Job Opportunities

Reference: OT475 | Closing date: 27th March | Interview date: 13th April

 

Job Description

Job Title	Assistant Director – Market Operations, Performance and Multimodal Logistics.
Department	Department of the Chief Operating Officer – Markets Division
Grade	I
Location	Guildhall and Market locations
Responsible to	Markets Director
Responsible for	Cross market operations, business performance, project work and multimodal logistics.

Purpose of Post

Following a strategic review of its three wholesale markets in 2017/18, the City has embarked on a major transformation and co-location strategy to ensure its Markets are fit for the 21st century and sustainable and to enable future expansion which is currently constrained at the existing locations. The City purchased a 42 acre site at Dagenham Dock in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for this purpose. In November 2022 the City submitted a Private Bill to Parliament to ask for Royal Assent to move the first two of its Markets. This is a major undertaking and programme for the City, involving numerous internal and external stakeholders, tenants and Parliament.

Whilst proposals mature for the new site the City still runs three of the largest and most significant wholesale markets in the country.

This role is responsible for leading on:

1. Market Business performance and assurance programmes,
2. Development of the City’s Markets’ Operations, and
3. Development of the City’s Markets Transport Strategy across current and future sites.

These workstreams will require working with an extended team of City Officers and external consultants and stakeholders.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Support the Director of Markets in the overall management of the Marets Division ensuring that the businesses perform effectively and in compliance with corporate policies and national legislation.

• Lead the Division’s business planning and performance management ensuring that departmental business plans are aligned with the Corporate Plan. Developing and improving the City’s Market services through creation and monitoring of the Business Plan’s Key Performance Indicators.

• Lead the development of a plan for mitigating the traffic impact of the consolidated Markets’ activity on the new location at Dagenham Dock, through the application of modern logistics techniques.

• Manage, and commission research activities in support of the development of the Transport Strategy via the Market Multimodal Logistics Manager, as well as wide ranging research into operations, building design, and operations through interviews, workshops and specific research alongside the Assistant Director for Markets Development.

• To act as operational and logistical delivery lead, working with a matrix team of inhouse professionals, external professionals and appointed consultants to deliver the agreed programme scope, objectives and desired outcomes for the City.

• Support the Markets Director to articulate a clear strategic vision for the programme. Promoting and communicating the programme, its progress, and the benefits to internal and external stakeholders, supporting the SRO to secure strong support for its delivery.

• Responsibility for ensuring the department’s risk management, business contingency, and health and safety procedures meet corporate requirements. Advising risk owners, and the Director, on appropriate mitigation measures and actions and reporting regularly to the Markets Board on significant issues. Ensuring that individual operational areas across the Division maintain an adequate register of risks, up to dte contingency plans, and health and safety documentation. Ensuring that risks and policies are regularly reviewed and that remedial actions identified by risk/action owners are adequately addressed and completed in a timely manner.

• Work closely with colleagues across the Markets department to ensure effective working across operations, transformation, and future markets programme delivery teams.

• Proactively manage stakeholder relationships during delivery, including change and decision making to effectively manage expectations, and maintain sustainable long-term relationships

• Develop and present business cases, funding strategies and implications with the Chamberlain for internal approval, covering the social, economic and sustainability benefits of projects for the City, square mile and others in London.

• Define and create more detailed programme work plans for each area, including key activity to be delivered, appointed owner, target completion dates and outcomes required.

• Identify and manage all risks, constraints and inter-dependencies between workstreams, owners and stakeholders, ensuring these are recorded on a register and suitable project controls and mitigating actions are undertaken or risks escalated as necessary.

• Prepare a schedule of procurement requirements across all workstreams that will support the programme, and develop a procurement strategy and delivery plan to support the programme.

• Provide a baseline of scope of work for the programme against which a formal change control process can capture and validate any revision to scope, objectives or outcomes agreed.

• Provide regular reports and briefings at officer and committee level, attending committees to present and /or support the Senior Responsible Officer.

• To develop and manage programme budgets with support from the Chamberlain, ensuring all necessary approvals are obtained prior to incurring expenditure and costs incurred deliver value for money and support the success of the programme and business case.

• Actively seek to implement the City’s health and safety policy in relation to the duties of the post, and at all times give due regard to the health and safety of both themselves and others when carrying out their duties.

• Actively seek to implement the City’s equality, diversity and inclusion policies of in relation to the duties of the post.

• To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be requested appropriate to the grade.

 

Person Specification

Education/Professional Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent

Experience

• An understanding of logistics in multiple markets including wholesale, retail and manufacturing with a demonstrable experience in logistics in either an operational or a consulting role.

• A proven track record of delivering within a multi-disciplined programme environment, including managing external consultants to deliver strategic results.

Knowledge

• Wholesale, Retail and Manufacturing supply chains, logistics and operations

• Property related programmes

Skills and Abilities

• The ability to develop effective working relationships and command the respect of internal and external stakeholders

• The ability to influence others, including convincing operational colleagues and traders.

• The ability to devise and implement innovative and creative solutions

• Tenacity

• A high standard of written and verbal communication

• Commitment to delivering these services to a very high standard

• A willingness to be flexible and responsive to the demands of a complex and fast paced project.

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Reference: OT539 | Closing date: 8th November | Interview dates: Week commencing 20th November

Job Description

Job Title	Assistant Director – Markets Development (MCP)
Department	Department of the Chief Operating Officer, Markets Division
Grade	I plus MFS
Location	Guildhall and Market locations
Responsible to	Markets Director
Responsible for	Planning, leading and managing the complete markets co-location programme

Purpose of Post

Following a strategic review of its three wholesale markets in 2017/18, the City has embarked on a major transformation and co-location strategy to ensure its markets are fit for the 21st century, sustainable and enable future expansion which is currently constrained at the existing locations. The City purchased a 42 acre site at Dagenham Dock in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for this purpose. The City submitted a Private Bill to Parliament in November 2022 to obtain Royal Assent to move the markets.

This is a major undertaking and programme moving all three markets for the City, involving numerous internal and external stakeholders, tenants and Parliament. The estimated costs to relocate are in the region of £850m and disposals of c. £450m. This role is responsible for planning, leading and managing the complete programme, reporting directly to the Markets Director and working closely with the Chief Operating Officer, as Senior Responsible Officer (SRO),  representatives from the City Surveyors, Remembrancers, City Solicitors, Chamberlains and elected members in support to the programme’s success delivery.

 

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• To lead and manage the MCP programme and be the focal point for the Director and SRO. Management of a broad team of inhouse professionals, external professionals and appointed consultants to deliver the agreed programme scope, objectives and desired outcomes for the City.

• Provide a clear programme plan and workstream structure, with clear phases, activities, decision points and delivery dates. This will encompass the new site and development, market user requirements, transport (road, river and rail), food education, future of the existing sites and stakeholder communications.

• Manage a clear programme resourcing plan to maintain clarity of roles and responsibilities at officer and committee level, leveraging the value of the Markets Division, as a whole, and working in conjunction with the City’s other central services.

• Promoting and communicating the programme, its progress, and the benefits to internal and external stakeholders.

• To develop and maintain the principles of the MCP business case, funding strategy and implications with the Chamberlain for internal approval, covering the social, economic and sustainability benefits of the programme for the City, square mile and others in London.

• Define and create detailed programme work plans for each area, including key activities to be delivered, outcomes required, target completion dates, and action owners.

• Identify and manage all risks, constraints and inter-dependencies between workstreams, owners and stakeholders, ensuring these are recorded on a register and suitable project controls and mitigating actions are undertaken or risks escalated as necessary.

• Prepare a schedule of procurement requirements across all workstreams that will support the programme, and develop a procurement strategy and delivery plan to support the programme.

• Provide a baseline of scope of work for the programme against which a formal change control process can caputure and validate any revision to scope, objectives or outcomes agreed.

• Provide regular reports and briefings at officer and committee level, attending committees to present and /or support the Director and Senior Responsible Officer.

• To develop and manage the overall programme budget, with support from the Chamberlain, ensuring all necessary specifications for spend are present, approvals are obtained prior to incurring expenditure, and costs incurred achieve objectives and deliver best value.

• Actively seek to implement the City’s health and safety policy in relation to the duties of the post, and at all times give due regard to the health and safety of both themselves and others when carrying out their duties.

• Actively seek to implement the City’s equality, diversity and inclusion policies of in relation to the duties of the post.

• To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be requested appropriate to the grade.

 

Person Specification

Education/Professional Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent

Experience

• A proven track record of delivering programmes within an operational/property management service.

• Experience of successfully delivering multi-million pound, complex property/institutional programmes.

• Experience of establishing high performing teams of core staff, as well as external experts from bespoke organisations and major consulting firms.

Knowledge

• Wholesale, Retail and Manufacturing supply chains.

• Operations, health and safety, property management and logistics.

• Property related programmes.

• Project management software such as MS Project.

Skills and Abilities

• The ability to advocate for complex programmes to internal and external audiences, and win support .

• The ability to apply quality management principles and processes to the programme.

• The ability to develop effective working relationships and command the respect of internal and external stakeholders.

• The ability to influence others, including convincing operational colleagues and traders.

• The ability to devise and implement innovative and creative solutions

• A high standard of written and verbal communication, in particular, Board and Committee reports.

• Commitment to delivering these services to a very high standard

• A willingness to be flexible and responsive to the demands of a complex and fast paced project.

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Reference: OT476 | Closing date: 10th April | Interview date: 24th April

Job Description

Job Title	Market Multimodal Logistics Manager
Department	Department of the Chief Operating Officer, Markets Division
Grade	F
Location	Guildhall and Market locations
Responsible to	Assistant Director – Market Support Services
Responsible for	Market multimodal logistics.

Purpose of Post

Following a strategic review of its three wholesale markets in 2017/18, the City has embarked on a major transformation and co-location strategy to ensure its Markets are fit for the 21^st century and sustainable and to enable future expansion which is currently constrained at the existing locations. The City purchased a 42 acre site at Dagenham Dock in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for this purpose. In November 2022 the City submitted a Private Bill to Parliament to ask for Royal Assent to move the first two of its Markets. This is a major undertaking and programme for the City, involving numerous internal and external stakeholders, tenants and Parliament.

This role is responsible for leading on the development of the City’s Markets Transport Strategy across current and future sites. This workstream will require working with an extended team of City Officers and external consultants and stakeholders.

The outline planning application for the new market demands a well thought through plan for mitigating the traffic impact of the consolidated markets’ activity on the new location at Dagenham Dock, through the application of modern logistics techniques, including the opportunity for modal shift and other forms of sustainable transport in line with the London Plan and the City Corporation’s own ambitious transport policy.

 

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• The role is responsible for carrying out, managing, and commissioning research activities in support of the development of the Transport Strategy, as well as wide ranging research into food supply and demand, building design, operations and logistics through interviews, workshops and specific research.

• To act as the logistical delivery lead, managing the programme and liaising with a broad team of inhouse professionals, external professionals and appointed consultants to deliver the agreed programme scope, objectives and desired outcomes for the City.

• Provide a clear multimodal logistics and shortsea programme/strategy, with clear phases, activities, decision points and delivery dates. This will encompass the new site and development, market user requirements, transport (road, river and rail), future of the existing sites and stakeholder communications.

• Work closely with colleagues across the Markets department to ensure effective working across operations, transformation, and future markets programme delivery teams.

• Proactively manage stakeholder relationships during delivery, including change and decision making to effectively manage expectations, and maintain sustainable long-term relationships

• Develop and present business cases, funding strategies and implications with the Chamberlain for internal approval, covering the social, economic and sustainability benefits of projects for the City, square mile and others in London.

• Define and create more detailed programme work plans logistics, including key activities to be delivered, appointed owner, target completion dates and outcomes required.

• Identify and manage transport risks, constraints and inter-dependencies between workstreams, owners and stakeholders, ensuring these are recorded on the Departmental register and suitable project controls and mitigating actions are undertaken or risks escalated as necessary.

• Provide regular reports and briefings at officer and committee level, attending committees to present and /or support the Senior Responsible Officer.

• Actively seek to implement the City’s health and safety policy in relation to the duties of the post, and at all times give due regard to the health and safety of both themselves and others when carrying out their duties.

• Actively seek to implement the City’s equality, diversity and inclusion policies of in relation to the duties of the post.

• To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be requested appropriate to the grade.

 

Person Specification

Education/Professional Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent

• Member of a professional body such as the Chartered Institute of Logistics

Experience

• A deep understanding of logistics in multiple markets including wholesale, retail and manufacturing with a demonstrable experience in logistics in either an operational or a consulting role.

Knowledge

• Wholesale, Retail and Manufacturing supply chains

• Shortsea and multimodal freight operations

• Property related programmes

Skills and Abilities

• The ability to develop effective working relationships and command the respect of internal and external stakeholders

• The ability to influence others, including convincing operational colleagues and traders.

• The ability to devise and implement innovative and creative solutions

• Tenacity

• A high standard of written and verbal communication

• Commitment to delivering these services to a very high standard

• A willingness to be flexible and responsive to the demands of a complex and fast paced project.

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Reference: OT478 | Closing date: 10th April | Interview date: 27th April

Job Description

Job Title	Markets Co-Location Programme Manager
Department	Department of the Chief Operating Officer, Markets Division
Grade	F
Location	Guildhall and Market locations
Responsible to	Assistant Director – Markets Development (MCP)
Responsible for	MCP Programme Management

Purpose of Post

Following a strategic review of its three wholesale markets in 2017/18, the City has embarked on a major transformation and co-location strategy to ensure its markets are fit for the 21^st century, sustainable and enable future expansion which is currently constrained at the existing locations. The City purchased a 42 acre site at Dagenham Dock in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for this purpose. The City submitted a Private Bill to Parliament in November 2022 to obtain Royal Assent to move the markets.

This is a major undertaking and programme moving all three markets for the City, involving numerous internal and external stakeholders, tenants and Parliament. The estimated costs to relocate are in the region of £850m and disposals of c. £450m. This role is responsible for the day-to-day planning, and management of the project/programme, reporting directly to the Assistant Director – Markets Development and working closely with the Markets Director, and Chief Operating Officer, as Senior Responsible Officer (SRO), representatives from the City Surveyor, Remembrancer, City Solicitor, Chamberlain and elected members in support to the programme’s successful delivery.

To run the Markets Division’s Markets Co-Location Programme, acting as the Corporation’s source of advice on programme and project management policies and procedures.

 

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• To manage the MCP programme plan and workstream structure, with clear phases, activities, decision points and delivery dates.

• Define and create detailed programme work plans for each area, including key activities to be delivered, outcomes required, target completion dates, and action owners.

• Identify and manage all risks, constraints and inter-dependencies between workstreams, owners and stakeholders, ensuring these are recorded on a register and suitable project controls and mitigating actions are undertaken or risks escalated as necessary.

• To be the MCP’s Project and Programme Management expert ensuring consistent application of the agreed standards and practices for project and programme management.

• Research and apply best practice during the programme e.g. evaluating reviews of process, leading performance improvement.

• To identify training and development required to deliver effective project management practise within the programme and liaise with HR and other relevant departments to ensure that project officers and support deliver best value.

• To manage an effective Project/Programme/Portfolio Management system across the MCP, liaising with providers, procurement, I.T. and other stakeholders so that the system meets organisational requirements.

• To administer the system being used to report effectively to all stakeholders, including Members and Officers on KPI’s for project management performance.

• Effectively maintain records that support the responsibilities of the MCP team and meet audit standards.

• Provide advice on dependencies, risks and opportunities in the MCP programme to ensure strategic aims are met.

• Effectively manage PMO staff, following appropriate Corporate procedures.

• Work across the organisation in partnership with other teams to deliver the above.

• Such other duties as may be directed by your line manager.

•  The Post Holder will actively seek to implement the City Corporation’s Equal Opportunity Policy and the Corporation’s objective to promote equality of opportunity in relation to the duties of their Post.

 

Person Specification

Education/Professional Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent

Experience

• A proven track record of managing large scale projects or programmes.

• Experience of successfully managing multi-million pound, complex property/institutional programmes.

• Demonstrable experience in KPI and project scheduling/evaluation methods.

Knowledge

• Property related programmes

• Project management software such as MS Project

• A deep understanding of programme management methodology

Skills and Abilities

• The ability to apply quality management principles and processes to the programme.

• The ability to develop effective working relationships and command the respect of internal and external stakeholders

• The ability to influence others, including convincing operational colleagues and traders.

• The ability to devise and implement innovative and creative solutions

• Tenacity

• A high standard of written and verbal communication

• Commitment to delivering these services to a very high standard

Apply here

Reference: OT477 | Closing date: 10th April | Interview date: 26th April

Job Description

Job Title	Markets Head of Legacy and Engagement
Department	Department of the Chief Operating Officer, Markets Division
Grade	F
Location	Guildhall and Market locations
Responsible to	Assistant Director – Markets Development (MCP)
Responsible for	Communications; Food Security; Systems approach to food; Benefits realisation; Social value; Climate Action; Stakeholder Management.

Purpose of Post

Following a strategic review of its three wholesale markets in 2017/18, the City has embarked on a major transformation and co-location strategy to ensure its markets are fit for the 21^st century, sustainable and enable future expansion which is currently constrained at the existing locations. The City purchased a 42 acre site at Dagenham Dock in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for this purpose. The City submitted a Private Bill to Parliament in November 2022 to obtain Royal Assent to move the 2 of the 3 markets with the third to follow.

This is a major undertaking and programme moving all three markets for the City, involving numerous internal and external stakeholders, tenants and Parliament. The estimated costs to relocate are in the region of £850m. This is a pivotal role in helping the City manage the social impact of the markets. It will lead on stakeholder engagement, communications, food security, benefit realisation, climate action, sustainable urbanism, and responsible procurement for the Markets Division. The role reports directly to the Assistant Director – Markets Development, and will work closely with the Markets Director, and Chief Operating Officer, as Senior Responsible Officer (SRO), representatives from the City Surveyor, Remembrancer, City Solicitor, Chamberlain and elected members in support to the programme’s successful delivery.

 

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the City’s Markets engagement, legacy and sustainability programmes in support of Markets Co-Location Programme (MCP).

• Oversee the development and implementation of detailed plans for engagement, legacy and sustainability. To include business engagement, community engagement, schools programmes, training and skills development, commitments to sustainability, responsible procurement, and equalities, diversity and inclusion.

• Act as the Division’s Communication and Marketing lead. To create, maintain and implement a comms plan, and develop the City Markets’ branding strategy locally, nationally, and internationally. To lead a scheme of website improvement, increased trade coverage, maximised industry influence, and expanded position within the Market Authority network.

• Be an advocate for the MCP, providing support internally, and liaison externally. You will set expectations, whilst driving ambition and commitment to the MCP’s vision and social, economic and environmental goals.

• Identify the full range of stakeholders, their relative influence on the programme, and how the programme best works with each stakeholder group and /or individuals to create understanding and commitment as appropriate.  

• Create, maintain and implement a stakeholder plan which should be closely related to the MCP plan, minimising the risk to the reputation of the City Corporation and the passage of its Bill through Parliament. 

• Monitor the success of the stakeholder plan and related communications plan making changes, as required, and helping the programme address unexpected issues. 

• Act as the MCP’s lead officer for sustainable urbanism in the development and construction of the new site in Dagenham. Paying close attention to the well-being of place i.e. the physical, ecological, economic, social, health and equity factors.

• To help the MCP focus on reducing waste and harmful impacts of the operation.

• Lead a programme and evidence base of benefits realisation and evaluation/quantification. Lead a programme of analytic work and use the findings in a programme of communication and design delivery. Develop, oversee, and maintain a database and dashboards for benefits realisation, holding the programme to account for the delivery and reporting of these key outputs.

• Responsible for supporting the MCP in identification and calculation of financial and non-financial benefits, and to lead on the baselining on key data / measurements early on in the project lifecycle. Establish KPI’s and set up effective ways of measuring outcomes and benefits; both during the project and post-completion. Work closely with operational staff to ensure the changes are embedded within the Division and the benefits are being realised.

• To be the MCP’s single point of contact regarding the City’s Climate Action Strategy. To liaise with central colleagues, and advocate for design, improvement and innovation in the development of the new site and its operation. To develop, implement and lead the Division’s responsible procurement programme.

• To create, develop, and lead the City’s development of a “food School” workplan between now and the opening of the new market in c.2027/8 to create a new offer in Dagenham associated with the City’s Markets. To develop a proof of concept for training tomorrow’s market traders, providing the skills required to develop our future butchers, fishmongers, and fruiterers, in order to strengthen the resilience of the City’s wholesale food markets. Early work includes delivering the outputs from a DEFRA successful 2023 bid.

• Work with the Remembrancer’s office to ensure that the consultation required for the Parliamentary process is reflected in the stakeholder plan and that the consultation undertaken, and outcomes of consultation and communication, are effectively recorded for presentation to Parliament as the bill passes through the various Parliamentary stages. 

• Manage a programme of food industry communications via the Market Industry Comms Lead.

• Work with the City’s press office, and the Marketing and Communications Lead to create and approve MCP lines for the press e.g: presentations and meetings, social media, the intranet and the press. 

• Play a lead role, as required, in MCP presentations, meetings and press briefings, and support other team members in communications they may have to deliver.  

• Work across the organisation in partnership with other teams to deliver the above.

• Such other duties as may be directed by your line manager.

• The Post Holder will actively seek to implement the City Corporation’s Equal Opportunity Policy and the Corporation’s objective to promote equality of opportunity in relation to the duties of their Post.

 

Person Specification

Education/Professional Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working as part of a team delivering a complex programme requiring largescale engagement

• Demonstrable experience of managing communications involving politicians, trade associations and the general public

• Demonstrable experience of commissioning and using a wide range of communication tools effectively

• Experience in writing effective and clear communication material 

• Experience in presenting

• Experience of food security and implementing climate action strategies

• Demonstrable experience in KPI and project scheduling/evaluation methods

Knowledge

• Stakeholder and change management tools and techniques

• Methods of communication

• Food security

• Climate Action

• Benefits realisation tools and tracking methodologies

• Food education

Skills and Abilities

• The ability to develop effective working relationships with internal and external contacts, thus commanding the respect of senior colleagues both internal and external

• The ability to influence others

• The ability to devise innovative and creative solutions

• A high standard of written and verbal communication

• Commitment to delivering these services to a very high standard

• A willingness to be flexible and responsive to the demands of a complex and fast paced project

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Reference: OT480 | Closing date: 27th March | Interview date: 14th April

Job Description

Job Title	Major Disposals Director
Department	City Surveyors Department
Grade	J
Location	Guildhall North Wing
Responsible to	The City Surveyor
Responsible for	External Professional Teams 1 x Shared Executive Assistant

Purpose of Post

A key role in the Department’s senior management team and one of a small team of Property Directors with overall collective responsibility for the direction, strategy, and control of the Department.

The Major Disposals Director will be responsible for the disposal of the Smithfield and Billingsgate sites, as well as New Spitalfields should a decision be made to move this market, ensuring capital receipts are maximised to support the Markets Co-location Programme and deliver on other corporate priorities such as Destination City and new housing for London. The Major Disposals Director will represent City Surveyors in the establishment of a holistic vision and delivery plan for the wider Smithfield area of change.

 

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• To be fully responsible for the strategic direction and disposal outcomes for the City of London’s existing wholesale food market sites, securing at least a capital receipt of £200m for Billingsgate and Smithfield and a further £100m+ for New Spitalfields should the Corporation decide to move this market.

• To ensure that strategies and sufficient resources are in place to contribute to the City Surveyors’ key objectives of maximising the returns from the City’s Investment Property Portfolios, developing a Strategic Property Holding, and delivery of the carbon agenda.

• To play a key strategic role in progressing major projects in particular the Markets Co-location Programme and managing the impacts from the major disposals on the London Wall West Development, the Museum of London relocation to West Smithfield, and the City’s housing target.

• Between now the sale of the sites (towards the end of the decade), protect the value of the existing sites, including but not limited to:

• • A programme of work with the host boroughs to monitor the planning environment and to respond to changing policies on the built environment.

• • Deliver the Non-Binding Cooperation Arrangement (or any new value protection and disposal arrangements) with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and as joint owners of the Billingsgate site continue to align their objectives with the Corporation’s.

• • Aligning the Corporation’s landowner masterplans with commercial movements such as post-covid and post-Brexit changes.

• • Implement a programme of due diligence to de-risk the existing sites.

• • Support the Parliamentary process with evidence on the histories of the existing sites and their potential futures, in particular for the Smithfield Grade II* listed East & West Market buildings and Grade II Rotunda.

• • Where possible, deliver meanwhile activity on the existing sites to generate income, strengthen the case to Parliament, and provide interested parties with an indication of alternative uses.

• To maximise value and alignment with Corporation objectives, to deliver the following ahead of disposals:

• • Carry-out soft market testing with potential interested parties who may wish to fund, develop, or occupy the existing sites. Feed results into a strategy on the desired uses and disposal methodologies and agree with internal colleagues and Members.

• • Work with potential partners like Homes England on grant and loan facilities.

• • Carry-out regular residual land appraisals of the existing sites to monitor changes in macro-economic factors and to deliver the necessary receipts for the Markets Co-location Programme.

• • Oversee the acquisition of planning permissions if this is required prior to disposal and ensure vacant possession of each site is achieved.
• To implement the disposal of each existing site according to the disposal strategies and critical success factors agreed with Members, including but not limited to:

• • Working with the procurement function and using consultants as required to design and deliver market briefings, communication packs, disposal documentation, review bidder’s responses, and select winning bidders.

• • Provide oversight to the contracting process with successful bidders to satisfactorily conclude the disposals.

• • Oversee the set-up of any ongoing monitoring of the disposal agreements by the Corporation according to the disposal strategy selected. If development agreements or corporate joint ventures are adopted, ensure structures deliver desired receipts and other non-financial Corporation objectives over the life of the developments.

• • Work with stakeholder and communications colleagues to coordinate activity with key stakeholders in the immediate environs of the existing sites, as well as media activity, over the life of the disposals, in particular the multiple (Corporation) projects being delivered in the wider Smithfield area.

• • Provide oversight regarding communication and publicity related to the successful disposal of the sites.

• To ensure that there is appropriate management and control of all staff supporting the Major Disposals Director.

• To ensure that resources are appropriate to achieve the disposal receipts required and, in particular, to allocate efficiently resources between in-house and external consultants.

• To provide appropriate and timely information on the major disposals to enable the preparation of departmental and Corporation estimates and monitoring systems, and specifically to allow the Markets Co-location Programme to accurately financially forecast.

• To attend Committee Meetings and Corporation Working Parties as required and be part of the department’s Management Team.

• Actively seek to implement the City of London’s Occupational Health and Safety Policy in relation to the duties of the post, and at all times give due regard to the health and safety of both themselves and others when carrying out their duties.

• Actively seek to implement the City of London’s Equal Opportunity Policy and the objective to promote equality of opportunity in relation to the duties of the post.

• To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be requested appropriate to the grade.

 

Person Specification

Education/Professional Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent

• Masters (desirable)

Experience

• A proven track record of delivering programmes within a property/operational environment

• Experience of successfully delivering multi-million-pound, complex property/institutional programmes

• Experience of working with organisations with a public/private interface and programmes that involve masterplanning, architecture, and disposals

• Strong experience of complex stakeholder management, including working with government (national and local) and third-party organisations to support major programme goals

• Experience of establishing high performing teams of core staff as well as external experts from bespoke organisations and major consulting firms

• Experience of commercial contract management, both procurement of multidisciplinary teams and the day-to-day management of multi-million-pound projects

• Experience of the Planning system and working with listed structures

Knowledge

• The property market and property related programmes

• Wholesale food markets and their place within the wider food chain

• The Planning system and how to work with partners to achieve implementable planning permissions and listed building consents

• Programme management methodology and KPI tracking

Skills and Abilities

• The ability to develop effective working relationships and command the respect of internal and external stakeholders

• Able to navigate multi-layered organisations with government or elected official oversight

• The ability to work with third-party partners to either dispose of sites or work in partnership to develop sites/property

• Skilled budget holder, used to constructing multi-year business plans and associated performance targets to ensure key business metrics are tracked and delivered

• The ability to take projects from conception to delivery

• The ability to devise and implement innovative and creative solutions

• A high standard of written and verbal communication

• A willingness to be flexible and responsive to the demands of complex and fast paced projects

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Reference: OT487, Closing Date: 1st May, Interview Date: 23rd May

Job Description

Job Title	Assistant Director – Wholesale Market Stewardship
Department	Department of the Chief Operating Officer – Markets Division
Grade	I
Location	Guildhall and Market locations
Responsible to	Markets Director
Responsible for	Current Market: Operations; Staff and business performance; Service improvement; Safety.

Purpose of Post

Following a strategic review of its three wholesale markets in 2017/18, the City has embarked on a major transformation and co-location strategy to ensure its Markets are fit for the 21^st century and sustainable to enable future expansion which is currently constrained at the existing locations. The City purchased a 42 acre site at Dagenham Dock in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for this purpose. In November 2022 the City submitted a Private Bill to Parliament to ask for Royal Assent to move the first two of its Markets. This is a major undertaking and programme for the City, involving numerous internal and external stakeholders, tenants and Parliament.

Whilst proposals mature for the new site the City still runs three of the largest and most significant wholesale markets in the country.

This role is responsible for leading on:

1. Market site business performance and safety across the three current Market locations.
2. Oversight and management of front-line staff across all three Markets via three General Managers (Circa 87 staff overall).
3. Development of the City’s Markets service to tenants.

These workstreams will require working with an extended team of City Officers and external consultants and stakeholders.

 

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Support the Director of Markets in the overall management of the Markets Division ensuring that the businesses perform effectively and in compliance with corporate policies and national legislation.

• Work with the three site General Managers to co-ordinate and oversee day-to-day operations of the three current Market locations, as well as overall co-ordination/delivery of the three following disciplines at each current Market site; Maintenance, administration/finance, and security.

• Work with senior officers to influence and contribute to the delivering of objectives set out in the Corporate Plan, and local business plans.

• Create and build effective relationships internally and externally with key stakeholders such as Members, senior officers, key partners and external bodies which are essential to the delivery of our strategic aims and objectives.

• Drive significant cultural change, employee engagement and service improvement through the current Market site in accordance with strategic aims and objectives and utilising and advocating a collaborative approach across disciplines.

• Being accountable for associated budgets, and the delivery of business plans and strategies and effective policies.

• Creation and maintenance of a full set of service SLA’s and KPI’s across the three current Markets for Administration, Finance, Maintenance and Security. Continuous improvement of the services provided with a view to providing best-value.

• Exercising the full range of management responsibilities for staff such as performance management, recommendations for learning and development and disciplinary action up to and including first written warning.

• Work closely with colleagues across the Markets department to ensure effective working across operations, transformation, and future markets programme delivery teams.

• Proactively manage stakeholder relationships, including change and decision making to effectively manage expectations, and maintain sustainable long-term relationships

• Develop and present business cases, funding strategies and implications with the Chamberlain for internal approval, covering the social, economic and sustainability benefits of projects for the City, square mile and others in London.

• Define and create more detailed programme work plans for each Market, including key activity to be delivered, appointed owner, target completion dates and outcomes required.

• Provide regular reports and briefings at officer and committee level, attending committees to present and /or support the Director and Senior Responsible Officer.

• To develop and manage programme budgets with support from the Chamberlain, ensuring all necessary approvals are obtained prior to incurring expenditure and costs incurred deliver value for money and support the success of the programme and business case.

• Actively seek to implement the City’s health and safety policy in relation to the duties of the post, and at all times give due regard to the health and safety of both themselves and others when carrying out their duties.

• Actively seek to implement the City’s equality, diversity and inclusion policies of in relation to the duties of the post.

• To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be requested appropriate to the grade

 

Person Specification

Education/Professional Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent

Experience

• A deep understanding of operations, asset management and/or logistics, and demonstrable experience in operations/property/logistics in either an operational or a consulting role.

• A proven track record of delivering within an operational/property management service.

• Multi-million-pound budgeting and service charges.

• Proven experience of managing complex teams of front-line staff across multiple operational assets.

Knowledge

• Wholesale, Retail and Manufacturing supply chains.

• Operations, health and safety, property management and logistics.

• Property related programmes.

• Business planning, and performance management systems.

Skills and Abilities

• The ability to develop effective working relationships and command the respect of internal and external stakeholders.

• The ability to influence others, including convincing operational colleagues and traders.

• The ability to devise and implement innovative and creative solutions.

• A high standard of written and verbal communication.

• Commitment to delivering these services to a very high standard.

• A willingness to be flexible and responsive to the demands of a complex and fast paced project.

• Ability to build and deliver SLA and KPI programmes, ensuring efficient delivery of services and value for money.

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Reference: OT489, Closing Date: 17th April, Interview Dates: TBC

Job Description

Job Title	Major Programmes Analyst
Department	City Surveyor’s Department
Grade	E
Location	Guildhall North Wing
Responsible to	Head of Major Programmes Office

Job Description

The City of London Corporation has embarked upon a series of complex, high profile major capital programmes that will result in the acquisition, development and management of significant new assets. A number of these programmes are interdependent both in terms of physical delivery but also in terms of the impact on financial and procurement activities in the Corporation.

The City Surveyor and Director of Major Programmes have identified the need for a programme management function (PMO) to provide a consistent high standard of programme and financial reporting, procurement practices and risk assurance in order to deliver the programmes coherently, on time and within budget as befits the vision, aims and ethos of the City of London Corporation.

 

Purpose of Post

The postholder will be a part of a small team responsible for providing high quality PMO analyst functions across 4 Major Capital Programmes which are:

• Consolidation of the City of London’s Wholesale Markets
• The Creation of a New Museum of London at West Smithfield
• The redevelopment of the City’s Fleet Street Estate to provide a new HMCTS and City of London Police facility
• The Centre for Music

Key activities of this role will include the project management of workstreams within programmes, creation and maintenance of risk registers, programme plans, dependency mapping, analysis and tracking programme deliverables, preparation of reports, ensuring improvement to programme processes are effectively implemented.

 

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality documentation and analysis for all major projects covered by the post through programme dashboards, Gantt Charts, Risk Registers and other cross portfolio documentation that enables Senior Officers and Members to be fully informed in their decision-making.

• Provide high quality Programme Management analyst functions across the Major Programmes Office Portfolio which will include project managing specific critical workstreams on behalf of a programme i.e. procurement of environmental surveys, project management of survey work, playing an active role in support of planning applications, maintenance of risk registers, programme plans and other useful tools, ensuring that these conform with project programmes and any necessary interdependencies with other projects or relevant areas of the City Corporation.

• Monitor programme budgets, spend and forecasts to enable efficient sharing of information across the organisation, identifying issues, escalating and proposing appropriate solutions alerting relevant officers in the Chamberlain’s department of significant variances in budget outturn positions and in general advising appropriate officers across the organisation where changes from initial forecasts have arisen or are likely to arise.

• Carry out essential procurement functions (such as the production and tracking of Purchase Orders, processing of invoices, approval of the release of staged payments) across the Major Programmes Office Portfolio, in accordance with City of London and statutory procurement processes and the City of London’s Financial Regulations.

• As directed by the Head of Major Programmes Office, apply a consistent and high quality suite of Programme tools across the portfolio of programmes, and advise relevant officers carrying out work on the programmes across the organisation to build and improve corporate competency in programme-management techniques

• Write high quality committee reports for review by the Head of Major Programmes Office and senior officers, efficiently distilling complex risks and dependencies and highlighting key matters to ensure that Members involved in the decision-making processes can be fully aware of any relevant information in their oversight of the programmes

• Provide senior officers and other relevant parties with complex analysis of programme, financial and risk data, summarising clearly and concisely detailed or complex issues and proposing appropriate mitigations and solutions for review.

• Maintain accurate records of meetings to aid the effective management of the programmes, in particular the monitoring of actions against designated timescales, creating actions logs, timescales and proactively engage with members of programme and design teams to ensure that meeting records are agreed and actions allocated correctly, in accordance with programme plans and appropriate City Corporation responsibilities.

• Develop and implement effective information management systems across the Major Programmes Office Portfolio, ensuring the availability of high-quality information is available at appropriate times in the project cycles, with a consistent approach being undertaken to the management of relevant information across the Portfolio.

• Work closely with the Senior Accountant – Major Projects in the Chamberlain’s department to ensure that timely and accurate financial reporting information across the Major Programmes Office is produced , as required.

• Work closely with the Major Programmes Procurement Lead on the procurement of professional consultants and works contractors across the Major Programmes Portfolio.

• Schedule timely and effective meetings across the major programmes including regular programme boards and officer and Member meetings (particularly with Senior Members such as the Policy Chair), ensuring that all necessary information is provided for attendees and that those who are not able to attend are necessarily briefed;

• Carry out such other duties as may be directed by the Head of Major Programmes Office, Programme Directors and the City Surveyor;

• Actively seek to implement the City of London’s Occupational Health and Safety Policy in relation to the duties of the post, and at all times give due regard to the health and safety of both themselves and others when carrying out their duties;

• Actively seek to implement the City of London’s Equal Opportunity Policy and the objective to promote equality of opportunity in relation to the duties of the post;

• Comply with the City of London Financial Regulations.

• To assist in ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Act and with general access to information legislation including the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations through ensuring effective information management practices are in place across Major Programmes.

 

Person Specification

Please find below the qualifications, experience and technical skills required to undertake this post. Each criterion will be assessed at application (A), interview (I) or test (T) as indicated below.

Education/Professional Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and experience of project, programme and portfolio management tools and techniques and the application of that knowledge in Prince 2, Agile, MSP or similar (A)

Experience Required, including Budget Holding Experience (if appropriate)

• Strong experience of working in a programme/portfolio analyst or similar role on a range of programmes within a complex organisation. (A,I)

• Good experience of a project-management role working on complex major programmes with multiple projects, dependencies and interdependencies (A,I)

• Experience of managing small projects or of taking a role within a large/complex programme and demonstrable knowledge and understanding exposure to the end to end project or programme lifecycle. (A,I)

• Good experience of completing a range of documentation such as reports and briefing papers to a high standard in the furtherance of project or programme objectives. (A,I)

• Good experience of performance reporting, including business and budgetary analysis, across the project/programme cycle. (A,I)

• Demonstrable ability to prepare and evaluate business cases in connection with all administrative aspects of programme/project management. (A,I)

• Good ability to develop and manage programme and portfolio risk registers (A,I)

• Demonstrable ability to develop effective programme governance arrangements across a complex range of projects/programmes, effectively balancing competing priorities and interdependencies (A,I)

• Good understanding of Benefits Management Frameworks and Realisation Plans (A,I)

• Ability to work at pace with minimal supervision (A,I)

• Commitment, Drive and Enthusiasm to deliver through programme lifecycles demonstrable through experience. (I)

Technical Skills

• High standard of written communication skills, in order to produce clear and concise reports, documentation and other correspondence to a range of audiences that will facilitate effective project management of a series of major projects. (A,I)

• Strong oral communications skills to enable a clear understanding of complex project-management issues to be gained by a range of audiences and to obtain cooperation from a variety of parties with different professional perspectives in the furtherance of project plans. (A,I,T)

• Demonstrable ability to plan, develop and co-ordinate projects and initiatives while remaining flexible and responsive to the changing demands of complex and demanding programmes within a complex organisation. (A,I)

• Ability to analyse complex data and present in a clear and concise manner, providing necessary information that will enable informed decisions to be made by a range of parties. (A,I,T)

• Good understanding of Local Authority functions, democratic services and the committee process. (A,I)

• High level of proficiency in IT systems particularly SharePoint and the Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project, Visio and Power BI. (A)

 

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