Project Manager – Corporate Transformation

Hackney Borough Council; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackney Council is seeking experienced project professionals to join the Corporate Transformation Programme, delivering change across council services to improve outcomes for residents.

You will work flexibly across teams, coordinating with stakeholders to review, redesign and transform services while maintaining a resident-centred approach and a commitment to inclusion and openness.

Experience in local government is preferred and a proactive, collaborative mindset will be essential.

Job description

At Hackney Council we have an ambitious vision to make the borough fairer and safer, greener and healthier and a great place for every child to grow up. To help deliver that vision, we have developed a cross-council transformation programme supported by a new team who work with colleagues across the council to deliver improved services for residents. Our programme is expanding and we work flexibly so you will be involved in a varied range of projects. Our current areas of focus include:

• Securing better community outcomes by preventing problems developing and reducing demand
• Driving up residents experience of contacting and working with the council
• Modernising how we work ensuring we are efficient and high performing

In this role, you'll be managing and delivering a range of projects across the Corporate Transformation Programme, this could include projects to review, develop, redesign and transform our services. You will have experience of delivering change projects in Local Government, working with a range of stakeholders to co-produce and implement improvements which deliver positive outcomes for our residents.

Just as important as your background is your mindset - we're committed to putting residents at the heart of what we do and designing and delivering inclusive services that work for everyone. You'll need to be committed to doing the best for local people and share our values of being open and inclusive, ambitious and proud, and pioneering and proactive.

Hackney is one of London's most diverse and exciting communities and these new roles provide a great opportunity to make a real impact. We know that to deliver real, long-term change and transformation for residents, we need teams of talented, innovative and forward-thinking professionals to help us achieve this.

If you have the technical skills we're looking for, experience in local government and you share our values please get in touch.

As a Council, our most outstanding asset is our staff, who are highly dedicated to serving our residents and committed to our goals as an organisation.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Therefore, we do not accept supporting statements or CV's.

The Council has a dedicated employment support service (Hackney Works), which offers Hackney residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you are thinking about applying for a job, please contact the Hackney Works team to find out what support is available: [e-mail]

Closing date for applications: 29 September 2026 (22:59)

Interview date: 15/16 October 2026

Please note we reserve the right to close this role early if we receive a high volume of applications.

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud. In order to achieve this, we are seeking individuals who embody our "PROUD" values: Purpose and Respect, where we foster belonging through active inclusion, kindness, and open dialogue; Ownership, where we champion proactive collaboration and accountability for our shared success; and Unity and Diversity, where we work as one Council to break down silos and champion anti-racist behavior.