Major Works Project Lead

Were VIVID! We offer a vibrant friendly inclusive culture that supports develops and attracts the best people!

Were currently looking for a passionate experienced Major Works Project Lead to join our team in Portsmouth!Weoffer a flexible approach to working between home and our offices. This is a permanent full-time position working 37 hours per week with a minimum of 20% of this to be office based to promote collaboration and team working within the Major Works team and other colleagues across the business.

Want to know what else we can offer you

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home
• A generous contributory pension of 6%. Well match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan called Medicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity paternity adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
• Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes

Heres the facts about the role:

As a Major Works Project Lead youll oversee the delivery of projects within VIVIDs Major Works Team ensuring that objectives are achieved in accordance with our financial plans and targets. Youll manage multiple projects as directed by the Major Works Programme Manager including undertaking contract management of external partners to ensure that works are delivered as required to cost quality and time targets.

Youll develop forecasts and plans of works and ensure the financial position of projects is clearly understood taking into account commitments spend to date and WIP. As owner of the project youll ensure that risks to projects are identified assessed and appropriate actions undertaken.

Youll champion collaborative working embrace change and work to VIVIDs values and behaviours. This includes being customer service driven analysing customer feedback to identify how service can be improved and put forward suggestions to improve customer satisfaction. Its likely youll investigate and respond to some customer enquiries or complaints about service provided seeking to provide a first-class service at all times.

Ideally youll hold a Project Management qualification (APM/Prince2) be educated to degree level / equivalent experience and will have a building related qualification at HNC/HND. Youll have excellent working knowledge and experience of managing projects and contractor management. An understanding of the social housing environment including regulation and emerging government policy would be beneficial also.

Asthis role involves travel a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle forbusiness use is a requirement. Business mileage will be paid.

Interviews are due to take place 25 November (subject to change).

Were a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home were here to help with that and more.

Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long-term and this means in the quality safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods with a firm focus on improving services so theyre easy to use and access by our customers.

Were addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. Were the sixth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England having built over 1500 last year.

This is summed up in our vision More homes bright futures.