Job Description

Details

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Reference number

418707

Salary

33,048 - 38,879
GBP

Job grade

Other

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Corporate Finance

Project Delivery

Property

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Birmingham, West Midlands (England), B1 2AX

About the job

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Job summary

Working in a team with Louise Gemmill (Senior Manager - Infrastructure Grants Project Management, IGPM) and Paul Ahdal (Head of IGPM - North) , the Assistant Project Manager of Infrastructure grants will play a critical role in managing a range of small to medium grant investments and supporting team members on some of the larger and more complex grant investments under agreed assurance frameworks and Grant Determination Agreements . You will be joining our experienced, multi-disciplinary team, who are committed to making positive change in supporting infrastructure delivery and unlocking hundreds of thousands of homes across England.

Job description

The IGPM team looks after a range of infrastructure grant investments, from small grants to some of the largest most complex investments that Homes England makes (up to 250 million+ at project level). This role will include working on schemes funded by the Housing Infrastructure Fund and the Brownfield Infrastructure Land Fund, which cover the breadth of the country and vary in scale and complexity from project to project. These investments come with significant political and stakeholder interest and are subject to regular monitoring, reporting and assurance reviews. We are looking for a mixture of strong administrative, analytical and communication skills combined with the ability to prioritise tasks in response to urgent requests for information within tight timescales.


Paul believes in delivering first-class customer service, resolving project delivery issues informally wherever possible by taking an innovative and creative approach. The team highly values and encourages working in a collaborative and flexible way to foster good decision making and problem solving.


The Assistant Project Manager of Infrastructure Grants will have responsibility for managing a portfolio of grants at various stages in their life cycle (from preliminary works, through infrastructure delivery to the completion of housing units) requiring site visits to a range of geographic locations across England as well as supporting our Managers and Senior Managers with some of the more complex infrastructure schemes. There are some ambitious initiatives to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to the infrastructure funding offering.


This is a rare chance to shape the future of infrastructure and housing delivery in a national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional team you will have the opportunity to help create new communities and places within the country.

Person specification

Whilst our day job is to deliver first class customer service to our stakeholders, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.


You'll be comfortable supporting the IGPM team with a wide range of complex funding and programme issues, ensuring that projects are performing in line with expectations. You will be proficient in project management, assurance and monitoring in the built environment with a desire to continue to develop professionally.


Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn't always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at every level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.


With some experience of working as part of a dynamic team, you'll be able to demonstrate that you can work with others in a collaborative, inclusive way. You will have a range of technical skills, experience, a calm professional approach to getting work done, tenacity in problem solving and a willingness to learn. You will be happy travelling to team meetings and wider Homes England events around the country.


Having knowledge of the UK housing market, grant-based public sector programmes, property / infrastructure projects, contract management or analysis of project cashflows and appraisals would be very beneficial for the role.


If you've got the relevant skills or experience and a passion for how housing delivery can improve lives, then we would like to learn more about you.

Benefits

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Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:


Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.


Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.


Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.


Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.


We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

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Selection process details

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Selection process details

For more information on the role, please see the attached .


Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.


Please note - Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.


Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.


Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:


https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter

Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.


The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.


Further information


Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Recruitment Team Email : recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

* Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk