Senior Project Leader

House of Commons

The House of Commons a unique and exciting place to work right at the heart of the UK's thriving democratic system. 

Behind the scenes, the House of Commons Service is made up of more than 3,000 employees who support and facilitate the smooth day to day running of the House. They provide professional services to Members of Parliament, their staff, and the wider parliamentary community.

Staff Benefits

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including:  

• 30 days’ annual leave (Pro-rata) (increasing to 35 days after first full leave year). 
• Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. 
• Access to training and development. 
• Flexible working. 
• Interest free season ticket loan and bicycle loan.

Introduction 

The Strategic Estates team in Parliament takes great pride in looking after and improving the buildings of Parliament itself, as custodians of the Estate. While we are part of the House of Commons service, we provide services to the House of Lords as well. We operate on a working World Heritage site which attracts visitors from all over the globe, in a challenging stakeholder environment where conservation and the need to innovate and build for the future coincide.

Strategic Estates acts on behalf of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, dealing with all property-related capital investment matters. The Project Delivery Team is responsible for leading and delivering a wide variety of refurbishment, conservation, and construction-related projects to meet the needs of both Houses within agreed governance parameters. 

The Role 

Our Project Delivery team are looking for 7 x Senior Project Leaders. This is a fantastic opportunity where you will act as the client representative and perform the “informed client” role on behalf of the Project Owner or Project Board, as appropriate, to pro-actively lead on the delivery of estate wide property, building refurbishment and conservation projects.  You will be involved in leading and delivering a diverse and exciting range of projects typically ranging between £5m and £100m.

You will be required to meet the needs of internal departments in the two Houses and to report to all interested parties, including project boards, clients and stakeholders. As well as running your own projects, You will support the Assistant Directors in the development of programmes of work that manage the requirements of different clients within both Houses.

Some of the responsibilities for this role include:

• Provide leadership of major capital projects across the Parliamentary Estate.
• Ensure that the project outcomes and requirements are adequately defined and that the needs of the users and all other stakeholders are fully understood and accounted for.
• Establish and communicate the overall budget and timescales for projects.
• Oversee the development of comprehensive business cases to the required standards and in accordance with House governance procedures to obtain funding for the agreed scope of the project.

Skills and Experience

Qualifications – An accredited qualification to a minimum of level 4 in a related technical subject such as Construction, Engineering or Architecture. On commencement of employment candidates with a level 4 or 5 qualification will be expected to have obtained full RICS, CIOB, CIBSE or similar Chartership within three years of commencing employment.

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

• Provide demonstrable evidence of evaluation of your leadership role, motivating/ inspiring consultant project managers and evidence of evaluating and managing resources in specific cases.
• Providing demonstrable experience of cascading vision and translating into delivery objectives for the team.
• Knowledge of and practical implantation of H&S legislation particularly CDM 2015.
• Provide demonstrable evidence of setting, monitoring, reporting and advising on project cash flows and key KPIs; evaluate and advise on the financial implications and appropriate management action.
• Leadership ideally through a large client organisation as a project manager of external consultants and contractors in a construction environment and organisation of project delivery effectively on time, budget and to agreed quality standards.
• Experience of establishing and developing productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, coordinating approaches across multi-disciplinary teams within a complex and challenging environment.

Next Steps and Additional Information

• CV & Supporting Statement – If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and supporting statement with a 500-word limit.

More information on the role and the full criteria can be found in the Job Description. 

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

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