Accommodation Assistant Project Manager

-; City Of London; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organization is looking for an Accommodation Assistant Project Manager to oversee office relocations and refurbishments. The role involves managing budgets, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Ideal candidates should have experience in project management and demonstrate strong stakeholder engagement skills. The position offers a full-time, fixed-term contract in London, with a benefits package including up to 31 days leave.

Benefits

Generous leave entitlement

Local government pension scheme

Hybrid working opportunities

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience delivering office move projects or similar.
• Ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of CAD and spatial planning compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage relocation and project budgets effectively.
• Coordinate office moves and refurbishments.
• Ensure compliance with Workplace Regulations.

Skills

Project management

Budget control

Stakeholder engagement

Spatial planning

Job description

Job Description

Contract Terms

Grade: PO4

Salary: £49,056 - £52,194 per annum

Contract Type: 2 Year Fixed-Term Contract

Full time, Permanent (36 Hours per week)

Closing Date: Sunday 9th November 2025

Interview Date: Week commencing 17th November 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work - the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We'll be celebrating all this and more as the "rebel borough" when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture. Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey's people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

The Accommodation Assistant Project Manager will support and enable the Council's change and transformation corporate programmes via the project management of office relocations, small refurbishments, property vacations, furniture provision/disposal projects, and general property moves, as part of the Council's property review and asset rationalisation projects.

You will be part of the Strategic Asset and Accommodation Team and in this role you will be able to demonstrate a wealth of experience in the successful delivery of office move projects or similar working effectively across a range of stakeholders to provide customer focused services including the commissioning and managing of consultants and construction contractors, ensuring that works are delivered effectively.

About You

• To plan, monitor and control relocation, vacation and moves projects taking all action required to achieve the Services', financial and other objectives ensuring these stay within agreed timescales.
• To plan, monitor and control relocation and other project budgets and take action to control variations to agreed budgets.
• To co‑ordinate and lead multi-disciplinary project teams (e.g., IT/Telephony staff, occupants, change managers, contractors, etc.) to assist in the efficient and timely delivery of the project programme.
• To procure furniture using the Council's value for money and sustainability agenda and consider all options for recycling and disposal of surplus furniture.
• To obtain and analyse IT (e.g. pre-move IT surveys) and building related data through audits and reviews making recommendations for the provision, disposal or use of buildings to maximise efficient use.
• To be a main point of contact for staff involved in accommodation move projects, including challenging the status quo in order to maximise effectiveness, efficiency and performance of all council accommodation
• To co‑ordinate appointed Move Champions supporting the office moves and ensure a consistent approach. To collaborate with the Change Manager when one has been appointed on the project
• To be responsible for creating, updating and record keeping of CAD for the Capital Projects and Property service area on behalf of the Council.
• To be responsible for ensuring accurate spatial planning/dimensional guidance to the Accommodation Moves Team, Project Delivery Team, Landlord Works team and other Departments that comply with Workplace Regulations 1992.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money‑saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role please ensure that you do so as soon as possible. Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may end be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of you application please contact [e-mail].

Attachments

• JE355F Accommodation Assistant Project Manager P04 JD.pdf