Project Director (Local Partnerships)
Cardiff

Vacancy Reference: 001788

Location: Cardiff

Closing Date: 28/08/2019

Salary: Dependent on experience

Employment Type: Fixed term, full-time

Department: Local Partnerships

Hours Per Week: 35

The recruitment for these roles is being administered by the Local Government Association on behalf of Local Partnerships LLP 

Fixed term position available until 31 August 2020

About us
Local Partnerships LLP is a public sector joint venture, wholly owned by HM Treasury, the Local Government Association and the Welsh Government, and exists solely to provide commercial support and deliver expertise to the public sector.  

We were created by the public sector, are in-house to the public sector, and we work solely for the public sector (government, local authorities, local public bodies and the community focused third sector). This means that we are never commercially conflicted in the advice that we give, as we are never also advising private sector clients.

Our primary purpose is to strengthen the intelligent client capability and capacity of the public sector, particularly in their commercial interactions with the private sector. We do so by deploying senior commercial specialists that provide advice and support to local public bodies. Our ethos is to share freely our learning for the benefit of the wider public sector. 

About the role
Project Directors are responsible for the successful delivery of a major stream of business activity for Local Partnerships. Project Directors may work on their own but will more often form part of a team of different specialists undertaking an assignment stretching over weeks or months, or occasionally years, for a client who will typically be a Council, a partnership of Councils, a Combined Authority or a government department.

Project Directors are assigned to a programme area headed by a Programme Director. While every assignment is different, Project Directors typically bring their professional expertise and project management skills to bear on complex projects and problems and ensure the Local Partnerships’ quality standards are met in completing the assignment on time and budget.

Project Directors will also contribute to the development of new business for Local Partnerships.

Project Directors need to have an understanding of decision-making in the public sector, including the role of elected politicians, in addition to their professional expertise. Almost all assignments involve preparing reports containing complex written and analytical information for the client, so excellent communications skills are vital. Knowledge transfer to the client is a key part of the role.

Project Directors may be based anywhere in England and Wales. They will need to travel to clients’ offices around the country.

Line management will be undertaken by the Universal Projects Programme Director.

About You

  • Educated to a degree standard and professional qualifications appropriate to the role
  • Strong commercial skills and a track record of operating in a commercial environment
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and management including the ability to deliver solutions that meet collective needs and communicate in a variety of forms
  • Able to specify and create effective teams within organisational structures
  • Effective in the management and balance of a project’s legal, commercial, technical, and finance issues to ensure efficient delivery and value for money
  • Willingness to develop relevant sector expertise and knowledge
  • Able to work independently and to research and consider the issues and develop detailed legislative proposals using expertise and knowledge
  • Commitment to flexible working and team approach to delivery

Closing date:     5pm, 28 August 2019
Interview date:   4 September 2019

Local Partnerships values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community

 

This vacancy is now closed. We are no longer accepting applications for this position.

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