Senior Project Manager – Estates

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Estates
Salary:

£59,040 to £67,763
per annum, inclusive.
Closing Date:  Sunday 27 November 2022
Reference:  PSS-EST-2022-08-R

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is a world-leading centre for research and postgraduate education in public and global health. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice. 

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Estates Senior Project Manager (SPM) to join the Project Management Office (PMO), reporting directly to the Head of PMO, with a wide range of responsibilities, relating to capital estate projects.

The Estates SPM will become the lead for Capital project delivery, and for the leading on our Estate transformation, by improving our facilities with an ambitious and exciting capital programme. This includes a new build development at our Tavistock Place site, and systematic refurbishment of our historic Keppel Street building, spanning the next 7-10yrs. 

The successful candidate will have substantial experience delivering Estates capital projects, with a demonstrable expierience in a senior role, with staff supervision. Experience of Higher Education and knowledge of working within listed buildings, will be viewed favourably, although not essential. The candidate will also ideally have experience in working in a Prince2-based project environment.

The role will have responsibility for LSHTM’s team of estates PM’s and APM’s who manage key strategic Capital Projects (max 5 staff), predominately delivering refurbishment projects within operational and listed buildings. Alongside this, there will be a requirement to deliver their own capital projects, alongside the team supervision. 

The post is full time. The salary will be on the Professional salary scale Grade 8 in the range £59,040 – £67,763 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.  Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Director’s Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Applications should be made on-line via our website at http://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk . Applications should also include the names and email contacts of two referees who can be contacted immediately if shortlisted. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk . 

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as “Please see attached CV” will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We believe that when people feel respected and included, they can be more creative, successful, and happier at work. While we have more work to do, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace, a community that everyone feels a part of, which is safe, respectful, supportive and enables all to reach their full potential.