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You will need to be able to work from our Birmingham or Belfast office 2 days per week/office to be attended as often as business needs require.\nSalary: Competitive\nWho we are...\nTerraQuest Solutions Ltd is an award-winning and market-leading specialist provider of planning, land, property, and business solutions. We are an established and trusted organisation that is renowned for its expertise in providing innovative and cost-effective solutions to both public and private sectors. Our team delivers bespoke, flexible, and efficient services through a process-orientated delivery structure. We pride ourselves on strong customer relationships evidenced by the high proportion of referrals and repeat business.\nWhy work with us…\nWe are a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer, committed to supporting the well-being and development of all our people. With competitive salaries, enhanced Family Friendly policies; a fabulous suite of benefits (including: Pension; Life Assurance; Employee Assistance Programme; option to buy additional annual leave in addition to 25 days plus Bank Holidays); true flexibility with our Agile Working approach, and superb training and development opportunities, we really care about our team!\nWhat we need...\nDue to a period of sustained growth, we are looking to recruit an Assistant Project Manager to join our Land Referencing Team within the Professional Services department.\nThe Assistant Project Manager will be a member of the Land Referencing team, with responsibility for the management and execution of project tasks by the Project Teams as directed by the Project Manager, and ensuring they are completed in accordance with project plans and customer expectations.\nThe Assistant Project Manager will have direct responsibility for ensuring all allocated project tasks are completed to time, quality and budget, and in compliance of TerraQuest’s standards and systems.\nThe position will be as a member of a dedicated team, delivering specialist land and property services projects to high profile clients undertaking major business process, infrastructure and regeneration development projects. Ideally, you will have experience of land referencing, compulsory purchase process, and/or the wider industry. You may have experience of Compulsory Purchase Orders, Development Consent Orders, Hybrid Bills or other property related experience.\nWhat you will be doing…\n(List minimum of 8 key responsibilities, example below)\nTo ensure that all project activities are performed to the highest levels of quality & compliance in line with defined standards, procedures and TerraQuest’s Business Management System, and meet customer quality expectations.\nUpdate project documentation on behalf of the Project Manager, to include Project database (with all associated logs and schedules), Project Plan and Production Logs.\nTo monitor and record technical quality of project deliverables and report issues to Project Manager.\nTo monitor project risks and report issues to Project Manager.\nTo monitor and record progress against plan and report to Project Manager.\nTo create and maintain Work Instructions, allocate tasks to members of the project team(s) and monitor their progress, performance and quality.\nTo allocate tasks with performance criteria to team members, to be used as Measurable Personal Objectives for performance management purposes.\nTo direct and motivate the project team ensuring all members are suitably trained to perform allocated tasks.\nLine Manage junior team members, under the guidance of the Project Manager.\nInteract with clients and stakeholders at the appropriate levels.\nDay to day liaison with team members, managers, clients and interested parties.\nActively participate in activities supporting the quality assurance process, liaising directly with the Technical Consultant and Project Manager.\nWhat we are looking for…\nQualities and Skills Required\nEssential\nBachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant to the business.\nThe ability to organise own workload and be able to work autonomously.\nThe ability to work to deadlines and within a team environment.\nAbility to influence, develop, and empower project team members to achieve objectives with a team approach.\nAbility to manage a variety of project tasks.\nAbility to read plans and maps.\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills.\nAttention to accuracy and detail.\nA right first-time approach with focus on maintaining high productivity, efficiency and effectiveness.\nDesirable\nExperience within the land referencing or planning industry, and of compulsory purchase more widely.\nExperience of handling mail outs.\nExperience of checking of reports and plans.\nAt least 1 years’ experience in a leadership or task management role.\nExperience of working in data production and quality control environment\nExposure to/experience of Geographic Information Systems.\nConfident in dealing with difficult customers and achieving positive outcomes.\nExperience of land ownership or planning applications subject area;\nPlease apply for more information and please do not be put off if you do not have all of the experience and skills required. If you have the majority of skills and relevant experience, we would still like to hear from you!\nTerraQuest Solutions Ltd is committed to promoting equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment and to creating an inclusive working environment in which individuals are treated with dignity and respect.\nWe ensure that no job applicant, employee, or worker receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, political opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.\nTerraQuest Solutions Ltd operates in compliance with the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. 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