Job Title: Project Manager Built Environment – Council Housing Growth
Salary: PO6 £51,356 – £54,495
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Merrion House, Leeds
Can you help us meet the challenge of increasing the number of affordable homes in Leeds? The Council Housing Growth team was established to deliver additional council housing for those in greatest need across the city. Over the last 5 years we have completed almost 1,200 homes and we’re looking to continue this growth over the next 5 years with the next phase of our delivery programme.
The Council recently confirmed its commitment to increasing affordable housing delivery over the next 10 years by approving its updated Leeds Affordable Housing Strategy, which includes continued use of the council’s own resources and capitalising on opportunities offered by central government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme.
About You
- Leading the delivery of / project managing complex built environment projects through all the Design e.g. RIBA/lifecycle/Gateway stages with competing workstreams, including the development and leadership of multi-disciplinary teams.
- Line management duties and staff development with drive, resilience, and leadership skills.
- Undertaking complex commercial negotiations to secure value for money, driving quality at senior level.
- Creating and developing relationships with strategic partners to influence policy and project ambitions to ensure Council ambitions and plans are delivered.
- Evidence excellent communication skills with ability to inform, influence, negotiate to form positive relationships with stakeholders and partners.
About the Role
You will be responsible for leading and directing a range of complex and often diverse projects, ensuring that financially viable, high‑quality schemes can be delivered in a timely fashion within a commercial environment. You’ll provide leadership to a team of experienced project management staff and work with technical, commercial and procurement teams. You will also manage the interface with project, technical advisory and contract management consultants, ensuring compliance, value for money and effective commercial management.
Key Service Objectives
- Complete the remainder of Phase 1 programme, including extra care housing and new builds.
- Acquire a further 100 ex‑right‑to‑buy properties per year for the next 5 years.
- Complete 36 homes under Local Authority Housing Fund Round 4 with external grant funding in the next 3 years.
- Progress initial Phase 2 pipeline of just under 600 new‑build homes.
- Review delivery models and financial headroom, secure Homes England grant funding, maximise number of homes over next 10 years.
Responsibilities
- Providing leadership and direction and overall management for project delivery.
- Supporting professional and management functions.
- On‑site working and leading on projects commensurate with grade.
- Supporting the authority to meet statutory and regulatory functions in relation to procurement, planning and highways.
- Providing information to ward members and other services on related project and commercial activity.
Qualifications
- Significant relevant demonstrable experience in a Built Environment discipline.
- Significant relevant demonstrable skills at a level equivalent to APM Level C or APM PMQ.
Essential Requirements
- Experience of leading and project managing complex built environment projects through RIBA/lifecycle/Gateway stages with competing workstreams.
- Experience of establishing and implementing effective project governance.
- Line management duties and staff development.
- Ability to apply project management methodology and tools, including risk logs, communications plans, cost plans and procurement strategy reports.
- Experience of complex commercial negotiations, risk and issue resolution.
- Knowledge of contract management and promotion of funding opportunities and bids.
- Risk management experience, including mitigation of Council’s liabilities.
- Excellent communication, relationship building with stakeholders.
- Experience of coordinating multidisciplinary environments and interfacing with legal, finance and technical teams.
Essential Behavioural and Other Characteristics
- Understand and embrace Leeds City Council values, behaviours and codes of conduct.
- Committed to continuous improvement, supporting health & wellbeing, inclusive growth, zero carbon.
- Understand and observe council equality and diversity policies.
- Follow health and safety policies.
- Participate in training and development.
- Adaptable to change, support other services.
- Appraise, train, develop.
- Maintain compliance with council policies.
- Support equality, report incidents of racism, bullying and harassment.
- Work within flexibility protocol.
Benefits
- Competitive salary up to £54,495.
- Annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays (29–34 days after 5 years’ service).
- Membership of West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions.
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- Clear career pathway and professional development opportunities.
- Staff benefits to support wellbeing.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from women, carers, veterans, LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care‑experienced people.
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Salary: PO6 £51,356 – £54,495
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Merrion House, Leeds
Can you help us meet the challenge of increasing the number of affordable homes in Leeds? The Council Housing Growth team was established to deliver additional council housing for those in greatest need across the city. Over the last 5 years we have completed almost 1,200 homes and we’re looking to continue this growth over the next 5 years with the next phase of our delivery programme.
The Council recently confirmed its commitment to increasing affordable housing delivery over the next 10 years by approving its updated Leeds Affordable Housing Strategy, which includes continued use of the council’s own resources and capitalising on opportunities offered by central government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme.
About You
- Leading the delivery of / project managing complex built environment projects through all the Design e.g. RIBA/lifecycle/Gateway stages with competing workstreams, including the development and leadership of multi-disciplinary teams.
- Line management duties and staff development with drive, resilience, and leadership skills.
- Undertaking complex commercial negotiations to secure value for money, driving quality at senior level.
- Creating and developing relationships with strategic partners to influence policy and project ambitions to ensure Council ambitions and plans are delivered.
- Evidence excellent communication skills with ability to inform, influence, negotiate to form positive relationships with stakeholders and partners.
About the Role
You will be responsible for leading and directing a range of complex and often diverse projects, ensuring that financially viable, high‑quality schemes can be delivered in a timely fashion within a commercial environment. You’ll provide leadership to a team of experienced project management staff and work with technical, commercial and procurement teams. You will also manage the interface with project, technical advisory and contract management consultants, ensuring compliance, value for money and effective commercial management.
Key Service Objectives
- Complete the remainder of Phase 1 programme, including extra care housing and new builds.
- Acquire a further 100 ex‑right‑to‑buy properties per year for the next 5 years.
- Complete 36 homes under Local Authority Housing Fund Round 4 with external grant funding in the next 3 years.
- Progress initial Phase 2 pipeline of just under 600 new‑build homes.
- Review delivery models and financial headroom, secure Homes England grant funding, maximise number of homes over next 10 years.
Responsibilities
- Providing leadership and direction and overall management for project delivery.
- Supporting professional and management functions.
- On‑site working and leading on projects commensurate with grade.
- Supporting the authority to meet statutory and regulatory functions in relation to procurement, planning and highways.
- Providing information to ward members and other services on related project and commercial activity.
Qualifications
- Significant relevant demonstrable experience in a Built Environment discipline.
- Significant relevant demonstrable skills at a level equivalent to APM Level C or APM PMQ.
Essential Requirements
- Experience of leading and project managing complex built environment projects through RIBA/lifecycle/Gateway stages with competing workstreams.
- Experience of establishing and implementing effective project governance.
- Line management duties and staff development.
- Ability to apply project management methodology and tools, including risk logs, communications plans, cost plans and procurement strategy reports.
- Experience of complex commercial negotiations, risk and issue resolution.
- Knowledge of contract management and promotion of funding opportunities and bids.
- Risk management experience, including mitigation of Council’s liabilities.
- Excellent communication, relationship building with stakeholders.
- Experience of coordinating multidisciplinary environments and interfacing with legal, finance and technical teams.
Essential Behavioural and Other Characteristics
- Understand and embrace Leeds City Council values, behaviours and codes of conduct.
- Committed to continuous improvement, supporting health & wellbeing, inclusive growth, zero carbon.
- Understand and observe council equality and diversity policies.
- Follow health and safety policies.
- Participate in training and development.
- Adaptable to change, support other services.
- Appraise, train, develop.
- Maintain compliance with council policies.
- Support equality, report incidents of racism, bullying and harassment.
- Work within flexibility protocol.
Benefits
- Competitive salary up to £54,495.
- Annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays (29–34 days after 5 years’ service).
- Membership of West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions.
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- Clear career pathway and professional development opportunities.
- Staff benefits to support wellbeing.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from women, carers, veterans, LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care‑experienced people.
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