Lead LGR Programme Manager

Brighton & Hove City Council; Hove; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Brighton & Hove City Council is seeking a Lead LGR Programme Manager to drive the Local Government Reorganisation programme from Hove Town Hall. The role focuses on providing visible leadership, coordinating corporate workstreams, managing dependencies and ensuring readiness for key milestones in a highly complex public sector environment.

You will work across councils, services, professional disciplines and partner organisations to develop practical, evidence-based proposals that support

Responsibilities

• Lead the Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) programme and coordinate multiple workstreams.
• Develop plans, manage dependencies and ensure readiness for key milestones.

Job description

Lead LGR Programme Manager

Location Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ

Basis Flexi Hours

Salary £59,661 - £65,206

Contractual hours 37

Basis Flexi Hours

Package We are pleased to offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your wellbeing. You can read about them on our Why work for us pages.

Date posted 19/08/2026

Job reference REQ0001408

Attachments: Shortlisting Questions - Lead LGR Programme Manager.docx, 4974.Aug26-2.Lead LGR Programme Manager.JDPS.docx

Job description

Do you enjoy leading complex programmes that make a real difference to residents,servicesand places?

Can you bring structure,paceand clarity to significant organisational change?

Are you keen at bringing clarity to ambiguity, attention to detail and working collaboratively across services, partners and senior stakeholders?

If so, you could thrive in our Local Government Reorganisation(LGR)programme.

Asweprepare for one of the most significant changes to local government in a generation, this is a unique opportunity to join our programme leadership team and help shape the future delivery of local public services.

You will support design, planning and delivery of the Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) p rogramme, providing visible leadership, coordinating corporate workstreams, managing dependencies and ensuring readiness for ke y implementation milestones. You will work with colleagues across councils, services, professionaldisciplinesand partner organisations to develop practical, evidence-based proposals that support safeand legaltransition, servicecontinuityand future transformation.

You will have a key role in strengthening programme governance, maintaining and designing clear plans and reporting arrangements, identifying and escalating risks and issues. You will ensure that workstreams are supported to deliver at the required pace and standard.

Contract type: This role is offered on a fixed-term contract or internal secondment basisuntil July 2028.

Interview date: TBC

Please contact Michael Appleford, Programme Director Local Government Reorganisation and Civic Services at [e-mail] if you would like an informal discussion about the role.

About the role

At Brighton & Hove City Council, we are delivering an ambitious LGR proposal alongside our transformation programmes. We are looking for a dedicated, highly resilient and collaborative programme leader to help us manage a very complex and high-profile portfolio of work during a period of significant change.

Working closely with the Programme Director, senior officers, Members, service leads, professional leads and partner authorities you will bring effective organisational, programme management and problem-solving skills. You will be confident working in a complex political and partnership environment, able to provide constructive challenge - and capable of turning uncertainty into clear plans, actions and deliverables.

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled or trans.

Why work for us?

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

• be connected
• be confident
• be innovative and creative
• be diverse and inclusive
• be healthy and psychologically safe

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.