Project Supervisor (Education Capital)

Belmont Recruitment are currently seeking an experienced Project Supervisor to work with a Northamptonshire-based Local Authority on a temporary basis. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week (Mon – Fri).

The incoming candidate will be required to undertake a statutory school place planning role, which will include regular liaison and partnership working with the Local Authority Admissions Team, headteachers, planning and regeneration officers, developers and contractors.

Main Duties:

• To monitor the Local Authority’s planning process, identifying schemes where section 106 contributions are required.
• Ensuring capital projects are delivered within key performance criteria relating to time, cost, value for money and sustainability.
• Managing project specific risks and issues ensuring these are recorded accurately and reviewed and resolved in a timely manner.
• To manage external project consultants including monitoring their contractual progress and deliverables, and preparation of related documents.
• To take the lead role in developing and delivering each project's communication strategy.
• To take the lead role in organising and co-ordinating key project events and consultations both informal and statutory, including pre-planning application consultation.
• To deal sensitively with a range of complex and contentious enquiries from all stakeholders, dealing efficiently with any issues requiring immediate attention.
• To keep abreast of new legislation, statutory guidance, central government policies, local authority policies and practices and internal and external factors relevant to the successful delivery of the Council’s Schools Capital Programme.
• To evaluate the performance of procurement and delivery methods used and contribute to the procurement strategy for the education capital programme.
• To develop and support the service offered to maintained schools by developing schools’ Asset Management Plans to prioritise the use of devolved maintenance and capital funding in line with building condition.

Essential Criteria:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification.
• Evidence of commitment to continuing personal and professional development.
• Experience of managing and contributing to commissioning / procurement and tendering of projects.
• Understanding of the analysis of demographic data, school capacity information and available information on housing developments to determine the impact of these on individual schools/groups of schools.
• Prior experience of identifying and assessing options for developing existing schools, and acting as advisor to headteachers and governing bodies in respect of capital projects.
• Up to date specialist knowledge and understanding of DfE Design guidance and Education Act 2011 and the responsibility of the Council to fulfil their statutory duties to provide sufficient school places.
• Ability to interpret cost plans for capital projects and financial profiles for schemes within budget.
• Ability to interpret demographic data and pupil forecasts to prepare school review/organisation proposals.

If your skills match the above criteria, apply with your updated CV for further discussion.