LGR Programme Manager

Brighton & Hove City Council; Hove; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Brighton & Hove City Council seeks an experienced LGR Programme Manager to lead the programme governance, plan and coordinate cross‑council workstreams, and ensure readiness for vesting day and subsequent phases. You will work with senior leaders and partner authorities to shape practical proposals and maintain clear accountability and reporting across the programme.

The role requires strong organisational, problem‑solving and stakeholder management skills, with experience translating complex

Qualifications

• Experience delivering major programmes in a complex, multi-agency environment.
• Ability to develop clear plans, milestones and governance arrangements.
• Proven track record in risk and issue management with escalation where needed.
• Strong written and verbal communication for boards, briefings and reports.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multiple workstreams, dependencies and readiness activities for LGR delivery.
• Strengthen programme governance with clear plans and reporting.
• Prepare options papers, business cases and progress updates for boards.
• Manage stakeholder relationships across councils, services and partners.
• Support day-one readiness and transition planning for vesting day and beyond.

Skills

Programme management

Governance

Stakeholder management

Report writing

Job description

Job profile for LGR Programme Manager

LGR Programme Manager

Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ 14/09/2026 LGR Programme Manager

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Salary £49,817 - £53,051

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.

Job category/type Project Management

Date posted 19/08/2026

Job reference REQ0001406

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Job description

Do you enjoy making sense of complicated challenges and helping others find a way through? Can you create order, energy and shared purpose in programmes involving many different people and priorities? Are you comfortable working with senior leaders,partnersand service teams to turn ideasintomeaningful change?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.

Supporting the design, planning and implementation of LGR delivery -you will provide visible programme management, co-ordinate complex workstreams for operational services, manage dependencies, support effective decision-making and ensure readiness for key implementation milestones. You will work with colleagues across councils, services, professional disciplines and partner organisations to develop practical, evidence-based proposals that support safe and legal transition, service continuity and future transformation.

You will have a key role in strengthening programme governance,maintainingclearplansand reporting arrangements,identifyingand escalating risks and issues-and ensuring 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 two dedicated, highly resilient and collaborative programme managers to help us manage the complex and high-profile operational services workstreams of our LGR programme.

Working closely with theprogramme team,senior officers, Members, service leads, professionalleadsandpartner authorities you will bring excellent 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,actionsand deliverables.

You will lead and support programme and project activity including discovery, due diligence, options appraisal, business case development, operating model testing, transition planning and readiness activity for vesting day andsubsequentphases. You will also help ensure that day one requirements are clearly understood and delivered-whileidentifyingopportunities for longer-term transformation.

The role will require strong stakeholder management, soundjudgementand the ability to prepare and present high-quality reports, briefings, options papers and progress updates for programme boards, senior officers, Members,committeesand other governance forums.

This is a visible and influential role within the programme. You will be expected to work collaboratively across organisational boundaries, build effective relationships, support sharedownershipandmaintainclear lines of accountability.

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.

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).

Why work for us?

• 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.

AI advice for candidates

We are interested in hearing about your experience and skills in your own words. While we value people who know how to use AI, we ask that you minimise using it in your application.

We are keen to hear how your experience and skills align to our values and the skills and experience needed to perform well in our roles with clear real examples from you. To support you in this, we have guidance on using the STAR model which can help you ensure you are telling us your whole story. We also provide clarity on the skills we are looking for in our adverts and in the job description/person specification attached to each job advert.

All the applications we receive are read by at least two hiring managers and we do not use AI in this process.Our experience of reading applications is that those that have heavily used AI contain generic paragraphs that are strikingly similar to other applicants’ responses. This makes it extremely difficult to differentiate between applications, and doesn't give us enough evidence of your individual skills. There is a risk that we will therefore not be able to shortlist you. Instead, we recommend you ensure your application stands out by presenting clear examples of your actual skills and experiences in your own words.

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.