Project Manager - Property Management and Procurement

Project Manager – Property Management and Procurement

We are currently working with a Local Authority who are looking for a Project Manager that will assist in redesigning and modernising the internal services that will manage the LA’s property portfolio, with the goal of implementing a ‘Corporate Landlord’ model.

The main technology solution the LA is aiming for is software that will enable us to understand and manage their assets more effectively.

Location:           South West

IR35 Status:      Inside IR35

Your duties will include:

• Pulling together the expert resources needed to design, plan and deliver soft market testing, including internal procurement specialists, business analyst and solutions architect
• Refining functional and non-functional requirements as soft-market testing progresses, so that we have a procurement-ready set as quickly as possible
• Gaining approval for a procurement route and planning the work necessary to select a preferred option
• Understand the inter-dependencies with other projects and workstreams being progressed in parallel within the wider programme
• Developing a business case that will lead to an approved implementation plan and funding

Required skills and experience:

• Experience of working in a property management context so that they can demonstrate understanding; build credibility among stakeholders quickly; and challenge embedded assumptions and preferences through their experience
• Experience of designing, planning and managing soft market testing for property-related software solutions
• Experience of public sector procurement