Job Details:

Salary range: £56,436 - £76,872 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience 
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP 
Hours per week: 36 
Contract type: Fixed term until 31 March 2028
Closing date: 16 June 2026
Interview date: Week commencing 22 June 2026

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF KATE’S PASSION FOR NUMBERS AND PEOPLE.

Housing in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where dedicated and compassionate professionals bring everything to their work. 

Take Kate, an absolute wizard at managing housing asset data for our annual £50m capital programme. Kate’s an inspiration to her team. Now a senior manager, she first joined as a college leaver in finance. Through Westminster’s encouragement, as well as her own hard work and determination, she’s gained professional qualifications and taken on a series of increasingly stretching roles. 

Today, we depend on Kate’s analytical powers to keep track of the condition of over 21,000 of our tenanted and leasehold homes – from roofs and windows to kitchens and bathrooms. Kate’s committed to achieving the Decent Homes Standard for all our tenants and a high standard for all our leaseholders. Her passion is numbers but, because she grew up in social housing, she also understands the human stories behind the data.

More than that she understands the disruption renewal work entails. So when an elderly resident’s family mentioned that their mother needed not just a new kitchen, but adaptations to her bathroom, Kate got right on to it. She co-ordinated with colleagues to assess the resident’s disability needs.

Kate’s worked hard to ensure our routine external and internal stock condition surveys pick up on repairs and health & safety issues at the same time. And, by recognising patterns in the data that’s gathered, she makes a vital contribution to forward planning for large-scale capital renewal works.

The Role:

As a Strategic Project Delivery Lead, you can make your own powerful contribution to people across Westminster. Leading the design, coordination and implementation of transformative commissioning approaches across Housing contracts, you’ll co-design commissioning models that put our vibrant communities first.

A source of expert advice and guidance to colleagues and stakeholders, you’ll be responsible for coordinating procurement and contractual change activities, ensuring compliant, timely and well managed processes. You’ll also provide leadership to a small team, acting as a mentor and championing outcome-focused ways of working.

Focusing on resident priorities and continuous service innovation, you’ll establish strong governance, assurance and performance frameworks which improve delivery confidence, transparency and accountability. A key part of your role will be fostering a culture of collaboration across Housing Services, enabling teams to work more efficiently and deliver better outcomes for our communities.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

An established professional with expert knowledge of legislation relevant to social housing, procurement and local governance frameworks, you’ll have a strong understanding of housing management, compliance and resident engagement.

You might come from a commissioning, procurement or contract management background, and will bring a proven track record of delivering large-scale or complex projects or programmes. Your project and programmes management skills will be extensive, and you’ll have the ability to plan, prioritise and deliver cross-functional workstreams at pace.

On a personal level, you’ll have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and you’ll be confident using data, insight and evidence to shape decision making. A true team player with strong communication, facilitating and influencing skills, you’ll be capable of building effective working relationships with a wide range of colleagues, residents and technical specialists. As a leader, you’ll be motivating, supportive and approachable, passionate about coaching your team to improve both their skillsets and service delivery.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative, forward-thinking team putting residents across Westminster first, and to supercharge your career in the process.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role

The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a Global Majority (GM), people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities' (formally known as B.A.M.E , Black, Asian and multiple ethnic) background and, while the role is open to all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.

What We Offer: