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About the job Ready to shape the future of planning and transport on one of the world's most advanced road networks? As a Spatial Planning Manager at National Highways, you'll lead a team that ensures local development plans and transport strategies work seamlessly with the Strategic Road Network. Whether your background is in town planning, transport planning, development management or consultancy... ZIPC1_UKTJ

About the job. National Highways is excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Project Manager to join our team in the South East region. As a Project Manager, you will play a vital role in planning and managing the successful delivery of a portfolio of projects within our region's 5-year rolling capital programme. You will oversee the performance of multiple external contractors and consultants, ensuring the highest standards of governance, quality assurance, health and safety, and technical compliance across the supply chain and National Highways. Your expertise will be key to achieving agreed project outcomes while adhering to mandatory and delegated responsibilities, driving excellence in every phase of the project lifecycle. This role is based from our Basingstoke office only, but you will need to be flexible to travel to other offices in the South East region as required. Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Regional Management Team, Programme Delivery Managers, key stakeholders, suppliers and across National Highways teams. Ensure mutual understanding of the portfolio's strategic and delivery objectives, to review and report on delivery performance, to agree solutions that resolve complex issues and to prepare project business cases. Deliver programme management, financial reporting and risk management against the capital expenditure budgets for all projects in scope, ensuring effective financial and contractual practices are in place and adhered to by all project resources. Ensure National Highways reputation is maintained throughout delivery of projects by delivering best practice customer and stakeholder communications; proactively manage interaction with communities, stakeholders, transport operators, road users and businesses. Proactively identify and drive opportunities for improvements and implement changes in own area of responsibility; promote and share portfolio management best practices across Operations. Manage and evaluate risks, issues, dependencies and constraints associated with the portfolio, leading the development and implementation of solutions to overcome these. About you. Recognised qualification in relevant engineering discipline (eg MSc, MICE IEng etc) or equivalent, relevant experience in the delivery of Civil Engineering projects and portfolios. Proven portfolio and project management experience. Evidence of contract management, with specific experience of NEC forms of contract. Knowledge of highways construction and maintenance practices and relevant legislation (e.g. CDM regulations). Excellent stakeholder management skills. About us. Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership. Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads. We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys. External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. TPBN1_UKTJ

Internal Auditor- Basingstoke, Hampshire - £50,000 - £60,000 + benefits (Hybrid 2 days in the office) FryerMiles is working with a leading Professional Services organisation who are looking to hire an experienced Internal Auditor on a permanent basis. This role sits within a best practice / quality function and is responsible for managing, planning, and performing internal audits across the organisation, including compliance reviews of case or project files. The role is critical in ensuring internal controls are effective and that quality-focused processes are operating as intended, supporting the organisation in achieving its strategic objectives. The successful candidate will have broad experience in planning and leading audits across financial and operational controls and will be skilled in identifying practical control improvements and communicating effectively with stakeholders at all levels. Experience using data analytics to enhance assurance and insight is desirable. Responsibilities Manage the annual audit plan and report progress to senior management Plan and deliver internal audits in line with recognised professional and internal quality standards Agree practical and proportionate improvement actions with management Contribute to the development of a risk-based audit plan Communicate effectively and confidently with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior leadership Use data analytics and visualisation tools to present audit insights Provide ad hoc control advice to teams and projects Deliver ad hoc audits in response to emerging risks and management requests Build and maintain strong relationships across the organisation Qualifications and Experience Experience planning and performing a wide range of audits to high-quality standards Strong knowledge of risk and control theory and practice Knowledge of management system frameworks (e.g., quality and environmental standards) is desirable Graduate-level education or equivalent professional experience is desirable Excellent written and verbal communication skills, adaptable to different audiences Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail Proven ability to manage multiple projects and prioritise effectively Internal Auditor- Basingstoke, Hampshire - £50,000 - £60,000 + benefits (Hybrid 2 days in the office) TPBN1_UKTJ

The ideal candidate will have strong leadership and strategic planning skills, with the ability to optimize and improve data quality within the Trust's services.