What's involved with this role: Interim Project Manager - Housing Repairs & Maintenance Reference no: Stoke on Trent 5256648 Pay Rate: £350.00 per day PAYE 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 2-3 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: 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. Lead employee engagement activities including workshops, roadshows and internal and external messaging. 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. Ensure all due-diligence activity has been completed and information is readily available and accessible. 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. Develop proposals for fit for purpose structures and lead the consultation processes. Provide project management expertise and support to the project governance arrangements involving the major stakeholders, staff, relevant professionals and other agencies. 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. 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. Undertake effective liaison with Trade Union representatives and manage and lead communication and engagement activity with employees and stakeholders. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g. law, public/business administration, finance, construction management) or equivalent practical experience. 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: Strong understanding of repairs and maintenance, policies, and procedures. Strong understanding of housing regulations, repairs and maintenance regulations Experience: Practical experience and understanding of building maintenance and demonstrable technical knowledge of housing repairs and maintenance. Proven experience in managing repairs and maintenance services at a head of service level and/or experience of insourcing repairs and maintenance services. Experience of working in a local government setting at a strategic level. Experience of building and maintaining positive working relationships both within the organisation and with external bodies Skills & Abilities: Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills. Excellent programme/project management skills for complex change programmes, including detailed programme planning and reporting. Effective leadership abilities, with the capacity to motivate and manage teams to achieve goals and objectives. Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions. Highly organised with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please