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To apply for this job, you must meet all of the following criteria:
- Be an employee of Kirklees Council.
- Be employed by Kirklees for the duration of the recruitment process – up to and including the start date.
- Have successfully completed your probationary period.
(Please note that if you work for an Academy, you are not an employee of the Council.)
Your employment status will be checked, if you do not meet the above requirements your application will be rejected.
Huddersfield’s town’s and valley’s weave together vibrant, dynamic communities with breath-taking Yorkshire landscape. The Kirklees area has built on its proud industrial heritage by being a place that encourages innovation and entrepreneurship.
Our vision for Kirklees is to be a district which combines a strong, sustainable economy with a great quality of life - leading to thriving communities, growing businesses, high prosperity and low inequality where people enjoy better health throughout their lives. This vision is supported by our Health and Wellbeing and Economic Strategies, and backed up by our Local Plan and a transformative infrastructure investment programme including:
- £150m investment in the transport network
- £50m Transforming Cities Funding to invest in public transport, walking and cycling
- £45m investment in town centres
- £18m investment in low carbon energy schemes
The council’s Major Projects Service takes a lead role on major infrastructure delivery. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional Project Manager to play a leading role in reshaping our local economy and forging better futures for thousands of people.
As Project Manager you will be working with colleagues from within the council, other public and private sector organisations and commissioned consultants, to deliver successful bids for major highway, transportation and active travel schemes and develop them through to delivery.
You will work with a range of stakeholders including senior managers, Councillors, developers and infrastructure providers to coordinate and deliver projects and lead on the design, organising and attending public consultation / exhibitions to seek stakeholder consensus.
We want to hear from you if you have:
- Wide ranging experience of leading pre-feasibility work, ranging from area- wide transport / economic and master planning to corridor investment strategies
- Have a working knowledge of the Five Case Model (HM Treasury Green Book) assurance process.
- Excellent understanding of highways and transportation business case development
- Proven ability to apply project management principles and techniques to a wide range of complex projects including financial management
- Substantial practical or professional experience and understanding of this specialist area and proven problem-solving skills with the capacity to devise and implement innovative solutions
- Proven ability to establish and maintain highly effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with strong interpersonal, organisational and negotiation skills along with good programme and project management experience.
The role involves partnership working across the Leeds City Region and establishing professional relationships with partner organisations. Hence, applicants should have good communication and networking skills.
This is an exciting and challenging time for Kirklees, and we need more talented and ambitious people to join our team. If you are this person, we look forward to hearing from you.
