Project Manager

The Capital and Strategic Programmes Team are responsible for delivering a multitude of infrastructure projects across Kent. We are seeking a highly motivated Project Manager to join our Capital Projects Team to deliver projects within our education and corporate building portfolio. As a Project Manager you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful planning, execution, and completion of key initiatives that support the Local Authorities main objectives.

In your role, you will be instrumental in providing a high-quality service managing the projects from inception through to completion ensuring stakeholder and communication management is exemplary. The role requires the successful candidate to manage and deliver projects both within and across Directorates and partnership agencies, utilising recognised project management methodologies to ensure that all projects are delivered effectively, to the required standard within the agreed deadlines and in accordance with existing and new Directorate and corporate policies and procedures.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.