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About the Borough

Found in zone 6 with good transport links in and out of London, Kingston is a vibrant and diverse university town which creates the rich sense of community shared across the borough and its Residents. Kingston boasts an idyllic riverside location, good shopping and great restaurants, as well as a mix of modern and historic town centre. Kingston has lots of open parklands and cycle routes that help connect the district town centres into an enjoyable place to live and work.

We are passionate about working closely with our residents and vulnerable groups to help them maintain their independence and create a balance between support and independent living.

This role will sit within the Residents and Communities Directorate as part of the Transforming Communities Programme, but works across a wide range of council services and with external partners. Kingston has developed a very ambitious transformation agenda, which includes a number of large strategic programmes that will transform the way services are delivered and improve outcomes for residents.

The regeneration of the Cambridge Road Estate (CRE) is a once in a generation opportunity to provide new housing and community facilities for residents in an area of inequality in the borough. The impact of the regeneration will be felt widely across the Norbiton neighbourhood, so the new community spaces on the estate need to be relevant and accessible for a wide range of audiences.

This is an 18 month fixed term contract project management role working in the Community Hubs team and is directly responsible for the project management of the development and delivery of the new community facility on the Cambridge Road Estate (CRE). This role will report directly to the Transforming Communities Programme Director and have the opportunity to work across the council and with partners, stakeholders and residents.

This role will lead the project management of some key transformation projects; and will lead on stakeholder engagement working with officers at all levels of the organisation to support project delivery, provide project assurance and ensure we are delivering our transformation benefits in line with our critical path for transformation.

This role is not only a supportive one but there will be opportunities to lead on key pieces of work and to support the overall development and delivery of the new community hub.

We are looking for an experienced and flexible Project Manager with strong leadership skills who is excited about tackling diverse challenges. If you are solutions focused and like to work in a collaborative way to enable change and drive delivery then we would love to hear from you!

• Have a proven track record of managing complex change and transformation projects in a public sector setting and delivery of positive outcomes
• Have experience of working on capital programmes and understand the complexity of a large scale regeneration programme
• Need to have strong leadership skills to lead and direct specific pieces of work
• Be able to manage effective relationships across the organisation in a complex stakeholder environment. This includes evidencing stakeholder engagement and management skills, at all levels of an organisation, including political stakeholders
• Have a collaborative approach to delivering change, positive outcomes and benefits
• Be competent with PPM delivery models and core practices including; risk management, business case development, organisational skills, influencing and problem solving
• Be competent in budget management
• Successful track record of delivering benefits - financial and non financial
• Be an excellent communicator, problem solver and influencer

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we're committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We're constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 25-32 days, plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave
• Three volunteering days per year in Kingston
• Hybrid working (dependent on the role)
• Flexible and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks
• Learning and development portal offering a range of courses
• Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
• Zip car scheme
• Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support

Salary range £53,172 - £58,461 per year

We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough and we strive to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and instil a sense of belonging in our staff. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome applications from under represented groups.

We are also proud to be a disability confident employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. As an accredited London Living Wage Employer all our employees are guaranteed the London Living Wage regardless of their length or type of contract.