Suffolk County Council
LGR Project Manager
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- Future Suffolk / Suffolk County Council
- Address: Endeavour House, Ipswich, IP1 2BX, Hybrid working
- Salary: £48,163 - 58,850 per annum
- Hours: 37 hours per week, flexible working options available
- Contract: Fixed Term or Secondment until 31 March 2028
Suffolk's councils are working together on one of the most ambitious change programmes the county has ever seen. Through Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), we're creating three new unitary councils and building the foundations for the future of local services across Suffolk.
We're looking for talented people to join our programme team and play a key role in making that happen.
About the Role
As one of the Project Manager’s, you'll play a key role in maintaining visibility across the programme, ensuring workstreams remain connected, informed and focused on delivery. Working across organisational boundaries, you'll help translate programme priorities into coordinated action across Suffolk's councils.
Your Role and Responsibilities
You'll work across several LGR workstreams, acting as the link between workstream leads and the Programme Management Office (PMO). You'll help ensure activity remains coordinated, connected and focused on delivery, while providing visibility of progress, risks, milestones and dependencies across a fast-paced and complex programme.
You will:
- Coordinate and monitor multiple LGR workstreams simultaneously.
- Work with workstream leads and theme sponsors to maintain clear plans, milestones, risks and dependencies.
- Ensure workstreams understand how their activity contributes to the wider programme roadmap.
- Identify and escalate risks, issues and barriers early, acting as the eyes and ears of the PMO.
- Maintain accurate project documentation, reporting and programme information.
- Support workstream leads to meet reporting requirements and programme deadlines.
- Build strong relationships across organisational boundaries and support delivery at pace.
- Help ensure workstreams remain connected, informed and focused on programme priorities.
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What You'll Need
We're looking for an experienced project manager who can work confidently across organisational boundaries, maintain oversight of complex activity and bring people together around shared objectives.
We hope you’ll bring:
- Strong project management experience, ideally within organisational change, transformation or public sector programmes.
- Experience managing multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously, with strong organisational and prioritisation skills and the ability to maintain visibility across competing priorities.
- A strong understanding of governance, risk management, dependencies, milestone planning and reporting.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders and the confidence to challenge constructively where required.
- A good understanding of local government and the complexities of working across organisational boundaries.
- Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
- Resilience, initiative and a proactive, solutions-focused approach, with the ability to work at pace in an evolving environment.
- A commitment to delivering positive outcomes for Suffolk's residents and communities, recognising how individual workstreams contribute to the wider success of the programme.
The Team
Although hosted by Suffolk County Council, this is a genuinely system-wide role working across the full LGR system, bringing together multiple councils, disciplines and partners behind a single shared objective. The team act on behalf of all Suffolk councils and are accountable to the Future Suffolk Implementation Board.
You’ll join a newly established programme team, united by a shared commitment to delivering change that protects services for residents and creates strong, sustainable new councils.
How to Apply
Step 1 - Read the Job and Person Profile (Word) [https://sccrecruit.blob.core.windows.net/assets/SCC/24663-LGR-Project-Manager-JPP.docx].
Step 2 - Click ‘Apply Now’ to start your online application.
Step 3 - Please upload the following to your application:
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- An up-to-date copy of your CV
- A supporting statement (maximum 500 words) outlining what you would bring to the Suffolk LGR Programme and how your approach would help you succeed in a complex, multi-organisational environment.
- Case studies (maximum 250 words each) (up to three examples, maximum 250 words each) demonstrating where you have managed or maintained oversight of multiple projects or workstreams within a complex programme. Please include the scale and complexity of the work, your role and contribution and the outcomes achieved.
Please note: Without a supporting statement and CV, your interest will not be progressed. Any supporting documents must be in either PDF or MS Word format.
For guidance on completing your application, please see our How to Apply page [https://www.suffolkjobsdirect.org/#en/sites/CX_3001/pages/657088].
Planning to use Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Please ensure your application still reflects your own skills, experience and ideas. If used inappropriately, your application may not be processed. Please read our guidance for using AI [https://www.suffolkjobsdirect.org/#en/sites/CX_3001/pages/764097] to understand what’s acceptable.
Do you need any reasonable adjustments to help you to apply? If you are disabled and/or have additional support needs, you can request reasonable adjustments. You can do this by contacting our Recruitment Team at recruitment@suffolk.gov.uk or 03456 014412. You can find examples of possible adjustments on our Reasonable Adjustment pages [https://www.suffolkjobsdirect.org/#en/sites/CX_3001/pages/757078].
Closing date: 11.30pm, 13 September 2026
Provisional interview date: Week commencing 21 September 2026 (subject to change)
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. #LI-Hybrid #FutureSuffolk
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