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Posting ID
PIP9312
Type of employment
Contract
Organisation
Public Sector Resourcing
Contract duration
12 months
Location
Milton Keynes
Workplace Type
Hybrid

Description & Requirements

Project Director X6 – Inside IR35

Contract Duration: 12 months

Contract Authority: Public Sector Resourcing 

Location: Milton Keynes 

 

*Please note this is not a live role.  We are currently building talent pools for up-and-coming roles.   If you wish to be added to this talent pool, please click the link to apply.  

 

Job Purpose:

The Estates Directorate (ED) is a fundamental pillar of our Client’s corporate and operational structure. Their purpose is to provide and maintain the global platform, ensuring it is secure, flexible and provides value for money to the UK taxpayer. ED enables policy delivery, and ensures they keep their people, buildings, and information safe, both in the UK and overseas. 

ED comprises four departments: Strategy, Planning and Engagement Department; Project Delivery Department; Complex Projects Department; and Estate Operations and Compliance Department. 

These Project Director roles will sit in either the Project Delivery Department or Complex Projects Department.

Within ED they work collaboratively and inclusively, being open to innovation and challenge. They value well-being, putting respect and kindness first, making the directorate a great place to work, learn and develop their careers.

DV Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be eligible and willing to undergo these checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

As a Project Director your main responsibilities would be to: 

  • Lead the delivery of a substantial portfolio of capital projects through the full project lifecycle, ensuring delivery within agreed scope, programme, budget, and governance frameworks. 
  • Resolve complex and inter-related project challenges by analysing incomplete information, assessing/ managing risks, and developing effective mitigation strategies. 
  • Exercise delegated authority to make significant decisions on project strategy, design, procurement, and resource allocation, escalating issues beyond established risk criteria and appetite as appropriate. 
  • Engage and influence a wide range of senior internal and external stakeholders, representing the organisation in formal forums and securing alignment to project objectives. 
  • Appoint, manage and oversee the performance of external consultants, contractors, and assigned staff/ internal bodies, ensuring efficient resource utilisation and value for public funds.

 

You’ll have:

 

  • Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) delivering complex capital construction projects at a senior level within the built environment sector. 
  • Practical understanding of construction techniques, procurement routes (including NEC contracts), sustainability, and health and safety to assure project quality and compliance. 
  • Strong knowledge of project lifecycle management, public sector governance, commercial and contractual management, and risk and change control in complex operational settings. 
  • Proven ability to interpret and apply construction, procurement, and governance frameworks, including in novel or high-risk overseas contexts. 
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills, with experience engaging senior stakeholders and representing organisations in formal forums. 
  • Demonstratable ability to solve complex, multi-faceted problems, analyse risks, and develop effective mitigation strategies under pressure.
  • Experience managing large project portfolios (£150–200m), including oversight of consultants, contractors, resource allocation, and line management of staff. 

 

Desirable Skills & Attributes:

 

  • Experience of having delivered construction projects overseas or in a remote location.

 

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply. 

 

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

 

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following “this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different”.

 

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

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