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About The Job

Salary: £45,718 to £48,710 per year plus £3,203 car allowance

Hours per week: 37

Contract type: Permanent

Join Our Team as Luton Rising's Project Time Management Expert!

Are you passionate about keeping projects on track and ensuring everything runs smoothly? Luton Rising is looking for a dedicated professional to lead the way in Project Time Management. In this key role, you'll be the go-to expert for ensuring our capital projects are completed on time, every time.

You’ll be responsible for creating detailed project schedules, identifying potential bumps in the road early, and recommending practical solutions to keep everything moving forward. Working closely with project managers and senior leaders, you'll ensure all projects align with our governance frameworks and strategic goals, while managing dependencies across multiple projects.

If you're ready to make a real impact by helping us deliver our ambitious projects on schedule, we’d love to hear from you!

About You

Key Skills and Experience You’ll Bring:

• In-depth experience in Plan Schedule Management – establishing policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, and controlling project schedules.
• Proven experience in risk management, change management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to develop clear project plans, contribute to business cases, and manage project documentation.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify patterns, trends, and inconsistencies in data to produce meaningful reports and insights.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills, maintaining positive partnerships with colleagues, key partners, and stakeholders, fostering trust and collaboration.
• Project Management qualifications (PMQ, PPQ, or equivalent) or comparable experience.
  
  

Join us at Luton Rising and play a pivotal role in delivering complex projects on time, ensuring our ambitious goals are met with precision.

About Us

Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.

The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?

Benefits

We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:

• From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
• Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
• Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
• Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
• Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
• Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
• Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
• Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
• Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
• Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel
  
  

How To Apply

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