Project Manager – Regeneration

Priority candidates will be considered in the first instance

Salary: Grade 9, £37,336 – £42,403 per annum.

37 hours per week

Temporary until 31^st March 2027

Your role

We are looking for a regeneration project manager to play a key role in delivering the exciting regeneration plans for Leigh town centre. You will support Leigh Town Board to deliver the £20 million Leigh Long Term Towns Plan, which is currently being produced, and will include a range of exciting projects under the themes of community safety, regeneration and transport.

You will manage the programme, specific projects and tasks, making sure risks and issues are well-managed, facilitating governance arrangements and ensuring milestones are met.

Reporting to the programme manager – town centre regeneration, you will work with project teams from across the organisation, as well as external partners and stakeholders, to ensure deliverables are achieved.

About you

We’re looking for experience and energy in a project manager who is used to managing projects within a complex working environment and ideally within a regeneration context. Adept at building great relationships and getting along with colleagues, you’ll be a real people person, friendly, positive and forward-thinking. You will be keen to get on with the job at hand with strong organisational skills, ability to keep your eye – and those of your colleagues – on the end goal and a track record of delivering projects which meet objectives on time. You will be a good planner with strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and be able to provide accurate and timely briefings for key stakeholders and senior leaders.

About us

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or ‘unbroken’ between the supporting organisations.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home (My Place), the office (Our Place) or the community (Your Place). We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits.

Wigan Council prides itself on equality, inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, it is really important to us that applicants demonstrate our Team Wigan behaviours, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

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For an informal discussion contact Martin Ledson on 07785 523670 or martin.ledson@wigan.gov.uk.

Interview date: To be confirmed

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