participate in multi-disciplinary, cross-department and cross organisational groups and project teams as required.
Accountable for: Staff and resources allocated to the post, including line management of up to five Senior Programme Officers.
Principal contacts: GLA housing teams, building owners, central Government, Homes England, London Boroughs and external consultants.
Person specification
1. Technical requirements/experience/qualifications
* Appropriate Degree level qualification and/or appropriate professional qualifications/membership (e.g. RICS) and/or demonstrable and relevant experience and skills.
* Understanding of, and experience in, negotiating and managing funding agreements.
* Experience of undertaking legal and financial due diligence in relation to projects involving residential property and/or complex structures (including joint-ventures etc.).
* Detailed project management experience, including demonstrable past experience in managing a complex, high-profile programme autonomously.
* Appropriate experience of managing a team in a performance-oriented culture and an understanding of the GLA’s commitment to equality and diversity.
The GLA is proud to be a Level 2: Disability Confident employer. We are committed to becoming a more inclusive and accessible organisation, and creating a truly inclusive and accessible workplace and culture for our disabled staff. We have named Disability Equality as a key corporate priority within our EDI Strategy. We welcome and encourage applications from disabled applicants. Should you wish to opt into the scheme, please let us know during your application.
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