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About the Role

Manage vital investments to deliver high-quality, sustainable, and energy-efficient homes for Lancaster West Estate residents, taking full ownership of commercial and cost management aspects of major capital housing investment programs.

Responsibilities

• Manage expenditure on up to twelve active projects.
• Balance cost plans and ensure funding timelines are met for green sustainability schemes.
• Conduct site inspections.
• Certify valuations.
• Raise purchase orders within financial systems.
• Collaborate with project managers to align budgets.
• Address contractor performance challenges.
• Secure grant funding to meet deadlines.
• Guide contract administration.
• Resolve commercial risks.
• Line manage and develop a junior member of the commercial team.
• Ensure residents receive top-quality, low-energy homes.
• Uphold strict health, safety, and financial regulations.

Requirements

• Hold a degree or master's in quantity surveying.
• Possess industry experience in a similar position.
• Have a balanced background from both private and public sectors.
• Extensive experience in contract administration and cost management for complex housing or planned investment programmes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Advanced capabilities in Excel to analyze tender returns and produce detailed monthly expenditure reports.
• A positive, forward-thinking attitude.
• Comfortable actively moving around construction sites unaided during inspections.

Skills

• Quantity surveying
• Commercial management
• Cost management
• Contract administration
• Excel
• Communication
• Organization
• Attention to detail

Location

• Lancaster West Estate
• Borough

Work Type

• Hybrid
• On-site

Experience Level

• Industry experience in a similar position
• Extensive experience in contract administration and cost management

Education Level

• Degree or master's in quantity surveying

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive Grade H salary

Benefits

• Supportive environment
• Small, close-knit commercial team
• Mentorship
• Regular social meet-ups
• Learning from senior managers
• Opportunities for internal promotion
• Unique, cutting-edge experience in large-scale residential sustainability and energy-efficiency projects
• Committed funding for the next four years

About the Company

• RBKC is investing in its people, communities, and future.
• Kensington and Chelsea is home to diverse communities, thriving businesses, and unique local places.
• Everything RBKC does is focused on supporting residents, strengthening its approach, and creating a fairer borough.
• RBKC is a competent and caring Council that takes pride in its work every day, ensuring services are delivered with care and competence.
• RBKC listens to its residents, acts with integrity, and works together to build a borough that is greener, safer, and fairer for all.
• The commercial housing team embodies the 'we're all in' mindset by getting stuck in to deliver high-quality assets across its estates.
• Navigating contractor performance and funding limitations presents rewarding opportunities for professional growth and community impact.

Equal Opportunity

• Committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity.
• Welcome applications from all sections of the community.
• Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
• Committed to fair, transparent, and consistent pay practices.
• New hires will normally start at the minimum of the pay scale.
• A higher starting salary may be negotiated where a candidate demonstrates exceptional skills, knowledge, or experience.
• Employees receive annual salary increments until they reach the top of the pay scale, as well as any agreed cost of living pay awards.