Project Manager

We're looking for A customer-focused individual with energy, experience and a strong sense of purpose to join us as our Young Persons Service Project Manager. Catalyst is all about homes people love. That means everything from developing and maintaining great properties, to delivering excellent service to our customers, every day. We provide housing for those who can’t afford a home without our help, and offer a wide range of homes for rent, shared ownership or purchase. In doing so, we build more than homes – we build communities. We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations, and a member of the G15 group. We're at a particularly exciting point in our story, having recently merged with another large housing association, Aldwyck. The merger makes us stronger and more able to deliver our social purpose - in every part of our organisation. We’re a Sunday Times top 100 Best Company to Work for. We invest care, time and resources in our people because we know it’s our people who will drive our purpose. If you’d like to be part of what we do, please get in touch. The role You’ll be responsible for all aspects of the project to ensure compliance with all regulatory obligations and meet all key performance & objectives. You’ll manage , develop and maintain good relationship with external agencies. You will ensure that the project meets financial targets and also that all health and safety requirements are met . You’ll support and develop a highly engaged workforce through the projects and take responsibility during tense and difficult situations . You will support the service by taking part in on - call rota and in any way that may be required by the Service Manager. You’ll have positive attitude with proactive enthusiastic and flexible approach You’ll be physically able to complete some manual work and to regularly climb the stairs. You’ll posses strong commitment to the promotion of equality and diversity. You will be able to work some unsocial hours and take part in on call- rota when required while presenting professional image at all the time. Key requirements You will have demonstrable experience of effectively connecting with employees of all levels and of working in partnership with leaders to drive results. You will have good experience of planning, managing a range of stakeholders and delivering agreed outcomes with the energy, enthusiasm and gravitas to inspire and influence colleagues. You understand culture and the importance of great people being at the heart of a great organisation. You have experience of working with vulnerable and complex people and have full understanding of safeguarding. You will have experience of managing the performance targets including budgets. Please note that this role requires a full drivers licence and access to a vehicle. This role is also subject to an enhanced DBS check. Catalyst is taking all the recommended steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus, to safeguard those most at risk and to continue to deliver our essential public services. One of the steps we’ve taken is to adapt our recruitment process. We are continuing to accept applications for this role and we’ll be in touch with the outcome of your application as soon as we can after the closing date. If your application is successful, we’ll let you know how we’ll carry out the selection and interview process. This could be over the phone and through video call. Thank you for your understanding.