Project Manager

Posting date:	28 May 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Competitive
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	27 June 2025
Location:	Tameside, OL6 6BH
Company:	inploi
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	75705051

Summary

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade I. Scale 35 - £44,711 to Scale 39 - £48,710 with a professional bar at SCP 37 £46,731**

Hours Per Week: 36 hours

Base Location: Tameside One, Ashton-under-Lyne

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

Tameside is perfectly positioned for growth. With a wealth of culture, history and heritage to draw on and proud foundations that makes it unique. Located just 12 minutes from Manchester City Centre yet nestled in the foothills of the Peak District; we’re gifted with urban opportunity and rural tranquillity offering an ideal location for easy access to both the city and countryside.

The Assistant Director of Strategic Property and Director of Place have undertaken a review of the directorate’s services and are restructuring to align all council property related functions and property management.

Reporting to the Head of Facilities Management and Capital Projects, your role will be to act as the professional client on behalf of the Council in all stages of capital construction projects from inception to completion, involving co-ordination of all stakeholder input, design management, progress monitoring and contract delivery.

You will deliver an agreed capital programme of work and individual projects, with agreed cost and timescales to meet the client’s expectations in respect of service, quality, timeliness, communication and value for money. To provide expert advice to internal and external clients demonstrating market knowledge and specialist areas of expertise.

Liaison with technical, statutory and advisory parties; acting as key focal point for the projects in the Council including the instruction of the supply chain. To advise the Council on best practice capital project management and play a part in leading the adoption of industry leading tools, systems, processes and documentation enabling the delivery of consistent high-quality services to clients’ departments.

You will manage internal and external resources necessary to deliver projects through timely liaison with key parties, analysing information and data received and prioritising actions and responses, including risk management, taking appropriate action where necessary. To manage responses and communication to complex professional or politically sensitive issues within the area of responsibility, including Councillors, residents, schools and internal stakeholders, to deliver optimum results for Tameside.

About You

You will have a relevant professional qualification and significant experience in a relevant area, preferably from within a local authority setting, you will be able to work at pace with enthusiasm and drive and be able to engage with and influence a range of partners at all levels.

About Us

Come shape the future of Tameside with us!

Message from Julian Jackson, Director of Place at Tameside Council.

“Since joining Team Tameside in September 2022, I’ve been proud to work alongside a hardworking and passionate team that’s making a real difference to our borough.

“Our Place Directorate is at the heart of shaping Tamesidecovering everything from planning and highways to parks, culture, arts, environmental services, and facilities management. Whether it’s keeping our streets clean, improving green spaces, or driving forward exciting regeneration projects, our work makes a direct impact on the lives of residents and businesses every day.

‘’We’ve already delivered some amazing projects, like Ashton Old Baths, and are currently working on master plans for our town centres in Stalybridge, Hyde, with projects like Ashton Mayoral Development Zone, and Godley Green Green Garden Village also set to create new homes, jobs and commercial spaces. But it’s not just about developments day to day it’s about making sure our core services are modern, efficient, and able to support thriving communities and safeguard our heritage buildings and asssets for the future.

To do that, we need passionate people to join us. If you want to be part of a team that’s driving real change, improving local services, and shaping the future of Tameside, we’d love to have you on board.

Come and be part of something great. Let’s build the future of Tameside together!’’

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

** This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:

1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND

2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND

3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND

4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

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

For further information about this role please contact Simon Chaplin, 07922 416476 or email simon.chaplin@tameside.gov.uk

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