Senior Project Manager – Corporate

Capital Projects and Property Maintenance within the directorate of Regeneration Enterprise and Skills are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager within the Corporate team to manage delivery of high profile, place changing, new build and refurbishment projects. The current portfolio of projects include the construction of a new, state of the art leisure centre incorporating wet and dry sports as well as the refurbishment of locally and nationally listed public buildings.

If you have extensive experience of managing large scale construction projects in excess of £20m and a track record of delivering high profile projects on time and to budget then this job offers the opportunity to be involved in the major regeneration of Woolwich Town Centre.

You should have a proven track record in budget management and  procurement, especially in relation to procurement in the public sector and understand the complexity of delivering projects within a Local Government environment. Strong communication skills are essential and stakeholder engagement and the management of expectations will be a day to day requirement in this post.

If successful you will become the senior member of a team delivering real change by way of improvements to existing buildings and construction of new public buildings within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, reporting to the Programme Manager within the Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise and Skills.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application. If you have a disability and are unable to meet some of the job requirements specifically because of your disability, please address this in your application. If you meet all the other criteria, you will be shortlisted and we will explore jointly with you if there are ways in which the job can be changed to enable you to meet the requirements.

Internal Only Advert: This vacancy is being advertised internally only – this means it is only open to applications from existing employees, agency workers, apprentices and GSP/GSS employees.

Interview Arrangements: During this time, our priority for all of our recruitment activity is to make sure our applicants, hiring departments and new starters are informed, safe and supported. Careful and thorough consideration will be given to interview arrangements and for any essential in-person recruitment, we will ensure this is held in a suitable, secure setting with additional arrangements to ensure any current safety requirements are fully adhered to.

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