London Borough of Hounslow

Strategic Projects Manager
Salary: £51,093 -£54,129 per annum
Permanent, Full-Time, 36 hours per week
Hybrid Working
Job Reference: R0006623

About us at Hounslow
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.

About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.

We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.

As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.

Our Benefits
If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these here..

About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Programme & Strategy team, as a Strategic Projects Manager. Reporting to the Programme & Strategy Manager, you’ll be leading on the development and delivery of a range of projects, most of which form part of our recently approved Kerbside and Parking Strategies.

Proposals for this year are varied and include expanding the Council’s car club, evaluating our e-bike trial, delivering greener streets, updating our parking policy, delivering changes to parking permits and fees, as well as undertaking feasibility work on mobility hubs, improved wayfinding, loading provision, taxis and a school bus.

This is a great opportunity to gain further experience in the development and delivery of a diverse range of transport and parking projects, enhancing your project management, partnership working and communication skills in the process.

About the Team You’ll Be Working In
You’ll be working in the Programme & Strategy team, which sits within the Transport & Parking division. The team is responsible for delivering a number of the council’s strategic transport projects (including the Kerbside, Parking and EV Strategies), as well as helping to monitor contracts, delivery and performance across the division. These transformational projects play an important part in delivering the Council’s Corporate Plan and transport objectives. We recognise the importance of achieving a good work-life balance, meaning there is flexibility on the number of days you are required in the office each week.

About You
If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:

1. You have experience in leading the development and delivery of successful transport and/or parking strategies and projects in an urban setting. Through this experience you will have developed an outstanding understanding of current best practice in the development delivery and promotion of such projects. You will have substantial experience of leading strategy development, infrastructure design and/or behaviour change, ideally within a London local government context. You have the ability to deliver day to day work programmes and projects with minimal supervision, whilst ensuring that they are delivered on time and to budget.
2. You have solid experience in developing and leading partnership projects or services. This could be with other teams, local authorities, third sector stakeholders or businesses. You are a high performing individual who works collaboratively with others to achieve targets and service objectives. You also have the interpersonal, negotiation and organisational skills required to make these partnerships a success.
3. You will have developed excellent oral communication and stakeholder engagement skills. This means you have the ability to present information and projects for consideration clearly, concisely and persuasively to a wide range of audiences. You have an open and approachable manner that allows you to engage positively with colleagues, staff reporting to you, stakeholders, partners and residents to drive the delivery of projects successfully. You have a calm and clear approach to dealing with contentious and emotive issues and conflict to ensure the reputation of the team and Council is maintained. You will also have the ability to persuade others of the merits of a particular proposal required to achieve the service’s objectives.
4. You have excellent written communication skills. This has been developed by leading on the preparing reports and briefings for senior decisions makers, presenting these reports for consideration at formal Council committees or other appropriate meetings with minimal managerial oversight. You are confident in preparing and submitting detailed funding applications to access funding from a variety of external sources. To achieve this you have excellent ICT skills, including experience of using Microsoft Office applications. MS Project, CAD and GIS skills are also desirable.
5. You have experience of managing people and contracts to successfully deliver projects. You have strong interpersonal skills and a positive ‘can do’ attitude that mean you are able to motivate both staff and contractors to maximise project outcomes. You can easily identify where any support is needed and are happy to step in and assist where necessary. You are highly organised, with an ability to keep on top of contract/project management alongside your other duties. You have the confidence to be able to resolve any issues or conflicts in a proactive, timely and mutually agreeable manner, or take firm and decisive action when necessary, with support from your line manager.

Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Job Description.

Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!

When Interviews Will Be Held and Who to Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the job description, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Email: [email protected] 
Telephone: 07976 702051

Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 9th September 2024.
Closing Date: 3rd September 2024

For further information and to apply, click here.