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About the Role
The project manager will be responsible for a portfolio of projects including managing the GLA's submission as part of the climate budgeting process. This involves working with teams across the GLA to collate and provide analysis of how the Mayor's spend is helping to drive decarbonisation and improve London's resilience to climate change. The role will also involve managing our work with external sub regional, national and international climate partnerships.
Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of work including preparation with the Treasury team, of the GLA’s climate budget and management of the GLA’s work with climate partnerships including the London Climate Ready Partnership.
- Drafting and maintaining project plans, initiation documents, risk registers, monitoring records and other project management tools to ensure projects are set up and managed effectively and are on time and on budget.
- Inputting into strategic policy development and delivery within the team and supporting the programme manager as the next most senior member of the team.
- Active collaboration with colleagues internally and partners across London to deliver the required outputs and outcomes of the Environment and Energy programmes as needed; taking responsibility for progress, initiating corrective action where necessary and accelerating the resolution of programme blockers.
- Establishing and maintaining a budget for the team's relevant activities, working closely with finance colleagues and the budget holder to ensure responsible use of resources and delivery of outputs within budget.
- Represent the team to external audiences, to maintain a high level of visibility for our projects and partnerships and ensure that stakeholders understand the outcomes and benefits of the programme.
- Establish and maintain good working relationships within and outside the GLA and the wider GLA Group to ensure opportunities for integration and inter-disciplinary working is realised.
- Provide high quality support for relevant senior stakeholders in the GLA, including drafting timely responses to Mayoral questions and correspondence, providing concise briefings and responses to questions, and making timely responses to the London Assembly’s scrutiny function.
- Contributing to various performance monitoring arrangements, including quarterly reports, and ensuring that the GLA’s projects and programmes are operating in line with agreed governance procedures.
- Deliver partnership activities including convening and managing partner meetings and events and liaising with senior stakeholders to align partner and mayoral work and priorities.
Requirements
- Experience of working in partnership with academic institutions, public sector agencies, voluntary and community groups and the private sector.
- Good understanding of UK and international climate and environment policy and practice and familiarity with climate data and how to use it.
- Strong research, analytical and written skills and demonstrable ability to utilise these to assess, interpret, and present ideas, data, and information.
- A track record, and evidence of success, of managing a relevant programme or project and delivering results on target and within budget.
- Experience of utilising appropriate and effective project management skills, methods and tools.
- Ability to support and influence others through high-quality, concise and persuasive written and verbal communication.
Skills
- Planning and organising
- Building and managing relationships
- Stakeholder focus
- Communicating and influencing
- Decision making
- Strategic thinking
- Research and analysis
- Organisational awareness
Location
- Union Street
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices and remotely
Salary/Compensations
- £58,217 per annum
Benefits
- 30 days’ annual leave
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Interest free bicycle loan
- Career average pension scheme
About the Company
- Good Growth is responsible for delivering and implementing the Mayor’s environment, transport and economic strategies and for the effective implementation of the London Plan. The Directorate is also responsible for regeneration (where the programme is not housing led), enterprise, growth, capital projects and design work.
- The Partnerships and Climate Leadership team is a team of five people sitting within the wider climate and water team in the Mayor's environment and energy unit. The team accelerates climate action across London by creating the conditions for change. Through partnerships, leadership, capability-building and governance, the team supports action that accelerates London's progress to net zero, improves climate resilience, embeds climate into decision making and delivery across the GLA group and positions London as a world leading climate city.
Equal Opportunity
- 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 being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share.
- 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.
- Please note, should you require any adjustments through the process, we will accommodate as much as possible.