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Requisition ID:  13156
Posted date:  5 Feb 2025

Housing Delivery Client

Team: Housing Property Delivery Team 

Job Family: Enabling - CBG12  

Salary: £44,711 - £49,764 per annum pro rata + £5,500 Market Rate Supplement (MRS) per annum pro rata (MRS is fixed term and subject to review) 

Hours: 37 hours per week 

Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month. 

Contract: Hybrid - Permanent  

Closing Date: 9th March 2025 

Interview Date: Week commencing 17th March 2025  

  

About the role: 

This is your chance to find your own personal greatness in a role where you will be responsible for the management and delivery of a variety of projects on behalf of Central Bedfordshire Council’s Housing Service.  The Housing Property Delivery Team provides a wide range of services to our residents. As a Housing Delivery Client you will be responsible for client-side management of projects to deliver much needed homes through new build and remodelling/conversion, critical health and safety remedial works to existing stock and completion of building improvement programmes. 

 

We are looking for a highly motivated and energetic individual able to take the lead on projects.  Candidates must be comfortable working at pace, with strict deadlines - both independently and as part of an extended team - to drive forward an ambitious delivery programme.      

 

As part of this Housing Delivery Client role, you will: 

  • define, manage and deliver infill, complex conversion and renovation projects using project management methodologies  

  • establish effective project governance and documentation  

  • identify, assess and manage project risks and issues and ensure lessons learned are reviewed and used to improve service delivery  

  • create, allocate and co-ordinate project tasks and work packages  

  • define requirements in sufficient detail to enable the project to be specified, designed and tendered 

  • complete stakeholder engagement and produce communication plans  

  • manage contracts with contractors and consultants from procurement stage to post-completion 

  • work with construction experts and specialists to ensure the contractor delivers the works in accordance with the specification and contract.  

  • ensure that projects are delivered in accordance with the relevant legislation and regulations.  

  • be responsible for the project budget, including monitoring, forecasting and spend 

 

We would welcome your application if you:  

  • hold a project management or other relevant qualification or can demonstrate equivalent experience  

  • can demonstrate experience working in a relevant development or construction delivery environment (ideally in social housing)  

  • can evidence skills in contract management and construction project management   

  • are a highly organised and solution-focused individual   

  • have excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate  

  • can demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively with teams within the council and with external partners  

  • have a passion for improving outcomes for the residents of Central Bedfordshire  

 

Our Offer

We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page

 

Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer.  We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.

 

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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.

 

Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.

 

For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Cheryl Andani, Housing Delivery Programme Manager at Cheryl.andani@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 5494. 

 

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To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.

 

Our National Careers Service team offer a free weekly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours.  Please book your place here.

 

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