Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Location: East London

Rate: £650 per day

Contract: 6 - Months ongoing

Spencer Clarke Group are supporting a London local authority to appoint a Senior Project Manager within a mayoral priority projects team.

This is a delivery-focused role leading key housing and community infrastructure programmes. You will take ownership from design and planning through procurement and construction, keeping a tight grip on governance, budget, risk and stakeholder engagement. The post is suited to someone used to operating at pace in a political environment, with strong experience of resident and member engagement and formal reporting.

Responsibilities include

• Leading the development and delivery of major housing and community infrastructure schemes from concept through to completion
• Managing design development, planning, procurement, programme management and construction delivery
• Owning capital budgets, funding considerations, viability and commercial negotiations
• Maintaining strong governance, reporting and assurance for senior leadership and members
• Leading resident, community and member engagement to ensure schemes reflect local priorities
• Coordinating multidisciplinary internal teams and external technical consultants and contractors
• Ensuring compliance across fire safety, sustainability, accessibility and quality standards
• Identifying, managing and mitigating risk across multiple concurrent workstreams

About you

• Significant experience delivering housing development, estate regeneration or community infrastructure projects in a public sector environment
• Proven track record managing complex capital projects end to end, including procurement and contract management
• Confident producing senior-level reports and presenting at governance and leadership meetings
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience working with residents and elected members
• Financially literate with solid budget management and commercial awareness
• Degree level qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant built environment / regeneration discipline, with evidence of ongoing professional development

How to apply

Send your CV or get in touch with Joe O'Halloran at Spencer Clarke Group on 01772 954200 or