East Suffolk Council
Pride in Place - Programme Manager
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Job Description
East Suffolk Council, Felixstowe
£44,075 - £48,226 (Band 8)
37 hours per week
Full Time, 12 months Fixed Term
Note from the Chair:
This is a really exciting opportunity! Personally, I am looking for someone with strong connections to West Felixstowe.
I will be looking for experience of how you have fostered and nurtured trusted relationships with a protective community to enrich lives and give hope.
Together we will create safe spaces for people to feel heard and listened too.
Your role:
We currently have an opportunity to join East Suffolk Council's Communities and Leisure Team as a Pride in Place – Programme Manager.
The successful candidate will lead the development and delivery of the Pride in Place Programme (Neighbourhood Investment Plan) for West Felixstowe, a £20m, long-term regeneration initiative comprising multiple interrelated projects, grants and commissions. This role operates at the intersection of East Suffolk Council and the Pride in Place Neighbourhood Board and is responsible for shaping, coordinating and delivering programme activity in an evolving, early-stage environment where priorities, structures and delivery approaches are still being defined.
What you will need:
The successful candidate will have proven experience of delivering complex programmes and/or projects, ideally within regeneration, community development or public sector environments and experience of working in multi stakeholder environments involving governance structure partnerships.
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Why work for us?
East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (YouTube).
Here are some of the main benefits:
- Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays)
- Local government pension scheme
- Flexible working arrangements
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.
- Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services.
Find more information about what we offer in our benefits brochure (pdf).
The majority of our teams are working in an agile way, with a mixture of home and office working, depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate, please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.
For more information
For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Rachael Fuller at Rachael.Fuller@eastsuffolk.gov.uk
Closing date: 5pm 20 August 2026
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Interview date: 15 September 2026
How To Apply
Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification.
Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template (docx). Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).
Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted.
For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site (URL). Please note that your application form will be shared with the Chair of the Board that is part of the recruiting management panel.
About Us
East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work and a great place to make a real difference to people’s lives, delivering vital services to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.
We hugely value our staff and know that in order for us to remain successful, it is essential for us to recognise talented employees, developing and retaining them within the organisation. We are therefore committed to investing in our staff and providing first-class support to ensure a positive culture and rewarding careers.
To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council and to hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work, take a look at our video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSWedQksWt0
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