Senior Programme Manager - Property & Regeneration


Company:	Wax Recruitment Ltd
Salary:	from £28.79 an hour
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Pembrokeshire, SA61 1TP
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	7 Sept 2026
Closing date:	7 Oct 2026

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Summary

Job title: Senior Programme Manager - Property & Regeneration

Job Category: Management

Location: County Hall, Freemans Way, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA61 1TP, Pembrokeshire County Council

Hours per week 37

Salary: £28.79 per hour

Job Purpose

Supporting the Head of Property, Regeneration & Economic Development in driving forward the strategic agenda of the authority and be responsible for delivering the overall programme for the service area. Take a senior leadership role in the development, management and delivery of complex regeneration programmes, including multi-million-pound capital projects funded through Welsh Government, UK Government and external funding streams.

With responsibility for:

Translating corporate and regeneration strategies into deliverable programmes

Providing programme-level governance, assurance and financial control

Acting as the Council�s lead client representative on major regeneration schemes

Strategic Planning

Ensuring compliance with statutory, financial, and procedural requirements

Principal duties and responsibilities:

Provide clear leadership on the development, delivery and monitoring of key strategic capital and grant programmes

Work pro-actively and closely with colleagues within the Divisional Management Team and across the organisation to identify, create and embed the necessary, sustainable changes in culture and practice to meet the strategic and transformational needs and aspirations of the Council.

Develop and maintain constructive relationships between the Council and other local authorities, central government, the business and industrial sector and principal community and voluntary organisations and agencies.

Lead the delivery of the Council�s strategic regeneration priority programmes, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and place-based strategies

Develop and maintain long-term regeneration programmes, business cases, and delivery plans

Embed sustainability, equality and social value within all workstreams, ensuring that asset and property interventions support wider environmental, social and economic outcomes.

Advise senior management and elected members on regeneration risks, opportunities, and performance.

Deputise for the Head of Property, Regeneration & Economic Development as required.

Responsibility for People � Supervision/Management:

Full and ongoing responsibility for management of the three Programme Managers Regeneration, Climate and Capital Programme and management of the strategy for the grant funding, which links to all the staff within those Regeneration teams.

Determining, implementing and maintaining the most appropriate and effective operational structure for the service in terms of numbers, skills and development.

Ensure internal policy, procedures and processes are applied in relation to the recruitment and selection of staff, allocation and direction of work, performance management, identification of training needs and responses to any matters relating to sickness absence or conduct.

Decision making, Planning requirements and Procedural context of the role:

Identify, secure and manage external funding, including: Welsh Government regeneration and town centre programmes and UK Government funds (e.g. Levelling Up, heritage, cultural, climate and capital grants)

Oversee the successful delivery of large-scale capital regeneration projects, from concept through to completion, ensuring all programmes comply with funding conditions, audit requirements and clawback rules

Ensure robust programme management disciplines are applied (e.g. PRINCE2 / MSP-style governance)

Manage a specified caseload in relation to development and regeneration projects.

Prioritise and allocate own areas of work in conjunction with the manager, in order to manage demand and expectations.

Undertake viability and development appraisals.

Document and progress actions and decisions from Partnership, Programme and Project meetings.

Lead on programme-level governance, reporting and assurance, ensuring procurement strategies, contractual arrangements and appointments of consultants and contractors comply with Standing Orders and public procurement regulations

Ensure compliance with planning, land, property, CDM and health & safety requirements

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