The role holder will also take a leadership function in training and supporting the assistant Project and Quality Managers/ Project and Quality Managers to grow their skills and experience on the job.  The role holder is a technical lead for the business, having a continual improvement responsibility, disseminating best practice to ensure schemes are managed through the development process efficiently and effectively by all Project and Quality Managers. 

Travel around the West Midlands will be required - Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Herefordshire

The role holder will report to the Area Development Manager within a region and will work alongside the customer care team, operations teams, external lawyers, sales team, EA and finance teams to ensure the successful and timely delivery of the projects that they manage.

The role holder will also take a leadership function in training and supporting the assistant Project and Quality Managers/ Project and Quality Managers to grow their skills and experience on the job.  The role holder is a technical lead for the business, having a continual improvement responsibility, disseminating best practice to ensure schemes are managed through the development process efficiently and effectively by all Project and Quality Managers. 

Travel around the West Midlands will be required - Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Herefordshire

• Report to the Area Development Manager, and work with the Finance and Operations teams to support the full and successful delivery of s106, package and joint venture affordable housing schemes from exchange of contracts through to practical completion.
• Work alongside Development Managers to ensure contractual arrangements are in place for each project and that the contract arrangements are in accordance with the approvals prior to exchange of contracts.
• Instruct and manage the Employers’ Agent (EA) and/ or Clerk of Works (CoW) for each project and ensure that they are effectively managing the scheme and payments.
• Regularly reviewing EA and CoW performance by all suppliers and supporting continual improvement and best practice in relation to services, performance and ways of working
• Attend monthly progress meetings with the Employer’s Agent and ensure any actions arising are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Maintain the project risk register throughout the project lifecycle.
• Be responsible for monthly reforecasting of programmes, payments and variations in relation to each scheme.
• Be responsible for monthly project updates to finance, operations, sales and customer care, so the other teams can plan their resources in relation to the projects.
• Administer the contract and payments process in relation to each project.
• Liaise with the relevant developer of each site to ensure that all aspects of the development are being implemented in accordance with the agreed budget, plans and programmes.
• Conduct any negotiations in a transparent, trustworthy and honest manner and ensure the reputation of the company is always safeguarded,  as well as ensuring that projects are contracted in accordance with the approvals and with the adopted policies and procedures.
• Be the business subject matter expert and lead continual improvement in relation to project and quality mangement
• Mentor, train and develop Project and Quality Managers/ Assistant PQMs to ensure they fulfil their role effectively and efficiently with the aim of skills development and learning to become a PQM.

Qualifications:

• Ideally degree educated or equivalent
• Strong academic background, with a numerical aptitude
• Preferable to have a project management qualification

Track record

• Solid record of successful project management of housing and development schemes
• Maintaining trustworthy relationships with developers and house builders that are current and potential future partners and clients
• Effective project management and risk management
• Track record in continual improvement
• Experience in mentoring and training junior staff.
• Strong experience in contract management

Experience

• Knowledge of both social housing and possibly the wider residential sectors, in particular an expert understanding of social housing development, housing management and regulatory requirements
• Acting efficiently and productively within defined decision-making processes
• At least 5 years’ experience of project management affordable housing schemes generally delivered through s106 and direct delivery programmes
• Financial management of affordable housing schemes generally delivered through s106 and direct delivery programmes

Skills/ Attributes:

• A self-driven entrepreneurial spirit that embraces change and opportunity
• Commercial project manager that works collaterally with colleagues within the business and with the professional team and the client
• An ability to support, mentor and teach more junior members of the team
• Decisive whilst working at a quick pace
• Significant problem solving and “soft skills”

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, 10% car allowance, life assurance, family private medical insurance, 25 days' holiday, performance related bonuses, your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.

Please contact Chloe McCauley, Resourcing Lead - Chloe.McCauley@landg.com for further information.