Consortium Project Manager – BrumEnergy (Local Energy Advice Demonstrator)

Job Title: Consortium Project Manager– BrumEnergy (Local Energy Advice
Demonstrator)
Salary: £42,521
Responsible to: Strategic Partnership Manager
Location: Hybrid working. Working hours divided between BVSC Offices (Livery
Place, 35 Livery Street, Birmingham, B3 2PB) and home address, as agreed by BVSC
Hours of work: 35 hours per week (Full-time)
Contract Duration: Fixed Term until 31 March 2025

BrumEnergy (Local Energy Advice Demonstrator)

We are looking for a knowledgeable and enthusiastic individual, with strong leadership and
project management skills to join us as Consortium Project Manager– BrumEnergy (Local Energy
Advice Demonstrator).

Overview

BVSC is the primary infrastructure organisation for the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social
Enterprise Sector (The Voluntary and Community Sector) in Birmingham.

We have recently secured funding from Midlands Net Zero Hub/ Department for Energy Security and
Net Zero for a Local Energy Advice Demonstrator Project, supporting Birmingham’s citizens
through the provision of advice and guidance on home energy efficiency measures.

BVSC is the lead partner and responsible for managing a small partnership comprised of local
partners. This will provide for better support and co-ordination of the project across the city.

This role will involve managing our project on a day-to-day basis on behalf of BVSC and the
Consortium.

Individual Consortium member organisations will also have their own individual project
managers; it is the Consortium Project Manager’s role to ensure that the Consortium as a whole
produces the project requirements according to time, cost, quality, scope, risk and benefits –
and ultimately to benefit the residents of Birmingham City.

Purpose of the Role

• Developing Internal & Consortium Communications
• Financial and Contract Management
• Meeting & Events Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Developing & Delivering Project Communications Strategy
• Delivering Project Management Records & Reporting
• Research and Learning
• Supporting Project Board and Team
• Recruitment of Project Team
• Administration Oversight

Please see job description for a full description of the role, and the employee
specification you will need to refer to in your covering letter.

Working for BVSC

BVSC is proud to provide a place to work in which staff feel valued and motivated. Our talented
and committed staff team are provided with competitive terms and conditions, and a supportive,
flexible, friendly working environment.

Our organisation’s culture is underpinned by our 4 core values – Commitment, Collaboration,
Inclusion and Integrity. These values are demonstrated in the work of our staff team, who are
integral to the achievement of our mission to support and advocate for a vibrant, resilient
voluntary sector in Birmingham.

Terms and conditions

• 35 hour working week
• 29 days annual leave + bank holidays a year
• 5% pension contribution
• 3.5 times salary Death in service benefit
• BVSC is a Living Wage Employer

Work-life balance 

• Hybrid working, allowing staff to divide their working hours between our city centre office
  and their home
• Flexible working arrangements available for staff
• A flextime system is in place for staff
• We offer up to 7 days paid leave per year for undertaking voluntary work or public duties
• We provide generous maternity and paternity pay

Staff development 

• We support staff to undertake training and development, providing funding and time off for
  study

Values based approach

• We take a values led approach to the full employee journey including values based
  interview, and values based supervision and appraisals

Wellbeing

• We offer free access to a range of wellbeing platforms
• BVSC offers all employees a suite of wellbeing support

We are looking for candidates that can demonstrate the following BVSC organisational values: 

Commitment: Making a positive difference through passion, innovation and
social action 

Collaboration: Connecting people and organisations to work together to improve
lives 

Inclusion: Empowering and involving everyone in creating a fair and equitable
Birmingham 

Integrity: Building trust through delivering excellent outcomes 

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and believe that a more inclusive workplace, where
people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From
application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do. 

We strongly encourage suitably experienced applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply
and join BVSC. 

We encourage applicants to think creatively about how they can meet the requirements of the
role and person specification if there are essential criteria you do not meet, so please
describe this in your application. We are looking for talented individuals who align with our
values and support our mission – there are no barriers to how you demonstrate this.

We are a Second Chance Charter employer, committed to ensuring that people with convictions can
access employment. DBS checks, if applicable to the role, will be conducted once a job offer
has been made and accepted.

Closing date for applications – Wednesday 10th January 2024 at
10am.
Interviews to take place – Monday 22nd January
2024.

To apply for this role, please send your CV and cover letter addressing the employee
specification included in the job description to [email protected] This email
address will not be monitored between 18th December 2023 – 2nd January 2024, but you will
receive confirmation of your application submission via automated email.

Interview Details

Interviews for this post will be held on Monday 22nd January 2024.

Please note there will be two parts to the interview process:

A face to face values based interview: A panel of two trained values interviewers from across
the organisation will ask you two questions based on the BVSC values of Commitment,
Collaboration, Inclusion and Integrity. Values based interview questions are structured to
encourage the candidate to reflect on their process, motivation, learning, and outcomes. We
expect this part of the interview to last for 20 minutes.

Face to face competency interview: The competency interview will consist of a
series of questions structured to encourage the candidate to discuss their skills and
experience relevant to the role. We expect this part of the interview to last for 45 minutes.

Interview Documentation

Candidates invited to interview will be required to provide proof of eligibility for employment
(for example a document which confirms your NI number).

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the
role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Secondments will be considered.