Senior Development Officer - Public Sector (Maternity Cover)

Senior Development Officer - Public Sector (Maternity Cover)

VANRATH are assisting our client, a large Public Sector Organisation, in their search for a Senior Development Officerfor 12-15 months (Maternity Cover). You will predominantly be based in their Belfast site.

The Senior Development Officer will be an integral part of the Development team and will be directly responsible to the Association’s Development Manager for all matters relating to delivering the Association’s Development Strategy and Programme.

Responsibilities

• To ensure the Organisation provides quality, customer focused and responsive services. These services include:
• To attend public meetings where appropriate and oversee community consultation on projects.
• To liaise and actively engage with Project Teams ensuring the Organisation’s project and delivery objectives are met.
• To monitor project progress in conjunction with the Organisation’s Clerk of Works/Building Inspector.
• To ensure all vendors/agents are kept up-to-date at all times on the progress of their site/land/properties which they have identified to the Organisation.
• To ensure all external negotiations are undertaken on a “without prejudice/subject to” basis.
• To ensure that all required commissioning and handover documentation is provided on completion of projects, including all Operation and Maintenance manuals, as-built drawings, log books, asset schedules, User, Guides and Health and Safety files.
• To work with the Design Team to project manage the effective contract administration of schemes under construction.

Requirements

• 3rd level qualification in a property/construction related subject and 2 years recent experience.

OR

• Five years’ experience in a property/construction related environment.

• Experience of managing multiple projects from inception to completion
• Experience of community consultation and engagement with political representatives
• Practical experience of Construction Contracts using the NEC3 Suite of Contracts including a working knowledge of dealing with Contract Variations, Contingency Sums Spends and Contract Delays of both building contractors and consultants
• Experience in the preparation, review and control of cash flow and programme budgets

Remuneration
Salary £33,782 - £37,890 per annum.

For further information on this vacancy, or any other Public Sector job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Chris Haddock in the strictest confidence.