Salary: £30,000 to £38,000 (depending on relevant experience and qualifications) plus corporate PRP bonus (performance and retention)
Term: Full-time, 12-month contract with possibility of extension
Core Hours: 9.00 to 5.30
Home Connections is a boutique software services provider that delivers bespoke solutions to the Social Housing sector (which covers Local Authority Housing and Housing Associations). Home Connections is a non-profit distributing company owned by several local authorities.
This role is to manage the StreetLink service specifically for the Department of Levelling up and Communities, this will include day to day management of the service, processing enquiries, leading partner meetings and planning future development work.
You will also work alongside other internal teams as well as with our clients to ensure the project is delivered within budget and crucially on time. Maintaining consistent measurement and documentation across the project is essential.
Person Specification and Core Competencies
Applicants should provide evidence of their ability to meet the following:
Knowledge, Qualifications and Experience
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Experience and knowledge of the social housing business environment – for instance in any of the following: allocations, homelessness, housing options / advice or housing management areas, Anti-Social Behaviour, Housing Management. Desirable
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Experience of managing a front-line service in relation to housing environments. Desirable
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Good understanding of ICT, the Internet and web-based technologies that deliver services direct to the client. Essential
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Must demonstrate leadership, communication, supervisory, and analytical skills sufficient to define, plan, and manage the requirements of the project. This requires the ability to communicate with client stakeholders to define the requirements of the project, ascertain the targets to be achieved, manage the project budget, and assess project limitations. Essential
Skills and Abilities
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Strong, well rounded demonstrable project management experience Essential
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Active software development project management experience Essential
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In depth understanding of software development lifecycles Essential
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Exposure to Agile Essential
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Good working knowledge of Microsoft based technologies, Office, MS Project, Visio, SharePoint Essential
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Experience with Jira for project management Desirable
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Good communication and people skills and high levels of professionalism in varied situations, such as workshop facilitation skills Essential
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Will need to be a team player but working to the scope and escalating any issues as appropriate Essential
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Commitment to good PM practices Essential
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The ability to self-motivate and take ownership of projects and workloads Essential
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Knowledge or experience of working with different data files and formats (XML, CSV etc) and experience of working with XML data transfer routines and diagnosis of data transfer faults. Desirable
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Commitment to Home Connection’s equal opportunities policies relating to service delivery and employment. And understanding of Health and Safety issues. Essential
To apply and for full job spec, please send your CV to office@home-connections.co.uk.