Capital Project Manager

**Capital Project Manager, East Croydon**

**To £55,000 + Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Wellbeing Cash Plan + Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Additional Benefits**

**Summary**

Our client, a Multi Academy Trust, has a fantastic opportunity for a Capital Project Manager to join their central Estates and Projects Team in East Croydon. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and progressive Multi Academy Trust in a rolewhich has a sense of purpose and the chance to make an impact across the Federation, and to make a difference to the young people of London.

The Trust is a highly successful not for profit education charity with 50+ schools across London, educating some 40,000 young people. Over the past thirty years, they have implemented ideas and initiatives that have transformed the opportunities of pupilsfrom working class and disadvantaged backgrounds. They are looking for a forward thinking project manager who has a genuine interest to work in Education and a desire to help our academies.

The Capital Project Manager will be responsible for delivering the capital developments across the estate, including a focus on new schools, sustainability projects and efficiency standards. As Project Manager, you will be responsible for the planning, implementation,procurement, and delivery of a high-quality construction and refurbishment services across the whole estate and focus on the delivery of the three-year strategic priorities to ensure that the service to schools is exceptional.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-recognised and high performing Multi Academy Trust and the chance to work within a highly collaborative environment.

The organisation have a hybrid working policy. You'll need to visit the Head Office in East Croydon frequently but there are also opportunities to work from home. There is also the requirement for regular site visits, London-wide.

**The detail;**

**Project Management**
- Project Manage the priority, delivery, and budgets of the School Condition Allocation (SCA) projects from inception to end of defects.
- Project Manage the successful opening and delivery of free school projects, working with the DfE, design teams and local authorities.
- Project Manage and support the management of the condition and maintenance of the school estate. Supporting the asset management processes.
- Project Manage the capital elements of academy conversion projects.
- Planning, implementation, procurement, and delivery of a high-quality service in relation to all estate and projects work.
- Manage and monitor external technical advisors.
- Manage H&S through the lifecycle of all projects.
- Management third party suppliers and consultants employed directly by the Federation.
- Manage the consultations, admissions, branding, marketing, FF&E and uniform of all new schools.

**Compliance**
- Provide professional services to the individual schools and ensure that the Federation complies with relevant property legislation, regulations and guidance.
- Assist with the development of all policies and procedures concerning the Federation estate.
- Assist with the framework for all estates related statutory elements including overseeing the implementation and reporting of all audits.

**Capital Planning**
- Contribute to the prioritisation and allocation of capital funds in line with the Federation's objectives.
- Oversee capital projects across the Federation.

**Sustainability**
- Assist in the development of a carbon reduction strategy across the Federation.

**Reporting**
- Project Manage and support the delivery of all key building programmes throughout the Federation, reporting to the Head of Estates and Projects.
- Project Manage the delivery of SCA projects and the successful opening and delivery of free school projects, working with the DfE, design teams and local authorities.
- Contribute to monthly reports on the performance of projects to the Commercial and Compliance Director.

**Qualifications & Experience**

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who has experience of managing projects and working with either Education, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit or wider Public Sector organisations. The successful post holder will need to be professionaland have the personal skills to champion and drive high quality project management support.

We are interested to hear from individuals with:
**Essential**
- Degree or equivalent experience in a project management environment
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Project management experience within Education, Not for Profit or Public Sector industries/organisations
- Able to interpret and present complex information to inform robust recommendations for evidence-based practice and decision-making
- Proven and well-developed interpersonal skills, including excellent communication both written and verbal
- Experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Demonstrable successful delivery of project outputs to required time, quality and cost
- Good administrative, finance and organisational skills
- Ability to work independently and flexibly with own initiative on various ongoing projects
- Professional working ethic and a commitment to high standards
- Ability to ensure that confidentiality is always maintained
- Ability to upskill oneself with new areas of expertise
- Experience of managing a team and developing good working relationships

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