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Capital Delivery Manager (Major Works)

Employer
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC)
Location
W10 (office base), boroughwide (sites/projects)
Salary
£46,000 to £62,200
Closing date
11 Oct 2020

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Job Details

About Us

This department is responsible for housing, communities and improving the lives of local residents.  This includes landlord services and estate management, planning, refurbishment, and advice and support to help maintain healthy and safe homes.

A significant part of our work is focused on creating stronger communities, by working together with local residents on recovery following the Grenfell tragedy.  

In response to London’s affordable homes crisis, we are committed to building more social housing to help people on lower incomes to live, work, and raise their families in the borough. Our housing team also work closely with affordable housing providers and other agencies to manage homelessness and give support to older residents to live independently.  Find out more about our vacancies here.

The Role

Following the re-organisation of the Housing Management Property Services Team, we are entering a period of change for us and the Social Housing sector. RBKC was granted a budget of £267m in order to carry out works via our Capital Delivery Programme over a 7-year period. 

You will manage a team who in turn will manage a portfolio of individual contracts and call off projects from the RBKC’s procured contractor and consultants frameworks within the Capital Delivery budget. 

In joining the busy Capital Delivery Team as Capital Delivery Manager, you will play a vital role in delivering the programme on time, to budget and at the required quality whilst maximising resident engagement and leaseholder recovery.

You will also have line management of Project Managers and Clerks of Works; whilst maintaining relationships with Resident Liaison Officers and Building/Leasehold Surveyors.

About You

  • Managing the performance of all direct reports on both a formal and informal basis, including employee engagement, motivation, performance and absence management.
  • Lead the team on the scoping, specification design sign-off and procurement of projects ensuring that all organisational and statutory requirements are met.
  • Analyse and make recommendations on consultant/contractor design options, feasibility reports and proposals to ensure they meet the project objectives, RBKC’s requirements and demonstrate value for money.
  • Lead on ascertaining client requirements and brief consultants accordingly ensuring compliance with all business requirements and performance and quality standards. Ensure an integrated approach to service delivery is maintained in line with overall council and departmental strategy and plans. 
  • Setting up strategic planning controls covering the full scope of works (up to £35 million for a specific project) for all disciplines including taking full responsibility for the delivery of identified schemes and the operational management of these from inception to final accounts in line with all company and statutory requirements including Financial Standing Orders, Contact Regulations, EU Procurement, Health and Safety. Support and assist the development and implementation of strategies that safeguards the Council against contractual and commercial risk
  • Work effectively with a range of stakeholders to establish and lead multi-disciplinary project teams to deliver the project to time and budget. Ensuring the Council is not put at any financial risk, including recharging of leaseholders.

Role Requirements

You will be responsible for managing the team to deliver from inception to final account of approximately £50 million per year (over the next 3 years), you will be responsible for reporting/managing the delivery of capital building projects within the Councils capital programme, ensuring effective outcomes, delivery on time, within budget, representing value for money, contribute to the development, delivery, management and monitoring of the organisation’s.

Work up schemes to deliver RBKC’s capital programme maximising resident involvement. Monitor and report on project financials on a monthly basis (or as required); to monitor and report on project programmes slippages, mitigating action and cost profiles ensuring all cost variations are fully reconciled and approval is obtained in accordance with financial rules and department procedures.

Work closely with and regularly collaborate with peers, residents, Resident associations and senior management to ensure a fully integrated Property approach is achieved and maintained.

Manage a range of internal and external stakeholders in the planning and delivery of capital projects.

Managing the performance of the Project Managers, Assistant Project Manager/Resident liaison officer on both a formal and informal basis including employee engagement, motivation, performance and absence management. Delegating and assessing their quality of work.

Informal Contact Details; Paula Botha Paula.botha@rbkc.gov.uk

Interview date:

Thursday 22 October 2020

Thursday 29 October 2020

Company

About Us

Kensington and Chelsea is one of London’s most vibrant and recognisable boroughs. It has many unique buildings, famous museums and beautiful parks. Although the borough is geographically one of the smallest in London, at just over 4.7 square miles, it is one of the most densely populated and diverse areas in Europe. It is home to the world-famous Notting Hill Carnival. Kensington and Chelsea Council (also known as RBKC) aims to provide high quality services to improve the lives of its residents and to make the borough a better place in which to live, work, and visit.

Housing and Grenfell

This department is responsible for housing, communities and improving the lives of local residents.  This includes landlord services and estate management, planning, refurbishment, and advice and support to help maintain healthy and safe homes.

A significant part of our work is focused on creating stronger communities, by working together with local residents on recovery following the Grenfell tragedy.  

In response to London’s affordable homes crisis, we are committed to building more social housing to help people on lower incomes to live, work, and raise their families in the borough. Housing also covers landlord services and estate management, planning, refurbishment, and advice and support to help maintain healthy and safe homes.

Our housing team also work closely with affordable housing providers and other agencies to manage homelessness and give support to older residents to live independently.  Find out more about our vacancies here.

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Telephone
020 7361 3011
Location
Third Floor, Town Hall
Hornton Street
London
London
London
W8 7NX
United Kingdom

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