Education Project Manager

Following the promotion of the current postholder, we are recruiting a new Education Capital Project Manager into the Education Service. This is an exciting opportunity to help our community and voluntary controlled schools to access significant capital funding to enable them to maintain their schools. The Education Capital Budget is significant and is approximately £4m per year currently. The role involves liaising with schools, the Capital Projects Team in the Place Directorate and other colleagues to ensure projects are identified, commissioned and completed on time and within budget. The current emphasis for budgets are large capital projects for example, new school roofs and expanding specialist provision for our children and young people with special educational needs. This involves commissioning projects that are delivered by the Capital Projects Team but also academy trusts commissioned via grant agreements.

You will have a degree related subjects, as well as successful track record in project and programme delivery. We are looking for candidates with experience of managing development projects and programmes in a large complex organisation, positive attitude to change and motivation and drive to deliver high quality results.

In Tameside, we like to look after our employees and offer a fantastic range of employee rewards and benefits, including:

• Minimum of 28 days leave each year, with the option to buy additional leave
• 36 hours working week
• Health and wellbeing support
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Family friendly policies, including maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounts at local shops, health & fitness clubs, restaurants and much more
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria. Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here