Space Planner

Our client is seeking a highly-motivated, organised and capable individual to act as a Space Planning Project Manager to be working on capital projects specifically space management and planning projects within the Property team.

Our client have a wide range of programmes across the entire property portfolio. The Project Manager is involved in all aspects of projects, including utilisation surveys, requirements gathering, solution investigation, business cases, through handover to Capital Projects for implementation and post-project evaluation.

**JOB PURPOSE**:
To support the planning and delivery of all space management programmes, space planning projects and major change initiatives typically in the £5k - £3m+ value range. The role will incorporate providing support to the Space Management and Planning team to ensure the effective day-to-day administration of the projects, co-ordination across project workstreams and providing support to the programme manager in the data collection, development of solutions, stakeholder management and monitoring progress in order to achieve timely and high quality outcomes.

KEY JOB DIMENSIONS

**Professional Requirements**: Graduate, ideally in a property, building or estates?related discipline and ideally working towards a professional qualification. The postholder must have knowledge of the management of property or construction projects and be able to analyse complex numerical and qualitative data in order to feedback findings in a concise and constructive manner. Organisational Responsibility: To support and advise the Project Director, Programme Manager and team for the scheme in line with Trust governing objectives so as to achieve long term best value for the benefit of patients, staff and clinical service.

1.0 PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

To provide support to the Programme Manager and Project Director with the overall project management of space planning projects, including scheme programme, cost and quality.

To liaise with the Trust's clinical and operational teams, the project team, Estates team and other technical consultants as required, to organise the development of solutions in relation to the submitted space requests or major change initiatives.

To respond to specific requests for information from users, key stakeholders and the project team, liaising with client clinical teams, Estates and Facilities, IT services and others to provide the required information.

To utilise CAD and facilitate drawings distribution on request or for the purpose of space planning projects.