Senior Development Manager WCC620125

Job title:

Senior Development Manager WCC620125

Company

Shared Services Partnership

Job description

Job Details:Salary range: £76,554 – £106,425 per annum
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 16 March 2025About Us:THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF MIHIR’S VISION AND INSPIRATIONCapital Works in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where dedicated and focused people like Mihir are using all their skills to improve and enhance the lives of the people who live, work and play in our borough.As a Senior Project Manager, it’s Mihir’s job to make sure the estates in the south of the borough are great places to live. Since joining us, he’s worked on many important projects, but is particularly proud of a recently completed major works project at Vale Royal House, in the heart of bustling Chinatown. In the pipeline for about 12 years, renovating the site has been one of the most complex and challenging projects ever undertaken by the council.Before work started, Mihir had to liaise with dozens of different stakeholders, taking into account local events such as the Chinese New Year celebrations and the vibrant, round-the clock nature of the area. But after a challenging two year programme he and his team are proud to have delivered upgrade work to 117 state-of-the-art apartments set around a beautiful hidden courtyard, which are home to more than 1500 people from a hugely diverse range of backgrounds, sitting above 15 new commercial food and retail shops.Mihir is dedicated to providing homes that people can cherish and be proud of, places where they can live, work and raise their families. His vision and inspiration has been the driving force behind the transformation of a rundown inner-city area into an oasis of peace, calm and security, and will allow its residents to grow and flourish in the heart of one of the world’s great capital cities.The Role:As a Senior Development Manager, you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster’s success. Your responsibilities will include managing the full project cycle, leading external and internal specialists to ensure all standards in term of costs, designs, quality and timescales are met, and establishing relationships with relevant stakeholders like contractors, agents and consultants.Expect to work in collaboration with the wider team, meet deadlines without prompting and meet WCC obligations and targets, including in relation to social value. You’ll also need to review and report on revenue and cost, design and progress meetings, development and project plans, risk assessment, mitigation and transfer reports, to name a few.Reviewing and understand projects, developing project briefs and determining project risk in consultation with others will also be your responsibility. You’ll also be liaising with procurement and legal team to oversee all procurement activity, external and internal legal advisors to implement contractual structures and commission legal due diligence for potential development opportunities.Leading and managing multi-disciplinary project teams, negotiating land transactions and taking the lead on evaluation of technical and commercial proposals are also things you’ll be doing as part of this role. In addition, you will oversee the finalisation of technical designs and actively engage with the Project Manager to verify that all designs meet contract obligations. By facilitating rigorous project gateway reviews, you will ensure compliance with design standards, commercial structures, risk management, and cost controls. You will also champion health, safety, and the promotion of healthy working conditions on site, while monitoring key performance indicators and managing change control processes to proactively address any disputes.Finally, you will coordinate the handover and aftercare stages by liaising with internal teams and external consultants to secure timely and quality completion of all project deliverables. This includes confirming handover programmes, managing formal approvals, and ensuring that all project documentation is closed out appropriately to the satisfaction of both WCC and local residents.Please refer to the for more information.About You:You will need a proven track record at a senior project management level within the development and construction sector, ideally having worked as an Employers’ Agent or in a lead client role. You should be adept at analysing complex problems, developing robust business models, and managing risks effectively. In this role, your ability to craft and deliver presentations and reports that engage a wide range of audiences – including senior managers and elected members – will help you be successful.You must be capable of inspiring, motivating, and coaching team members to achieve high performance while supporting and coordinating senior leadership teams. Demonstrable experience in managing political and cultural challenges, as well as delivering project, programme, and change management initiatives, is key. A strong commercial focus with active contract management experience, coupled with in-depth knowledge of procurement and various building contracts, service and development agreements, will set you apart.Additionally, you should have a proven ability to manage main contractors and consultants through the successful delivery of projects, establish and maintain scheme budgets and cashflows, and oversee financial reporting. If you excel in analysing project data related to cost, spend, progress and quality, and can take timely actions to mitigate risks, then you will be well placed to drive our projects forward.Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a Global Majority ( GM), people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or have been racialised as ‘ethnic minorities’ (formally known as B.A.M.E , Black, Asian and multiple ethnic) background and, while the role is open to all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.What We Offer:Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visitAs a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

Expected salary

£76554 – 106425 per year

Location

Westminster, South West London

Job date

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 23:05:49 GMT

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