Project Manager

Kent County Council; Farningham; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join the Capital Projects Team. You will manage complex infrastructure projects across education and corporate buildings, delivering from inception to completion with exemplary stakeholder and communication management.

Role requires applying standard project management methodologies, coordinating with directorates and partner agencies to meet deadlines and standards, and serving in a customer-facing capacity within the council.

Qualifications

• Experience managing infrastructure or capital projects is desirable.
• Strong stakeholder and communication management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution and delivery of education and corporate building projects.
• Apply recognised project management methodologies to ensure delivery within deadlines.
• Collaborate with directorates and partner agencies to ensure consistency with policies and standards.

Job description

Project ManagerRole Responsibility

The Capital and Strategic Programmes Team are responsible for delivering a multitude of infrastructure projects across Kent. We are seeking a highly motivated Project Manager to join our Capital Projects Team to deliver projects within our education and corporate building portfolio. As a Project Manager you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful planning, execution, and completion of key initiatives that support the Local Authorities main objectives. In your role, you will be instrumental in providing a high-quality service managing the projects from inception through to completion ensuring stakeholder and communication management is exemplary. The role requires the successful candidate to manage and deliver projects both within and across Directorates and partnership agencies, utilising recognised project management methodologies to ensure that all projects are delivered effectively, to the required standard within the agreed deadlines and
in accordance with existing and new Directorate and corporate policies and procedures. This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (#####) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements.

Contact Details

For further information on this role, please contact David Mounter:##### / 03000 413731

About the Company

Work that works for you and us - let's talk flexibility!KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if
you are interested, as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.