Assistant Project Manager in Birmingham

Location: Birmingham and Belfast in line with our Agile Working Policy. You will need to be able to work from our Birmingham or Belfast office 2 days per week/office to be attended as often as business needs require.

Who we are... TerraQuest Solutions Ltd is an award-winning and market-leading specialist provider of planning, land, property, and business solutions. We are an established and trusted organisation that is renowned for its expertise in providing innovative and cost-effective solutions to both public and private sectors. Our team delivers bespoke, flexible, and efficient services through a process-orientated delivery structure. We pride ourselves on strong customer relationships evidenced by the high proportion of referrals and repeat business.

Why work with us… We are a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer, committed to supporting the well-being and development of all our people. With competitive salaries, enhanced Family Friendly policies; a fabulous suite of benefits (including: Pension; Life Assurance; Employee Assistance Programme; option to buy additional annual leave in addition to 25 days plus Bank Holidays); true flexibility with our Agile Working approach, and superb training and development opportunities, we really care about our team!

What we need... Due to a period of sustained growth, we are looking to recruit an Assistant Project Manager to join our Land Referencing Team within the Professional Services department. The Assistant Project Manager will be a member of the Land Referencing team, with responsibility for the management and execution of project tasks by the Project Teams as directed by the Project Manager, and ensuring they are completed in accordance with project plans and customer expectations. The Assistant Project Manager will have direct responsibility for ensuring all allocated project tasks are completed to time, quality and budget, and in compliance of TerraQuest’s standards and systems. The position will be as a member of a dedicated team, delivering specialist land and property services projects to high profile clients undertaking major business process, infrastructure and regeneration development projects. Ideally, you will have experience of land referencing, compulsory purchase process, and/or the wider industry. You may have experience of Compulsory Purchase Orders, Development Consent Orders, Hybrid Bills or other property related experience.

What you will be doing…

• To ensure that all project activities are performed to the highest levels of quality & compliance in line with defined standards, procedures and TerraQuest’s Business Management System, and meet customer quality expectations.
• Update project documentation on behalf of the Project Manager, to include Project database (with all associated logs and schedules), Project Plan and Production Logs.
• To monitor and record technical quality of project deliverables and report issues to Project Manager.
• To monitor project risks and report issues to Project Manager.
• To monitor and record progress against plan and report to Project Manager.
• To create and maintain Work Instructions, allocate tasks to members of the project team(s) and monitor their progress, performance and quality.
• To allocate tasks with performance criteria to team members, to be used as Measurable Personal Objectives for performance management purposes.
• To direct and motivate the project team ensuring all members are suitably trained to perform allocated tasks.
• Line Manage junior team members, under the guidance of the Project Manager.
• Interact with clients and stakeholders at the appropriate levels.
• Day to day liaison with team members, managers, clients and interested parties.
• Actively participate in activities supporting the quality assurance process, liaising directly with the Technical Consultant and Project Manager.

What we are looking for…

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant to the business.
• The ability to organise own workload and be able to work autonomously.
• The ability to work to deadlines and within a team environment.
• Ability to influence, develop, and empower project team members to achieve objectives with a team approach.
• Ability to manage a variety of project tasks.
• Ability to read plans and maps.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Attention to accuracy and detail.
• A right first-time approach with focus on maintaining high productivity, efficiency and effectiveness.

Desirable

• Experience within the land referencing or planning industry, and of compulsory purchase more widely.
• Experience of handling mail outs.
• Experience of checking of reports and plans.
• At least 1 years’ experience in a leadership or task management role.
• Experience of working in data production and quality control environment.
• Exposure to/experience of Geographic Information Systems.
• Confident in dealing with difficult customers and achieving positive outcomes.
• Experience of land ownership or planning applications subject area.

Please apply for more information and please do not be put off if you do not have all of the experience and skills required. If you have the majority of skills and relevant experience, we would still like to hear from you!

TerraQuest Solutions Ltd is committed to promoting equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment and to creating an inclusive working environment in which individuals are treated with dignity and respect. We ensure that no job applicant, employee, or worker receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, political opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.

TerraQuest Solutions Ltd operates in compliance with the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. We monitor the composition of our workforce in accordance with the Fair Employment (Monitoring) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, and where applicable, submit annual monitoring returns to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI). All monitoring information is held securely and processed under the legal basis of compliance with a statutory obligation, in accordance with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. We do not rely on employee consent and ensure all personal data is treated with the utmost confidentiality and integrity. TerraQuest aims to use this data to help identify and address any patterns of underrepresentation and to inform positive action measures where appropriate, fostering a workplace culture that embraces diversity and fair participation.