Team Manager Special Projects

Leicestershire County Council; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority is seeking a Team Manager to lead the Special Projects Team within the Environment and Transport Department. This role involves working collaboratively to enhance service delivery through various projects and requires strong leadership, communication, and project management skills. The position is hybrid, offering flexibility in work arrangements, and comes with a salary ranging from £55,443 to £61,116 per annum. Candidates must demonstrate a commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Experience of leading high performing teams across diverse service areas.
• Knowledge of programme and project management principles.
• Effective communication with senior officers and external partners.
• High levels of political acumen are required.
• Excellent IT skills to support project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high performing team to improve services for residents.
• Deliver projects that enhance service efficiency and savings.
• Work collaboratively with various stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership of high performing teams

Programme and project management principles

Effective communication and presentation skills

Political acumen

IT skills

Relationship building

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £55,443 - £61,116 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 25th January 2026

Interview Date(s): Monday 9th February 2026

An opportunity has arisen for a Team Manager within the Special Projects Team in the Environment and Transport Department. The role will support the department's management team, working across the department and in partnership with local communities and elected members, to provide a flexible resource that works on key departmental projects and issues.

About the Role

For this role you will lead a small, high performing team to:

• Work collaboratively with the department, parishes and elected members to improve services, making a positive difference for our residents
• Deliver a range of projects that improve service efficiency and savings

As an experienced programme and project manager, you will have the vision to identify and develop initiatives, be able to lead a portfolio of varied projects and have a knowledge of service improvement techniques. You will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with a diverse workload and be flexible to cope with changing priorities. You will have excellent communication and relationship building skills to enable innovative, collaborative solutions to be identified and delivered.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

• Experience of leading high performing teams, that provide a flexible resource across a diverse range of service areas requiring a broad mix of skills
• Experience and knowledge of programme and project management principles, with the ability to conceptualise and develop new ideas
• Confident, effective and diplomatic communication and presentation skills, including to provide relevant, concise oral and written information to senior officers, Elected Members and external partners
• High levels of political acumen
• Excellent IT skills
• The ability to work with others to build effective and productive working relationships based on trust
• Be able to adapt to varying workloads and priorities, work to tight timescales and to agreed targets

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Alex Scott

Head of Service Business Management Environment and Transport

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How to Apply

Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post. The supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words. Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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