Senior Project Manager
Location: East London
Rate: £650 per day
Contract: 6 - Months ongoing
Spencer Clarke Group are supporting a London local authority to appoint a Senior Project Manager within a mayoral priority projects team.
This is a delivery-focused role leading key housing and community infrastructure programmes. You will take ownership from design and planning through procurement and construction, keeping a tight grip on governance, budget, risk and stakeholder engagement. The post is suited to someone used to operating at pace in a political environment, with strong experience of resident and member engagement and formal reporting.
Responsibilities include
- Leading the development and delivery of major housing and community infrastructure schemes from concept through to completion
- Managing design development, planning, procurement, programme management and construction delivery
- Owning capital budgets, funding considerations, viability and commercial negotiations
- Maintaining strong governance, reporting and assurance for senior leadership and members
- Leading resident, community and member engagement to ensure schemes reflect local priorities
- Coordinating multidisciplinary internal teams and external technical consultants and contractors
- Ensuring compliance across fire safety, sustainability, accessibility and quality standards
- Identifying, managing and mitigating risk across multiple concurrent workstreams
About you
- Significant experience delivering housing development, estate regeneration or community infrastructure projects in a public sector environment
- Proven track record managing complex capital projects end to end, including procurement and contract management
- Confident producing senior-level reports and presenting at governance and leadership meetings
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience working with residents and elected members
- Financially literate with solid budget management and commercial awareness
- Degree level qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant built environment / regeneration discipline, with evidence of ongoing professional development
How to apply
Send your CV or get in touch with Joe O'Halloran at Spencer Clarke Group on 01772 954200 or
