Head of Capital Projects

Hatfield, Hertfordshire
One YMCA

As we continue to deliver upon Mission 25, whereby we double our impact, there are further growth and development opportunities. Within Place & Environment, we deliver all estate services and capital projects and are committed to our net zero development and targets.

This new role supports our highly experienced project managers, external consultants and the Director to deliver multiple projects. The role will be expected to lead all routine CapEx across our current estate alongside large-scale development activities overseen by our Development Company subsidiary Board of Directors. There is also a requirement for this role to support general market growth, acquiring new accommodation within our portfolio, which meets the needs of our operational Housing directorate.

• Through the Director of Place & Environment, lead on the delivery of business objectives, Capital Projects, PPM and property acquisition.
• Positively engaging with customers and developing, growing and maintaining customer relationships.
• Delivering high-quality services and deliverables, ensuring services meet our customers’ requirements.
• Managing projects and/or programmes to deliver high-quality services and deliverables in accordance with the business procedures.
• With the support of our legal advisors, lead on the administration of contracts and contract negotiations on behalf of the Board of Directors, making recommendations to the Board for sign-off.
• Routinely lead on producing reports and KPI performance data to the Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors, actively seeking scrutiny and challenge to ensure all CapEx programmes are meeting the needs of beneficiaries and the wider community.
• In partnership with the Executive Leadership Team, take an active leadership role in identifying new business development opportunities and driving growth across the business unit activities.
• To effectively manage all external contractors and consultants to maximise performance, value for money and added value.
• To provide professional and innovative support in the development of the Estates Strategy

About Us

One YMCA and its subsidiaries, the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over half way through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade, via email where all staff and volunteers were invited to put themselves forward to apply and attend an intensive, three-day Kickstarter Event.

By the end of these three days, there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas, which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do more and better, together so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts, Beds and Bucks that reach over 135,000 individuals annually.

These include:

• Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
• Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
• Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
• Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
• Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
• Family support through a network of children s and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
• Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
• Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire, Luton and Hertfordshire
• Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
• Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
• A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity, and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.

Benefits

• Contributors pension scheme
• One YMCA Community Gym membership
• Health Cash Plan
• Paid holiday
• Discounted nursery places
• Discounted & free parking
• Life cover
• Electric Vehicle Salary sacrifice lease scheme