Accommodation Assistant Project Manager

Job description

Contract Terms

Grade: PO4
Salary: £49,056 – £52,194 per annum
Contract Type: Fixed-Term Contract – 2 years, Full-time
Location: Hybrid, 3 days on-site
Closing Date: Sunday, 22nd February 2026
Interview Date: w/c 02nd March 2026 (Expected) 

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture. 

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

The Accommodation Assistant Project Manager will support and enable the Council’s change and transformation corporate programmes via the project management of office relocations, small refurbishments, property vacations, furniture provision/disposal projects, and general property moves, as part of the Council’s property review and asset rationalisation projects.

You will be part of the Strategic Asset and Accommodation Team and in this role you will be able to demonstrate a wealth of experience in the successful delivery of office move projects or similar working effectively across a range of stakeholders to provide customer focused services including the commissioning and managing of consultants and construction contractors, ensuring that works are delivered effectively.

About You

You’ll bring strong project delivery experience, particularly in office moves, refurbishments or similar environments, and you’ll be comfortable managing multiple workstreams at pace. You will also have a practical and solution focused approach to coordinating stakeholders and ensuring that moves and projects remain on time, within scope and on budget.

You will also demonstrate:
• Proven experience using CAD and/or design software, with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience planning, managing and delivering low to medium value and complexity projects, ideally from inception to completion.
• A solid understanding of project management tools and methodologies, with knowledge of PRINCE2 or similar techniques.
• Strong understanding of space planning principles and workplace compliance requirements, including Workplace Regulations.
• Experience working with multi disciplinary project teams across IT, contractors, service users and property colleagues.
• Ability to manage budgets, prioritise tasks and coordinate activity across complex programmes of work.
• Clear, confident communication skills, with the ability to engage and support stakeholders during periods of change.
• Strong organisational skills, initiative and the ability to work both independently and as part of a wider delivery team.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. 

Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts. 

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role please ensure that you do so as soon as possible. 

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may end be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of you application please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk