Senior Housing Project Lead — Public Sector Delivery

Southampton City Council; Southampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension 15.2%

Death in service

Holiday 25–31 days

Flexible working

Coaching & mentoring

Health & wellbeing

Armed Forces Covenant

Staff discounts

Sustainable travel

Volunteer leave

Job summary

Southampton City Council is seeking a Permanent, Full-Time Senior Project Lead (Housing) to lead refurbishment and housing improvement schemes within the Construction Project Delivery Service. You will own governance, manage senior stakeholders, coach team members, and ensure milestones, budgets and resources are delivered on time.

The role offers flexible working options and requires strong leadership, analytical skills, and a collaborative approach to public sector project delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering refurbishment and housing schemes.
• Strong governance and reporting capability.
• Ability to lead senior stakeholders and teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a project team to deliver construction schemes within time, budget and resources.
• Own governance processes and reporting for projects.
• Drive cultural and behavioural change to improve customer outcomes.
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders and manage political aspects of public sector work.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Governance

Analytical skills

People management

Coaching

Job description

Southampton City Council is seeking a Permanent, Full-Time Senior Project Lead (Housing) to lead refurbishment and housing improvement schemes within the Construction Project Delivery Service. You will own governance, manage senior stakeholders, coach team members, and ensure milestones, budgets and resources are delivered on time.

The role offers flexible working options and requires strong leadership, analytical skills, and a collaborative approach to public sector project delivery.