Are you…?
- Looking for a new management and leadership challenge with entrepreneurial and social impact elements?
- Experienced in managing complex built environment projects with physical, public-centric assets? [or directly comparable]
- Highly experienced in construction or new built environment Project Management roles leading multi-organisation teams? (4 years min. as the accountable PM)
- Passionate about people, planet & business for good
NB: classified as part-time, as we actively encourage applications from those with parental/caring responsibilities or other part-time working needs. However, full-time role is possible.
Interested? (Or know someone who should apply?)
Candidates must have a minimum 4 years’ experience in directly relevant Project Manager roles. If successful, you will build relationships with partners and suppliers across private, public and 3rd sector organisations, to deliver our exciting new multi-sport venues. You will project manage all aspects of the design, build, test and launch of – including social impact initiatives.
We’re looking for a passionate, energetic, and experienced Project Manager. One who has a track record of building great relationships with partners and suppliers whilst ensuring they deliver, in tight timescales.
You’ll be thoroughly organised, process-minded and maintain exceptional standards. You will collaborate to ensure rapid progress by avoiding problems in advance. You will be a people-motivator, who cuts through complexity.
However, we also want you to have a good sense of fun(!) allowing your positive energy, purpose and values to come through in your work.
We also want to hear from people who have transferable skills and a passion for learning, and being part of a social impact movement. You DON’T need to tick all the desired boxes/examples.
If this sounds like you check out the specific role responsibilities and desired attributes below.
Responsibilities
Strategic & entrepreneurial
- Develop strategies and plans to achieve project outcomes and benefits, our mission and strategic aims
- Contribute to venue business ideas, social impact initiatives, planning and budgeting
- Refine governance model & process
Delivery
Ensuring delivery against business case and overall programme plan. Accountable for all aspects of a multi-activity venue. With responsibilities including:
- Drive the structure and delivery of our overall objectives, that each venue will enable
- Lead high performing teams and support them to deliver planned benefits to customers and communities by delivering:
- Deliver the physical site and infrastructure
- Collaborate with venue operations workstreams to
- Ensure operational team, equipment processes & systems are fully tested and launched to standards required
- Deliver all core offerings (activities, events programme; food & beverage; other CX; amenities)
- Direct the launch of community impact projects/initiatives with partners (local, regional & national)
- Ensure effective quality assurance
- Support the Programme Manager (e.g. benefits management, masterplans, budgets,)
Experience and qualities
- 4 years’ [essential criteria] as the accountable Project Manager for complex, multidisciplinary built environment projects i.e. multi-party projects and workstreams
- Accountable for direct supplier and contract management (ideally multi £m NEC3/4)
- Building strong relationships whilst being a stickler for exceptional standards
- Creative ‘big picture thinker’ focused on long-term goals with pragmatic, solution focus
- Supporting programme and portfolio planning
- Building effective relationships with private, public and 3rd sector partners and suppliers
Skills and knowledge:
- Leading multi-stakeholder planning sessions
- Highly experienced in financial planning, risk and change control
- Presenting concise reports to executive level upward
- [desirable] Sports / recreation / leisure and social impact project management or at least knowledge and experience of in a professional context
- Fully proficient in applying relevant construction, project and programme management methods pragmatically. (e.g. RIBA, BIM, MMC, MSP, PRINCE2)
- Highly proficient with project planning and collaboration tools (we use Monday.com) or MS Project; MS 365/Teams; Miro.
- Structured thinker, problem solver with excellent written and verbal communication
