Decision Maker: Assistant Director for Housing
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The appointment of Altair Limited to provide
New Business Development Navigator services to support the Housing
Delivery Team towards a restructure which has included the
development of a new PMO fit to support a maturing housing delivery
programme of this scale. This restructure has been put on pause
pending a wider directorate restructure. The total value of the
contract will be for up to £50,000. The contract will start
on 1st September 2023 and finish on 31st May 2024.
These services are necessary to ensure we meet
our commitments and are compliant with our funders' regulations.
Haringey has secured £323 million from the GLA to support our
housing delivery programme and it is important that the use of this
money is carefully monitored. Altair have provided successful
support services to this team previously and this support will be
provided by one of the most experienced development programme
professionals in this field.
An alternative option would be to create a
role(s) that covers these services and appoint permanently to it.
However, this cannot be considered as the restructure is currently
paused. Any recruitment to the PMO is on hold until the
re-structure plans have been re-started and have full
approval.
A further option would be to appoint an alternative interim(s),
however no other consultancy firm (currently working with the team
or not) has an interim candidate that has both the relevant
industry experience and the specific experience of working in the
Housing Delivery Team and on this programme at Haringey. An
external interim would also need to undergo a lengthy onboarding
process which there is not sufficient time or capacity to
undertake.
Publication date: 07/12/2023
Date of decision: 29/11/2023