Housing and Land

The Housing and Land directorate is responsible for the Mayors plans to deliver new and improved homes and strong communities. Working closely with boroughs and partners, we manage the Mayors housing investment programmes and land and property assets to support the building of affordable homes, job creation and regeneration.

About The Team

The role sits within the GLAs Public Land team which manages a collection of programmes that are focussed on supporting public sector landowners to identify and bring forward surplus land for housing in London. The team works with a range of partners to share expertise and build partnerships that advance the delivery of housing in London.

About The Role

We are seeking a skilledprogramme manager to join the Public Land team tooversee the continued implementation of the recommendations from theLord Kerslakes Review of Housing Delivery(2022).

The focus of this role will be to lead the delivery of theHomes for LondonersCollaboration programme. This is a high-profile programme which embeds a more streamlined and collaborative approach to housing delivery across the GLA Group and wider public landowner partners.

The GLA Group is made up of GLA, Places for London (TfLs property company), Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC), London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), the London Fire Commissioner and Mayors Office for Policing and Crime, where these organisations are collectively responsible for bringing forward exciting and strategic development schemes on their surplus landholdings across London.

In this role, you will use your excellent programme management skills to drive forward the delivery of the Homes for Londoners collaboration programme. You will be able to demonstrate planning and organising skills where you can effectively lead a varied programme with competing priorities. You will have notable problem-solving skills which allow you to work with partners to identify opportunities and innovative solutions to achieve the programme objectives.

What Your Day Will Look Like

• Appraising, establishing and implementing innovative programme and change management tools that unlock and drive forward the delivery of projects that achieve the objectives of the Homes for Londoners Collaboration programme.
• Managing relationships with an array of stakeholders from across the GLA group to understand progress on housing delivery activities and to identify opportunities for further collaboration and partnership working.
• Leading the delivery of strategic meetings with senior leaders and politicians from across the GLA Group to allow scrutiny of housing delivery data, progress across projects within the programme and mitigating key risks and issues.
• Providing line management to a project officer, including supporting the planning and delivery of communications to ensure collaborative activities are embedded across all parts of the GLA Group.
  
  

Skills, knowledge and experience

To be considered for the role you must meet the following criteria:

• Experience of managing cross-cutting programmes and projects, including complexinformation management and implementing programme management tools.
• Successful track record of delivering a programme which requires working effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders and/or organisations to deliver shared goals.
• Experience of successfully operating in a complex organisational or political environment.
• A general understanding of issues and policy relating to housing or the built environment.
• Well-developed IT skills and experience of utilising these for programme management and financial management.
  
  

How to apply

If you would like to apply for the role you will need to submit the following:

• Up to date CV
• Personal statement with a maximum of 1500 words. Please ensure you address how you demonstrate the essential criteria outlined above in the advert.
  
  

Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement have a maximum file size of 1.5MB each and upload your Personal Statement to the Additional Documents section of the form, ensuring you address the technical requirements and competencies in your Personal Statement.

Word or PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement are saved with the job reference number as part of the naming convention (E.g. CV applicant name - 012345

If You Have Questions About The Role

If you wish to talk to someone about the role, the hiring manager Christine Wood would be happy to speak to you. Please contact them at christine.wood[at]london.gov.uk.

Assessment process

Once you have submitted an application, your details will be reviewed by a panel.

If shortlisted youll be invited to an interview/assessment.

The interview/assessment date is: expected to be week commencing 23rd June

Equality, diversity and inclusion

London's diversity is its biggest asset, and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable

• Providing extra time in assessments and interviews;
• Providing communication support such as a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter during the interview;
• Providing questions in advance of the interview;
• Holding the interview/assessment in an accessible building;
• Holding interviews in different formats such as over the phone or via a video call.
  
  

Please note we are a Disability Confident Employer so for candidates who wish to be considered under the scheme and meet the essential criteria, they will automatically be invited to interview, or if there is one, move forward to the next phase of the recruitment process, for example a test.

Benefits

GLA staff are hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices and remotely depending on their role. As part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office.

In addition to a good salary package, you will be paid every four weeks, providing frequent salary payments. We also offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.

Additional Information

Please note, all candidates will need to confirm that the information provided in this application form is true and correct. Should a candidate deliberately give false information, including the use of AI software, they understand that this would disqualify them from consideration.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record (DBS) check but some roles may require additional security screening.

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Full Job Description Can Be Found Below:

Job title: Programme Manager, Kerslake Review

Grade: 10

Directorate: Housing & Land

Unit: Strategic Projects and Property

Job Purpose

To work closely with and support the Senior Professional Lead and the Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development to implement the recommendations from the Kerslake Review of housing delivery across the GLA Group.

To lead the delivery of the Homes for Londoners Collaboration programme that looks to embed a more streamlined and collaborative approach to housing delivery across the GLA Group and wider public landowner partners.

Principal accountabilities

• Implement and oversee programme management and governance tools that drive the delivery of projects that sit within the Homes for Londoners Collaboration programme.
• Lead and deliver complex projects in line with planned performance and outputs to time, budget commitments and quality specifications.
• Ensure that projects and policy work are well consulted upon with politicians, partners and stakeholders. Engage with internal and external stakeholders, to represent and promote the GLAs projects and policy work and to influence their work on housing programmes and projects.
• Gain and maintain a good understanding of the wider policy context in which these projects are delivered.
• Monitor and oversee the activities of delivery partners and consultants, identifying and reporting on risks and issues as appropriate. Take overall responsibility for procurement processes, project management, approvals, communications, consultation, monitoring and review.
• Prepare and present reports, briefs and recommendations on key issues and actions to senior managers and the Deputy Mayor to facilitate executive understanding and decision making.
• Manage staff and resources allocated in accordance with the Authoritys policies and Code of Ethics and Standards.
• Realise the benefits of Londons diversity by promoting and enabling equality of opportunities, and promoting the diverse needs and aspirations of Londons communities
• Undertake any other additional duties and tasks reasonably assigned to the job.
  
  

Key contacts

Accountable to: Senior Manager Public Land

Accountable for: Resources allocated to the job.

Key Contacts: GLA Group colleagues, London Boroughs, delivery partners

Person specification

Technical Requirements/experience/qualifications

• Experience of managing cross-cutting programmes and projects, including complexinformation management, implementing programme management tools and stakeholder management.
• A general understanding of issues and policy relating to housing or an equivalent social policy area.
• Well-developed IT skills and experience of utilising these for project/programme management and financial management.
  
  

Behavioural competencies

Building and Managing Relationships

is developing rapport and working effectively with a diverse range of people, sharing knowledge and skills to deliver shared goals.

Level 3 Indicators Of Effective Performance:

• Actively engages partners and encourages others to build relationships that support GLA objectives
• Understands and recognises the contributions that staff at all levels make to delivering priorities
• Proactively manages partner relationships, preventing or resolving any conflict
• Adapts style to work effectively with partners, building consensus, trust and respect
• Deliver objectives by bringing together diverse stakeholders to work effectively in partnership
  
  

Planning and organisng

is thinking ahead, managing time, priorities and risk, and developing structured and efficient approaches to deliver work on time and to a high standard.

Level 3 Indicators Of Effective Performance:

• Monitors allocation of resources, anticipating changing requirements that may impact work delivery
• Ensures evaluation processes are in place to measure project benefits
• Gains buy-in and commitment to project delivery from diverse stakeholders
• Implements quality measures to ensure directorate output is of a high standard
• Translates political vision into action plans and deliverables
  
  

Problem solving

is analyzing and interpreting situations from a variety of viewpoints and finding creative, workable and timely solutions.

Level 3 Indicators Of Effective Performance:

• Clarifies ambiguous problems, questioning assumptions to reach a fuller understanding
• Actively challenges the status quo to find new ways of doing things, looking for good practice
• Seeks and incorporates diverse perspectives to help produce workable strategies to address complex issues
• Initiates consultation on opportunities to improve work processes
• Supports the organisation to implement innovative suggestions
  
  

Strategic Thinking

is using an understanding of the bigger picture to uncover potential challenges and opportunities for the long term and turning these into a compelling vision for action.

Level 3 indicators of effective performance

• Translates GLA vision and strategy into practical and tangible plans for own team or delivery partners
• Consistently takes account of the wider implications of teams actions for the GLA
• Encourages self and others to think about organisations long term potential
• Informs strategy development by identifying gaps in current delivery or evidence
• Takes account of a wide range of public and partner needs to inform teams work
  
  

Organisational Awareness

is understanding and being sensitive to organisational dynamics, culture and politics across and beyond the GLA and shaping our approach accordingly.

Level 2 Indicators Of Effective Performance:

• Challenges unethical behaviour
• Uses understanding of the GLAs complex partnership arrangements to deliver effectively
• Recognises how political changes and sensitivities impact on own and teams work
• Translates changing political agendas into tangible actions
• Follows the GLAs position in the media and understands how it impacts on work
  
  

Reasonable adjustment

Reasonable adjustment will be made to working arrangements to accommodate a person with a disability who otherwise would be prevented from undertaking the work.