The 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, will be the biggest sporting and cultural event that the city and the region have ever seen. With an estimated television audience of 1.5 billion people, it will showcase Birmingham, the West Midlands and the entire country as an amazing place to live, work, study, visit and do business.

When the Commonwealth Games start, the eyes of the world will be on the West Midlands, and so it is critical that visitors can travel around swiftly and efficiently whilst minimising the impact on residents. With more than one million spectators expected over the eleven days, as well as competitors, volunteers, staff and the world’s media, we must get our transport offering just right - and this role will be key to a successful Games transport operation.

This role joins the team until August 2022 and is integral to the successful delivery of a large, complex, multi-disciplinary programme of delivery for several projects related to transport infrastructure and operational delivery within the Commonwealth Games Integrated Transport Programme.

What will you be doing?

• Plan, develop and manage projects from end-to-end, and monitor and report their performance
• Develop and manage a set of appropriate monitoring and reporting mechanisms suitable for projects covering the full project life-cycle including decommissioning
• Manage risks and issues at a strategic, organisational and operational level
• Manage and maintain suitable technical project management products appropriate to the importance, scale and complexity of each project
• Communicate regularly and effectively with all stakeholders
• Approve the project plans of the project teams, negotiating work packages as required
• Report and represent the projects to the required governance groups
• Create and maintain the programme plan, showing an integrated realisation of the key deliverables of the projects

About you

We're looking for someone with previous experience of managing transport or highways projects from initiation to close out and who is able to demonstrate robust and successful stakeholder management skills. This role is suited to an individual who excels in a fast paced and agile environment and someone who enjoys working with multiple stakeholders and on more than one project at a time. We're looking for the following:

• Professional qualification in project/programme management or equivalent experience in a similar role
• Excellent technical knowledge and practical understanding of project management related to transport or highways
• Technical proficiency (e.g. MS Project, Excel, SharePoint, Enterprise Systems)
• Ability to build and maintain effective partnerships
• Good organisational skills, especially those associated with putting action plans together to make them come to fruition and delivering within the context of the organisational objectives and goals
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary organisation
• Experience of other major event programmes, preferred 
• Experience of working in a high-pressured operational role

About the team

Transport for West Midlands, the transport arm of the West Midlands Combined Authority, has been tasked with developing a Games Transport Plan for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Games Transport Plan is an integral measure, which will set out a strategic approach to planning and coordination of transport to support the Games; covering the transportation of spectators, athletes and the Games Family, while at the same time ensuring that any disruption to transport users is kept to a minimum.

The plan will set out a strategic approach to planning and coordination of transport to support the Games. It sets out how spectators, athletes and Games officials and personnel will be transported come Birmingham 2022, as well as detailing how disruption to those conducting unrelated travel can be minimised.

About us

Our role in the West Midlands has never been more important and in these extraordinary times we’ve shown we can step forward, speak up for our region and bring people together. Everything we do is focused on making life better for people in the West Midlands – that’s our reason for being here and it drives every move we make. We lead and support others to deliver our shared future vision for the region – a happier, healthier, better connected place to live and work. 

We fully believe that we are only as great as the people who work for us and are committed to providing a positive, healthy and inclusive working environment where our people feel valued and respected. We are a “Leaders in Diversity” accredited organisation, are in the Inclusive Top 50 Employers List and are one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Women.

Our employees feel they can make a difference and are excited by the growth and the potential to shape the future. As we undergo a period of significant change, our employees are engaging with what is going on and we are encouraging a culture where people feel they can contribute towards improvements.

We’re ambitious, forward thinking and determined to find better ways of working, always leading the way in what we do. We trust and support each other to get the job done, and encourage creativity, originality and curiosity from those who work with us. We’re committed to creating an accessible and diverse workplace, one that nurtures an inclusive environment where our people can be themselves.

If your values align with ours and you’re committed to working towards creating a future we can all be proud of, we want to hear from you.

Additional information

We are designing our organisation of the future and planning a new, flexible approach to the way we use our office space.  This approach will mean most of us working from home some of the time and using our office space to come together to share ideas and learn from each other. We will continue to use digital technology for meetings, collaboration and communications - bringing teams together virtually wherever they’re working, saving time and spending on travel.

We are committed to developing an organisation that is representative of the diverse communities that we serve and welcome applications from all sections of the community. The following groups are currently underrepresented: young people, Black, Asian and ethnic minority groups and women at senior levels.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who meet the essential job role criteria. We will make reasonable adjustments, in line with the Equality Act, for disabled applicants if these are needed. Wherever possible we will offer flexible working options which assist work-life balance.

We’re dedicated to providing a broad range of rewards and benefits and constantly benchmark our benefits packages to ensure they are attractive for all our people. As well as a competitive salary, employees also receive 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and access to a great pension scheme.

Supporting documents
Role Profile - CWG Project Manager.pdf