Package Description
Responsible to: Programme Director - Retrofit London
Starting salary: £75,006
Working Hours: 35 per week
Contract details: Fixed term contract for 42 months (3.5 years from April 25). Full time, Hybrid working, some mandatory office days required.
London Councils operates in a hybrid working environment as an agile employer, working across its Strategic Directorates.
If you have any queries or would like to informally discuss the role, please contact Jack Ostrofsky, Programme Director - Retrofit London at jack.ostrofsky@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Please be advised that the application deadline for this role will close at 11:59pm on 17th March. Interviews are due to be scheduled for the week commencing 31st March.
Job Introduction
We are recruiting to an exciting new role to lead London’s Strategic SHF Partnership. 27 of London’s Boroughs and Housing Associations have come together to deliver DESNZ's Social Housing Fund in partnership to alleviate fuel poverty, cut carbon and address strategic retrofit challenges together.
The partnership will be managed and co-ordinated from within Warmer Homes London, this new joint endeavour of the GLA and London Councils has been established to accelerate the pace and scale of quality retrofit across the capital.
The Head of Programme (Retrofit) will lead a multidisciplinary team dedicated to supporting the SHF Partnership. You will help to ensure the Partnership meets its grant funding requirements and will co-ordinate collaboration across members to achieve the wider and more ambitious strategic goals.
The successful candidate will have robust knowledge of delivering domestic retrofit at scale, substantial leadership experience, and dynamic stakeholder management skills to support success in a multilateral context.
Please note that anyone using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT or Copilot to answer sift questions may be marked down if they do not also include original content that demonstrates their aptitude, experience and skills. Using these tools also runs the risk of plagiarism.
Role Responsibility
1) Head a programme of co-ordination and support activities to assure consortium members are enabled to deliver on their commitments under the SHF Strategic Partnership
2) Lead a team of 5-10-staff with delivery support and PMO responsibilities
3) Lead on all aspects of governance, compliance, and reporting under the Partnership
4) Take responsibility for ensuring the operations of the PMO are managed to the highest standard
5) Collaborate across members of the Partnership and stakeholders to ensure the programme is able to meet its objectives
6) Use the role to drive innovation, advancing the knowledge and pursuit of retrofit across London
Read about the job activities in more detail in the Job Description and Person Specification document attached below.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
- A strong background in the retrofit of social housing homes
- A deep understanding of the current context of local government and/or housing associations in the UK, and their roles in relation to climate and sustainability
- Significant project and programme management experience
- Experience managing successful capital programmes and their associated budgets
- Experience of funding compliance
- Excellent communication, organisational, and leadership skills
All applications will be processed using a blind sifting method. This means that personal identifying details will be removed to ensure fair and unbiased shortlisting of applications.
About the Company
London Councils is the collective of London local government, the 32 boroughs and the City of London Corporation. They come together through London Councils to work in collaboration to deliver their shared ambitions for London and Londoners.
Through lobbying, collaboration and partnership, we ensure the voice of the London boroughs are united, and heard at a local, regional and national level.
We also run a number of services on behalf of the boroughs including the Freedom Pass, Taxicard and Health Emergency Badge (HEB) and London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS).
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