Job Description

Role: Project Manager- Transformation

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week, 08:30 am -4:50 pm

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Grade H - Starting Salary is £ 40,777 (Level one) rising to £44.075 (Level four)

Location: Harvey Road, NG8 3BB

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and driven individual to join us as a Project Manager. In this role, you will play a key part in the successful delivery of projects that support the Housing Services TransformationProgrammes, while actively promoting the Council's vision, values, and priorities. You'll help put our tenants first through the delivery of high-quality, best-value services.

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing multiple projects within a programme, or across several programmes of work.

In this crucial role, you'll be expected to foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging innovation and efficiency in project delivery. This includes identifying opportunities to implement best practices in project management and ensuring projects are delivered successfully - on time, within budget, and achieving the intended outcomes.

You will bring passion and commitment, strong leadership skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

1. Ability to lead and motivate project teams to achieve project goals and objectives and keep projects on track to deliver outcomes and objectives.
2. Ability to identify, assess, mitigate and escalate risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle
3. Strong understanding of quality assurance to ensure that project outcomes, impacts and benefits meet the required objectives.
4. Ability to manage project resources, including budgets and financial aspects of projects.
5. Strong understanding of project management methodologies
6. Evidence of working successfully in partnership across different sectors, building and maintaining good working relationships.

Please ensure you demonstrate clearly how you meet the 6 requirements in your CV & supporting document.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

Closing Date: 20 November

Interviews will be held: Interviews will be held w/c 1 December - please note, this is subject to change.

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home

If you have any queries about the role or the recruitment process, please contact us via email: recruitment@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.