Assistant Project Manager

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager Location: Liverpool, Merseyside region, flexible working arrangement Salary: £30,000 basic salary + exceptional benefits package (Civil service pension, Free city centre parking, major retail and leisure discounts, free gym membership, flexitime etc).

Your new company

A Merseyside charity rich with heritage and culture with a diverse portfolio of listed buildings. They are a welcoming organisation that pride themselves on conserving history and educating people and creating memorable experiences. Presently undergoing a period of substantial renovation of their assets, comprising historical listed buildings and state of the art new buildings (commercial). They pride themselves on providing a cultural and educational experience for the community accessible to all. They have a reputation for being a creative organisation, having secured substantial funding for a wide range of innovative projects across the Merseyside area. They have adopted a flexible working culture, choosing to balance home-based and office-based work with a real emphasis on creating a balanced work life with generous annual leave entitlement and other monetary lifestyle benefits. Operating with compassion and respect, they desire to represent diverse identities within their community, whether this be by race, culture, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability or social background of each person, to ensure they fulfil their potential within a supportive and caring environment.

Your new role

The Assistant Project Manager will be integral in the charity's overhaul of their building portfolio and responsible for supporting the delivery of major refurbishments. Working in conjunction with the major projects and estates team, the main duties of the role include:

• Keeping an accurate record of spending and raising purchase orders.
• Coordinating meetings, making all logistical arrangements such as travel and accomodation, minute taking.
• Managing the record keeping of project information, sharing information with the estates and project team as required.
• Working in conjunction with the procurement team and access to bid documentation.
• Liaising with suppliers, contractors and consultants, arranging site access and supervising when on site.
• Creating action logs are created and tasks are carried out in line with required timescales.
• Managing the process for snagging and ensuring defects are rectified.

What you'll need to succeed

The successful Assistant Project Manager will have a proven background of working within a project team in the built environment. You must be able to demonstrate you are a strong communicator and are highly organised.

What you need to do now

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