Project Champions

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Project Champions

£41,967 - £52,455

Baskerville House

Working 36.5 hours per week

Two year Fixed Term Contract

Our vision is to be a top global city region by 2030. We have the ambition. We have the opportunity. Now we need the right people to transform our aspirations into reality.

As an experienced Project Champion, with a track record in project delivery, you will work with project managers across the public, private and voluntary sectors to drive some of the most important regeneration and economic development projects in the country from concept to conclusion.

Job Purpose

To ensure GBSLEP achieves the targets set out in the Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) by enabling the successful delivery of supporting capital projects.

Duties & Responsibilities

-Championing projects through each of the GBSLEP Programme Management Stage Gateways

-Working with external project sponsors and LEP Executive Officers to develop projects to help deliver SEP objectives, supporting projects through strategic fit, outline and full business case appraisal.

-Appraising projects in accordance with Green Book standards, whilst maintaining appropriate Chinese Walls with project promoters and other LEP Project Champions.

-Supporting external sponsors to secure funding for projects where the LEP is not providing financial support

-Advising the Programme Manager on the terms for the grant offer letter, including any commercial considerations such as clawback and gainshare.

-Ensuring approved projects progress as planned, and are governed appropriately, by providing challenge and support, collecting and interrogating monitoring data, representing GBSLEP on relevant Project Boards and managing project change requests as required.

-Ensuring project completion and evaluation plans are triggered at the appropriate times and successfully completed, with lessons learned fed back across the programme.

-Providing line management to a Project Support Officer.

-Performing such other duties as may reasonably be required from time to time, commensurate with the grade.

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Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP)

A Greater Birmingham for a Greater Britain

Ref: EC0922017

Closing Date: Monday 12th June 2017

"Right to work in the UK documentation will be fully checked for all applicants. All non UK and non EU applicants are required to apply for a Certificate of Sponsorship from Birmingham City Council and must be approved by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) before any employment offer can be confirmed."