Senior Localities Officer (Community Pride)

Leeds International; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Flexible & hybrid working

Career development

Staff benefits

Job summary

Leeds City Council is seeking a Senior Localities Officer to drive the Love Leeds programme, turning community priorities into practical projects that strengthen partnerships and improve neighbourhoods.

You will work with elected members, residents and services to shape solutions, coordinate local engagement, and evaluate programme impact, delivering tangible benefits for communities across Leeds.

Qualifications

• Experience of developing and delivering projects, including capital projects, from concept through to implementation.
• Strong project management, planning and organisational skills.
• Experience of working effectively with diverse communities and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with a wide range of partners.
• Strong analytical and report-writing skills, including experience of working with financial information and performance data.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Love Leeds programme projects by turning local insight and priorities into actions.
• Coordinate engagement activities, support consultations and community meetings.
• Help ensure projects deliver lasting impact for local people through data-informed decisions.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Data analysis

Job description

Job title: Senior Localities Officer

Salary: PO2: £41,177 - £44,253

Hours: 37

Contract: Permanent

Location: Reginald Centre / Hybrid

As a Senior Localities Officer, you'll thrive on bringing people together to make a real difference in communities across Leeds. Working as part of the ambitious Love Leeds programme, you'll help turn local insight and community priorities into projects and initiatives that improve neighbourhoods and strengthen local partnerships.

It's not about delivering services in isolation. It's about working collaboratively with elected members, residents, community organisations and council services to shape solutions that respond to local needs and opportunities.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

About You

As a Senior Localities Officer, you will bring to the role:

• Experience of developing and delivering projects, including capital projects, from concept through to implementation.
• Strong project management, planning and organisational skills.
• Experience of working effectively with diverse communities and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with a wide range of partners.
• Strong analytical and report‑writing skills, including experience of working with financial information and performance data.

About The Role

As our next Senior Localities Officer, you'll play a key role in delivering the Love Leeds programme, helping to shape and deliver projects that respond directly to community needs and aspirations. Working closely with elected members, residents, community organisations, council services and local partners, you'll bring people together to develop practical solutions that make a visible difference in neighbourhoods across Leeds.

The role is integral to our Localities and Communities team, combining community engagement, project development, partnership working and programme evaluation. You'll coordinate local engagement activity, support consultation and community meetings, use local insight and data to inform decision‑making, and help ensure projects deliver lasting impact for local people.

What we offer you

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship