Project Manager

This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in Northumberland County Council's £175m Town Regeneration Programme. It's an exciting time with a major pipeline of new projects across our towns and we need two experienced regeneration practitioners with capital project and/ or programme management expertise and knowledge of external funding to help us deliver across all our communities.

You will lead on project and programme development and delivery joining our growing multi disciplinary teams across major capital and revenue projects including the £35m Ashington Regeneration Programme, £21m Borderlands Place Programme, £110m Energising Blyth Programme and £3.5m Cramlington Regeneration Programme. These programmes include new leisure, cultural, youth, community and educational buildings and sustainable transport infrastructure and public realm works. Projects are varied in scale and at different stages of development located in communities across the county. Each project will make a major impact and difference to the lives and well being of our residents and help our towns to be productive places, something you can help to become a reality.

We're looking for experienced ‘client side' project and programme management staff to join us who can lead on major parts of our programme from initiation through to successful completion. The role requires the ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and initiative, to have a proactive, solutions and delivery focussed approach, to have experience and expertise in partnership working and external grants processes and operating effectively within a political and governmental framework.

The post is located within the Regeneration Service, part of the wider Economic Development and Growth Directorate whose core purpose is to deliver the Council's priority of Economic Growth. This includes the influencing of national and regional policy and co-ordination and driving forward of the delivery and management of regeneration and economic growth projects.

You will work as part of a team of eleven full and part time staff, responsible for the development and delivery of town regeneration in Northumberland through project and programme management, co-ordination of partnerships being delivered within the County.

Also working closely with colleagues across the Place and Regeneration Directorate, senior representatives of our private, public and third sector stakeholders, and with our business, community and public sector partners on a range of Town Partnerships, you will be responsible for creating and helping to secure commitment to delivery, meeting the objectives of the County Council, North East Combined Authority, Borderlands Partnership and UK Government.

You will therefore have experience in the following key areas relating to either Project or Programme Management, or both:

The post is offered on a fixed term contract for two years from appointment. The programme's in development include a significant pipeline beyond this time period. For example the £21m Borderlands Place Programme is a ten year programme and Energising Blyth is expected to include a further £20m through the new long term UK Government ‘Regeneration Programme' also for ten years. As such we anticipate there may be the potential to extend (subject to funding).

For further information or an informal discussion about this vacancy, please contact:Rob Strettle, Economic Growth and Regeneration Manager: Email: [email protected] / tel: 07770642773 or David Warburton, Head of Regeneration [email protected] / Tel: 07736627965

Why choose us?

We have some outstanding benefits and perks to offer you, including:

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Further information

Please note that this is a fixed term position and applications on a secondment basis would be considered for the right applicant.

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