Senior Project Manager (Regeneration)

West Yorkshire Combined Authority; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading authority in West Yorkshire is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join their Regeneration team. This role involves managing significant projects that enhance community development and requires strong project management skills and experience in leading regeneration initiatives. The position offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits, including flexible working arrangements and a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

28 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays

Generous Employer-Contribution Pension Scheme

Free Travel on rail and buses across West Yorkshire

Flexible Working Practices

Modern office space near Leeds Train Station

Qualifications

• Experience in leading land/property developments.
• Managing commercial contracts and negotiations.
• Proven project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead major economic and transformational projects.
• Oversee land, commercial, and grant negotiations.
• Manage funding agreements and compliance.

Skills

Project Management

Negotiation

Stakeholder Management

Commercial Awareness

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Job description

Senior Project Manager (Regeneration)
£49,359 to £56,057 per annum (pay award pending) – Grade 9
Leeds / Hybrid
Full time / Permanent - 37 hours per week

3 posts available

Please note that the Combined Authority will consider requests for part-time working and/or job share.

With ambitious goals ahead, we need dedicated individuals who are ready to make a real impact as part of our expanding Housing team. As a Senior Project Manager within the wider Regeneration team, you will play a key role in delivering impactful projects that shape the future of our communities. With a clear focus on project management and programme delivery from a placemaking and regeneration perspective, this includes managing funding agreements and overseeing a diverse range of high-profile initiatives.

Based in West Yorkshire, you will be at the forefront of delivering housing and regeneration schemes, creating sustainable, thriving places for people to live and work. Previous experience in this area of project management is key, as you will be responsible for transformational growth through managing capital budgets relating to government funded schemes, initiatives, and regeneration-led activity. You will have previously worked in partnership with a variety of stakeholders, ideally but not essentially in a political context, developing funding agreements and contracts, managing risk, and ensuring compliance with organisational processes.

The Role

• Lead and manage major economic and transformational projects, ensuring alignment with business cases, strategies, and policies at the Combined Authority (CA).
• Oversee land, commercial and grant negotiations, while working with external partners to ensure project alignment with regional economic growth and regeneration objectives.
• Be the lead representative for the CA for your functions and be a visible senior officer.

Please review the Role Profile on our website for more information about the responsibilities.

About You

You will have the following essential key skills, attributes, education and experience:

• A degree in a relevant field, or relevant demonstrable practical experience performing in a similar role.
• Experience of leading and managing land and/or property developments, along with commercial negotiations for either major housing, regeneration or placemaking capital projects.
• Experience of managing commercial contracts and negotiations, which could include property acquisitions, leases, legal security and overage, and knowledge of legal complexities of site assembly to bring forward delivery of capital works.
• Ability to negotiate and take a commercial approach to the management of funding to third parties, whilst working partnership to achieve results.
• Experience of business case development.
• Proven project management skills, and knowledge of a variety of techniques and good practice.
• An understanding of contractual mechanisms to safeguard public investment is desirable.

Our Offer

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer an excellent benefits package including:

• 28 days Annual Leave (increasing upon years of service)plusBank Holidays
• Generous Employer-Contribution Pension Scheme
• Free Travel on rail and buses across West Yorkshire with the M-Card (Zones 1-5)
• Flexible Working Practices with Health & Wellbeing initiatives, including agile working options, as well as a generous flexi-time scheme to ensure you achieve the best work/life balance and career goals.
• Bright, airy, modern office space, with all latest technology, just a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station.

To Apply

If this sounds like your next role, please complete the application form and tell us within the supporting statement why you would be a great fit for our role and how your skills, knowledge and experience align with the requirements within the Role Profile. Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage and review the guidance on this page for support in completing your application form.

Further Information

The Combined Authority is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro divergent. To find out more about inclusivity at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority please visit our dedicated webpage.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview, subject to the minimum criteria being met.

Please note that whilst it is our policy to recruit at SP1 for all appointments, which is the salary stated above, each role includes career salary progression, with incremental increases applicable in most cases on an annual basis.