Housing Project Manager
Esher
Contract
£25.62 per hour PAYE or £32.84 per hour limited paid via umbrella company inside IR35
Our client is looking for an experience Housing Project Manager
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Working as part of a team you will be working across a variety of projects, including the rehousing of Afghan and Ukrainians within the borough, along with any future arrivals through the UK government’s resettlement programmes and helping manage the council’s response to any future placement of asylum seekers within Elmbridge.
With rising homelessness pressures and demands for accommodation, you will also have the opportunity to use your project management skills to help successfully plan, delivery and review existing and new initiatives across the housing service, working with colleagues within the council and with partner agencies.
You will develop, review, and help deliver project documents, provide assistance and support to colleagues working on projects, help manage expectations, and work closely with clients, colleagues and partner agencies.
The roles are varied and will combine leading on some process and administrative work – e.g. submitting grant claims and activity data to government agencies to help the council’s financial position, along with helping with problem-solving some direct contact with clients to resolve particular problems.
The main purpose of the role:
With additional requirements on councils to assist in resettlement of displaced people, the council and its partners are required to be agile and proactive in terms of developing and delivering solutions, whilst also anticipating likely future demands as well.
The council is acquiring homes in the borough to help meet these needs, as well as taking steps to increase the supply of temporary accommodation locally too, whilst also continuing to help clients to access suitable accommodation in the private-rented accommodation across the UK.
This role will have a particular focus on aligning these projects to ensure that they are successfully delivered, that staff working on the projects understand their roles and responsibilities, as well as day to day project management and problem solving
We are looking for somebody who is organised, skilled in using IT (Microsoft Office), empathetic and has a focus on the customer experience. You will need good communication skills and to be a team player and comfortable working in a fast-moving environment. You should have experience of working in a housing or projects role, with experience of working on and delivering projects. You will have knowledge around project management and delivery, and experience working with displaced people will be preferable
Specific duties and responsibilities
General Duties
1. To work across Housing projects to ensure, support and coordinate successful delivery.
2. To identify opportunities to improve service delivery
3. To liaise with partner agencies and stake holders – such as charities, landlords, job centre etc both on individual cases and more general liaison
4. To assist the Housing Strategy and Enabling Manager in delivery of projects
5. Manage project staff on an ad hoc basis
Specialisms
6. Understanding of project management and project delivery
7. An understanding of housing, affordable housing, resettlement schemes and the challenges around these areas
8. To assess and conduct analysis where required and present results and put forward recommendations to the head of service
9. Understanding and experience of data led service design
10. Assist with assist with budget/resource/ funding management in accordance with the requirements of the projects, including leading on collating, making and submitting claims to government for funding in accordance with funding instructions or government guidance
11. To manage the administration involved in projects
12. To be responsible for the timely and accurate reporting of data requests to government agencies.
13. To work positively and proactively with outside agencies involved in the resettlement of families – e.g. letting agents, local authorities in which the housing is located, the Home Office, the North Surrey Family Support Team etc
14. Ensure processes and procedures are compliant with all relevant guidance
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