LGR Project Manager

• 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.

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. 

You will 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.

You can view a full list of requirements in the Job and Person Profile (JPP), which you can find in the ‘How to apply’ section towards the bottom of this advert.  

If you believe you can succeed in this role, apply. Even if you don't meet all requirements, still apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

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.

For more information on LGR in Suffolk, please visit the Three Councils for Suffolk and the Future Suffolk websites.

Applications from Suffolk's five councils

Colleagues currently working for one of Suffolk's five councils are encouraged to apply. Where possible, appointments will be made on a secondment basis, allowing you to retain your substantive role.

Empowering Everyone 

We’re big believers in potential, possibility and the power of different ideas. We’re always searching for ways to encourage, respect and enable everyone to be the best they can be. We want to represent the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals, especially those from groups that are currently underrepresented in the organisation, as shown in our Workforce Equality Report.

For more information 

Please contact Lysanne Eddy, Programme Director for LGR, for a casual conversation. You can reach them by emailing Lysanne.Eddy@suffolk.gov.uk.

How to apply

Step 1 - Read the Job and Person Profile (Word).

Step 2 - Click ‘Apply Now’ to start your online application.

Step 3 - Please upload the following to your application: 

1. An up-to-date copy of your CV
2. 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.
3. 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.

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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. 

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