Project Manager - Christchurch, United Kingdom - Sovereign Housing Association

Sovereign Housing Association

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Christchurch, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

At Sovereign we provide high quality homes, services and neighbourhoods where people want to live.

Our Workplace Programme is a £35m programme to rationalise and improve our legacy properties.
Reducing the number of workplaces from 22 to 6 operational hubs.

The Workplace Project Manager will lead and manage the successful delivery of property projectsand activity associated with the Workplace Programme.

The Role - Project Manager
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced
Project Manager to join us for a
12-month fixed term opportunity.

Working within Sovereign's Workplace programme team, you'll initially support the planning, design / fit out and delivery phase of our operational properties in our South Region (Christchurch and Blandford).Depending on project timelines, you will be asked to support across the workplace programme and work across projects as required.

The Workplace Programme is a core element of our corporate plan.

The key objective of the programme is to rationalise our building estate and provide modern, digitally connected workspaces to support effective and efficient customer service delivery.

As a
Project Manager, you will be leading the design, costing/tendering and planning to define and approve the delivery of our new Operational Hubs and then managing contractors and colleagues to deliver these properties.

This role offersa blend of home and office working, along the need to work on-site when required.

We can be flexible on your base location, however there will be a requirement to work from our Basingstoke head office once a week.

What we're looking for
You'll need to be an experienced Project Manager, ideally with experience in commercial property, property fit-out or surveying

You'll also need:

The ability to develop our requirements into a Design Brief for the architectural designs and the fitout of the new hubs
Experience in managing cross functional teams, integrating the different organisational and operational requirements to deliver a new workplace environment that supports business needs
A track record in ensuring projects are well managed, complying with both Sovereign's project framework and the standards set by the Workplace Programme; working to deadlines and commitments
Strong communication skills to effectively liaise with internal partners and third parties

Your benefits
You'll be given the opportunity to grow your skills within a role that will bring great satisfaction.

We've got some fantastic benefits at Sovereign, including:
- £450 flex-pot annually, discounted shopping & cycling scheme

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
Generous pension scheme, matched up to 12%, life cover at 4x your salary
Wellbeing discounts including Gym Memberships
Flexible working we're committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance, and critical illness cover

We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at Sovereign - take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.

If you're ready for a new challenge and want to make a big difference in how our business makes more informed decisions, then we'd love to hear from you