South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Regional Retrofit Delivery Manager
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Hours: 37 hours (full time)
Contract: Fixed term (2 years)
Salary: Grade 10 - £47,181 - £50,269
Location: Sheffield (This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office)
We are looking for an experienced and collaborative Regional Retrofit Delivery Manager to join our Energy & Environment team and lead the delivery of Healthy Homes South Yorkshire.
This is an exciting opportunity to oversee a high-profile regional programme that will improve housing conditions, increase energy efficiency, tackle damp and mould, reduce carbon emissions, and help lay the foundations for future large-scale retrofit and decarbonisation activity across South Yorkshire. Working closely with local authorities and partner organisations, you will play a key role in delivering positive outcomes for residents and communities.
Interviews Will Be Held
- 1st stage in Person - 26, 27, 28 August or 1, 2 September
- 2nd stage in person – 8 September
Applications must be accompanied by a cover letter to detail how you meet the criteria as detailed within the role profile. (please see role profile attached). Please note, all applications should be made directly via our careers portal.
About The Role
Reporting to the Head of Housing Retrofit, you will lead the delivery of Healthy Homes South Yorkshire, ensuring the programme achieves its objectives and delivers value for residents, partners and funders.
In This Role, You Will
- Lead the mobilisation and delivery of a strategically important and pioneering regional housing improvement programme
- Coordinate activity across South Yorkshire’s local authorities and key delivery partners
- Establish and maintain effective governance, reporting, and programme management arrangements
- Manage programme budgets, ensuring strong financial control and compliance with funding requirements
- Monitor programme performance, risks, and delivery milestones to ensure successful outcomes
- Produce high-quality reports, evidence, and performance information for funders and senior stakeholders.
- Promote collaboration and consistency across delivery partners to support effective programme delivery
- Build strong relationships with local authorities, community organisations, public health partners and other stakeholders
- Capture and share learning from delivery to help inform future housing retrofit and decarbonisation programme.
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This role offers the opportunity to influence the future of housing retrofit delivery in South Yorkshire and help secure future investment in the region.
About You
You will be an experienced programme or project professional with a strong track record of delivering complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and partners.
You Will Bring
- Experience managing large-scale programmes or projects, including responsibility for budgets, performance, risks and reporting
- Strong programme management, governance and organisational skills
- Experience working collaboratively across multiple organisations and building effective partnerships
- The ability to analyse information, monitor performance and present clear recommendations and insights
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- A proactive and solutions-focused approach to managing challenges and delivering outcomes
- Experience of working within publicly funded programmes or similarly regulated environments
An understanding of housing improvement, retrofit, decarbonisation, or place-based delivery programmes would be advantageous.
You will be passionate about improving homes and communities and motivated by the opportunity to help shape a healthier, more sustainable future for South Yorkshire.
Benefits
All colleagues have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme and the chance to be part of an organisation where you can really make a difference. Located in Sheffield City Centre, we are well-placed for transport links and encourage employees to take advantage of the active travel facilities. Work/life balance is extremely important to us here at SYMCA with our recognised family/friendly policies, genuine work flexibility, recognition, and shared success.
In addition to the above, some of our benefits include -
- Holiday Entitlement – From 28 to 36 days annual leave entitlement (depending on length of service) plus bank holidays. Pro-rata for part time colleagues.
- Annual Leave Purchase Scheme – The ability to purchase up to a further 15 days per year in additional to your normal annual leave
- Hybrid working – Our offices are a space where we come together and collaborate. Most of our roles are offered on a hybrid basis with the exception of some support roles being onsite full time. Please note, unless specified within the job advert, we cannot accommodate remote working contracts.
- Flexible Hours Scheme – Most roles within SYMCA work under the Flexi-Scheme which allows office-based employees’ flexibility and discretion over their working hours. Under the scheme employees can accrue a defined amount of credit or debit of working hours, and to take time-off in the form of Flexi-Leave or banked Annual Leave.
- Rewarding You - Reducing everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more with Reward Gateway and Cycle-to-Work schemes.
- Training on the job - Support with upskilling skills through on-the-job training and qualifications
- Professional Membership Fees – Where membership to Professional bodies is applicable to your role, SYMCA will reimburse your membership fees where applicable and following approval by Line Management.
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Diversity at South Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority
Our workforce is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
All employees are eligible to request Flexible Working arrangements from day one of employment as such all requests will be considered subject to operation requirements.
Where candidates share disabilities within the application process, if they demonstrate that they meet all essential criteria from the Role Profile within their application, they will automatically be invited to interview.
If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process, please contact recruitment@southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk or include within your application form detailing the adjustment and how it will assist in managing any barriers.
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