Regenerative Policy & Project Manager

Regenerative Policy and Project Manager

Post No: TBC

Salary: Starting from £45,718 to £49,764 per annum

Grade: Grade 8

Hours: 37 hours per week

Place of work: Worthing Town Hall

Closing date: 1st May 2025

Interviews: Monday 12th May 2025

At Adur & Worthing Council’s we are committed to creating a culture of adaptability and creativity to serve our communities and deliver our priorities. We are focused on working collaboratively to improve our economy and support our communities.

Are you interested in collaboration with external partners to develop creative and innovative policies to address regenerative place based challenges? Are you a creative problem solver and able to source innovative solutions to address the challenging socio economic issues impacting Adur and Worthing? Are you keen to help drive growth through development strategies? Are you adaptable and a good communicator? Are you interested in leading a variety of challenging projects? Are you keen to drive value for our communities and help us to improve our service? Are you seeking a role within a friendly and result oriented team?

This is a key position in the newly formed Regenerative Development and Inward Investment team. The post holder will develop evidence based policies to build regenerative place making strategy. Taking ownership of the full policy, report writing and project life cycles from getting to the root cause of issues, leading informed research, using diverse networks and insight to help shape and design council priorities.

As a senior management role you will work with and through the Corporate Leadership Team and Council Members to prioritise, develop, implement and deliver with continuous monitoring and evaluation of key work programmes to track, progress and measure impact and performance.

In delivering projects, your strong communication skills will develop external partnerships and work with other directorates of the councils to lead projects. Ensuring full ownership of the project lifecycle, including preparation of business cases, procuring delivery solutions via development agreements and construction contracts.

You will hold Internal and external oversight and assurance of the programme, cost, design, quality and risk. Commissioning of specialist internal and external resources to ensure projects are delivered within and to budget, and that effective, proactive medium term financial and service strategies are in place to increase impact, reduce net costs and achieve outcomes.

Adur and Worthing Council’s are committed to a new operating model which will bring digital and data into the heart of the organisation. You will champion this shift and to ensure that your own practice and your service is demonstrably adopting new ways of working.

As a leader within our organisation you will embrace and bring to life our three core principles - resilience, adaptability and participation - embedding them in the daily working practices of the team.

You will be responsible for developing effective multi disciplinary teams from across the organisation for missions based work, ensuring you have the right people to deliver the required outcomes and ensuring:

Collaborative practice Clear communication Clear definition of tasks and responsibilities Clear goals, objectives and strategies Recognition of and respect for the competence and contribution of each team member Competent leadership

This role is within a high-performing professional team. We are therefore looking for someone with problem solving skills, communication skills, and who is calm under pressure. This is a collaborative team that values work being done in a timely fashion which will help you to deliver and grow.

We look forward to you being part of the team to bring more growth and prosperity to the people of Adur & Worthing by making the assets we own compliant, income producing and/or of immense value to the community.

At Adur & Worthing, we are committed to supporting care leavers, in accordance with the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and the Children and Social Work Act 2017. To that end, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for anyone meeting the essential criteria of the role they are applying for. In order to be considered for this, you will need to be a care leaver under the age of 25 at the time of application. Please confirm that you are a care leaver in the "Showing how you meet the person specification and job description" section of the application form.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of applicants declaring a disability, that meet the essential criteria for this position, will be offered an interview.

Staff are our most important asset and we therefore have a benefit package which reflects our continuing commitment to our employees. This includes:

Generous leave entitlement; a minimum of 26 days + Bank Holiday entitlement Local Government Pension Training & development Occupational Health Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Employee resource groups/networks Buddy Support Programme Flexible working options

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. Staff work in a supportive and safe environment, recognising their responsibility to value and respect each other’s contributions. Standards of conduct must be of the highest level to ensure that no-one is harassed, bullied or victimised. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, staff engagement forums and are keen to hear from applicants from a variety of different backgrounds.