KEP Project Opportunities Manager

Role Responsibility

Strategic External Partnerships 12-month Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity – KEP Project Opportunities Manager

A fixed term/secondment opportunity starting in June/July has arisen for someone with Local Authority Asset Management and property portfolio knowledge and skills to work with KEP partners to deliver a project pipeline with draft project bids.

The Kent Estates Partnership (KEP) is part of the national One Public Estate Programme (OPE) which provides practical and technical support and funding to councils to deliver ambitious property-focused programmes in collaboration with central government and other public sector partners. 

OPE has funded a fixed term role to work with the KEP partners to develop a project pipeline. KCC hosts the Programme Management Office (PMO) which supports the partnership, and this role will be part of this team. As all partners have limited resources for exploring speculative partnership opportunities this role will work across the county to identify projects and work in a multi-agency way to assess initial feasibility and draft project briefs.

The postholder will meet with all KEP partners to identify and develop a categorised list of potential partnership projects, develop project briefs and contribute to funding bids for OPE, Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF) and other funding opportunities.

We are looking for a someone with a good knowledge of and experience in Local Authority Asset Management and Property Portfolios.  You will be used to liaising with a broad range of colleagues in public sector organisations.  You will have strong project management and stakeholder management skills, as the successful candidate will need to engage with a wide range of external organisations.

Applications to be received by 5pm on Friday 24^th June

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview w/c 11th July 2022.  If you are unable to make the date, please note this on your expression of interest with alternative dates.

We would like successful candidates to start as soon as possible, so please ensure your current line manager will support you in this secondment opportunity if you are successful. 

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, then please contact Phillip Murphy

Details:

1 post for 12 months starting in September 2022

To be located at: Invicta House, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XQ with travel to partner locations across Kent.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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.

About the Company

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 and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.