How to Apply

Please complete the online application form.

Read our guidance for further advice on completing your application.

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact Dave Dunning, PFI Contracts Manager. Call 07765560135 or email David.Dunning@leeds.gov.uk

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s barred list as applicable will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

Job Description

Job Purpose

To support the provision of technical advice and technical monitoring in relation to the PFI Schools and Independent Living PFI portfolio through operational stages of the projects up to expiry and through to future service delivery models, in order to meet a range of commercial, contractual, statutory and regulatory undertakings.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice, information, and guidance to colleagues, clients and end users (and other stakeholders and external advisors as appropriate) within multidisciplinary teams to ensure the council’s business plan is achieved.
• Monitor contractors, operations, and standards of work against contract schedules and lifecycle models to ensure compliance with specifications and obligations.
• Deliver technical advice and contractual monitoring in relation to the PFI contract management programme.
• Deliver technical advice on aspects of the PFI contract management (particularly lifecycle programs) ensuring the delivery and improvement of services through new service delivery models, which meet the needs of our communities and stakeholders.
• Provide advice and guidance to the council, clients, internal colleagues, on relevant technical aspects in relation to operational aspect of PFI projects.
• Contribute to effective joint working within the council. Provide direction and support to colleagues, clients and immediate line reports, creating an organisational culture of shared accountabilities, learning and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to new ways of working and to partnership working and relationships with clients both internal and external, to improve corporate priority outcomes and to ensure that developments and improvements remain focused on delivering outcomes for local people.
• Promote and support positive solutions to achieve diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of service delivery, community engagement activity and human resource areas.
• Support effective consultation and communications with colleagues, clients, councillors, trade unions, partners and other stakeholders in accordance with council policy.
• Support open, responsive and accountable government, ensuring good governance compliance.
• Manage all aspects of risk and be responsible for the safety of staff, clients and contractors in accordance with all statutory obligations and relevant health and safety policies.
• Support the PFI Expiry Senior Technical Officer in the development of strategy and documentation including contract documentation, asset surveys, handback reports and future service delivery models/specifications.
• Support the Senior Technical Officer in delivering technical aspects of the PFI expiry programme, monitoring contractor compliance with obligations as laid out in the output specification and related contract schedules relating to the standard of work, standard of delivery (as appropriate to the phase of the project), and handback.
• Work in conjunction with other specialist staff and consultants, co-ordinate inputs from other technical specialists/professional team members; assist in briefing and managing external consultants.
• In relation to the operational phase of the PFI project (and in relation to expiry and hand back as required):
  • Carry out site visits, asset condition assessment and audits at PFI sites on behalf of the council.
  • Represent the council at site meetings.
  • Contribute to the provision of contract compliance for existing PPP/PFI schemes, including the application of payment and performance mechanisms.
  • Support the effective interface between end users, elected members, local residents and the contractor in respect of any complaints relating to the works or standard of the assets approaching or at expiry.
  • Assist in the management of variations relating to, any disputes relating to snagging, defects or construction, or claims for extension of time and or cost.
  • Obtain, check and verify records (e.g. build drawings, O&M manuals, Health and Safety files), ensuring sufficiency and completeness.
  • Contribute to the development of practical plans and processes in relation to lifecycle, surveying assets, implementation of any required remediation work and handback of the assets.
  • Support the PFI Expiry Senior Technical Officer in relation to expiry surveys, including liaising with the contractor, consultants, services users and all other stakeholders.
  • Advise as to under-delivery as to required standards, and any costs/timetable associated with any remediation work required to achieve the required standards.
  • Contribute to the contractual process of withholding monies in relation to remediation works
  • Contribute to the development of specifications and related contract schedules for new service delivery models.
• Identify, interpret and advise on relevant risk issues in the PFI projects.
• Work as a key member of a project team, leading and/or supporting technical elements of PFI projects and supporting the provision of an integrated project management/PFI handback technical support.
• Contribute to monitoring of operational PFI projects and (as required) PFI expiry programming.
• Provide direction on a matrix management basis to project management staff, legal and commercial colleagues on projects which are assigned to the post holder.
• Contribute to the development of quality accreditations where appropriate for services.
• Support the delivery of the achievement of value for money in all aspects of the PFI schools and independent living PFI portfolio (and in relation to the PFI expiry programme as required) by utilising risk management,