Project Manager

Job Introduction

Role Purpose

1 x Fixed term for 18 months

37 hours per week

BCP Council have a vacancy for a Project Manager (fixed term 18 months) and are looking for applicants with a good practical knowledge to join our team focussing on transformation and change projects.

The role will specifically be delivering projects within our Housing and Public Protection service area, which is part of our Wellbeing Directorate. This area focuses on access to housing, preventing homelessness, tackling anti-social behaviour and ensuring safe and regulated services such as licensing, environment health, private sector housing and CCTV across the area. The role will also be supporting the delivery of a new regulatory case management system.

Previous relevant experience of delivering projects within these areas would be beneficial. The postholder will work across a range of teams that deliver these services and directly manage projects within this area.

Main Responsibilities

The successful applicant will have responsibility for managing and leading projects within our Housing and Public Protection Service Area. You will be expected to coordinate project demands and manage expectations across a wide range of stakeholders, being able to really drive project delivery is imperative.

• You will use established systems to track key project metrics, benefits, budgets, risks and highlight variances and trends in order to manage and control project progress and ensure effective governance of projects.
• Provide advice and subject matter expertise in project approaches, so that projects are delivered in accordance with techniques and best practice.
• Plan and carry out regular project quality reviews in order to identify, assess and take action to mitigate risks to project success.
• Communicate and liaise with internal and external stakeholders to help them understand project objectives and progress.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be a natural collaborator and work well with a range of stakeholders at all levels to deliver projects successfully. Through your career you will have shown how you can have real impact using both tried and tested methods, but also willing to problem solve and innovate to get the best results. You will be an excellent communicator, highly organised and have the ability to think critically and innovatively. 

• Degree or equivalent specialist experience in service area or relevant discipline.
• Relevant project management qualification, e.g. PRINCE2 or equivalent.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies.
• Knowledge of local authority housing, including a general, broader understanding of the public sector and the issues that it faces (including knowledge of local government structures and partnerships.
• Experience of managing projects and project teams.
• Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively with a range of stakeholders.
• Ability to analyse and present information including statistical data and prepare reports.
• Ability to direct project teams and supervise the quality of outputs.

For an informal discussion about this role please contact Harry Ovnik at harry.ovnik@bcpcouncil.gov.uk

About BCP Council

BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils. 

We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward.  If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.