Project Manager (Retrofit)
Contract: Permanent
Location: GMCA, Tootal Building, 54 Oxford Road, Manchester with remote working (within a reasonable commutable distance from Greater Manchester)
About the Role
Your role:
The GMCA has an exciting opportunity for aProject Manager (Retrofit) to join its award-winning Retrofit Team in the Environment Directorate.
The role will support a team delivering over £100m of housing retrofit measures to help meet the targets in the Greater Manchester 5-year Environment Plan and Retrofit Action Plan which are aiming to make Greater Manchester carbon neutral by 2038.
A key focus of the role will be to manage the delivery of retrofit schemes for owner occupied and privately rented properties across Greater Manchester. This includes the Warm Homes: Local Grant and Able to Pay offers managed through the GMCA Retrofit Portal. The role also includes the line management of Project Officers / Assistants.
The energy efficiency improvements and low carbon heating systems installed through these schemes will result in homes that are cheaper to heat, more comfortable to live in, and have less impact on the environment.
About you:
The GMCA is seeking an individual with experience of delivering national housing retrofit schemes, such as Energy Company Obligation (ECO4), Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery (GHG LAD), Home Upgrade Grant (HUG), or Warm Homes: Local Grant (WH:LG). A key aspect of the role will be making grant offers, approvals, and payments, therefore experience of processing financial transactions would be desirable. The individual should also have line management experience.
A commitment to partnership working is essential, as you will work closely with government departments, local authorities, registered providers of social housing, contractors, and a wide range of local partners. Most importantly, we are looking for an individual with a passion for tackling climate change and fuel poverty, as this retrofit-focussed role is an excellent opportunity to have a direct impact on these issues.
The role requires significant knowledge of low carbon housing retrofit, the delivery of complex grant programmes, and knowledge of the requirements of central government, local authorities, and social housing providers. As such, a project management qualifications, such as PRINCE2, would be highly desirable.
About us:
As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.
We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
To find out more about working for us please click here:https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/
Our offer:
In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here:
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