Housing Infrastructure Fund Programme Manager

Job Title: HIF Programme Manager
Salary: MM2 £55,542 – £70,452 with a market factor supplement of up to £75,000 (the salary compromises of a £4548 Market Factor Supplement which is reviewed annually)
Department: Housing and Regeneration
Division: Meridian Water
Location: Hybrid – minimum two days per week onsite (Civic Centre or Meridian Water site)
Contract type: Fixed Term: up to 1 year with potential extension
About the Role:
Enfield is a truly diverse borough, combining major regeneration opportunities, vibrant town centres and attractive parkland open spaces with inner city challenges. As one of the London’s largest and most ambitious regeneration initiatives, Meridian Water is delivering transformational change, creating thousands of new homes, new jobs and new infrastructure over a 25‑year programme.
To support this, Enfield Councils has secured a £195m Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) grant, and we are now seeing an exceptional HIF Programme Manager to lead the deliver of this critical programme.
This senior leadership role will manage the HIF funding agreement and oversee the workstreams delivering £120m of site infrastructure works, ensuring the programme remains compliant, coordinated and on track. You will manage our relationship with Government and other senior stakeholders, lead strategic reporting and assurance, oversee programme‑wide risk management and performance, and provide direction to the HIF Client Project Manager and wider technical teams.
This is a unique opportunity to influence one of the UK’s most significant regeneration programmes. You will bring outstanding relationship management skills, strong programme‑level leadership experience, and a deep understanding of how major infrastructure schemes move through design, procurement and delivery. You will instinctively understand risk and know when and how to intervene to keep the programme on track.
We work at pace and pride ourselves on a motivated and dynamic team culture. We’re looking for someone who is enthusiastic, committed and highly organised and someone who wants to contribute to a nationally significant regeneration programme and deliver real impact for residents and communities.
If you have the ambition, leadership capability and technical insight to play a central role in one of the country’s largest regeneration projects, we would love to hear from you.
Key responsibilities:

- Provide strategic leadership and direction for the entire HIF programme, ensuring delivery of grant conditions, strategic dependencies and programme outcomes.
- Lead and manage the £195m HIF grant agreement, including compliance, reporting, payment milestones, change control and audit assurance.
- Set programme‑level priorities and approve key project documentation, providing oversight and decision‑making support to the Client Project Manager and wider teams.
- Oversee programme‑wide controls, including financial management, risk/issue/dependency management, consultant performance and integration across all HIF workstreams.
- Lead senior‑level stakeholder engagement, including MHCLG, GLA, Members, executive officers, statutory undertakers and major delivery partners.

About you:
We’re looking for an experienced programme leader who can bring strong strategic oversight, confident decision‑making and excellent relationship building skills to a high‑profile, fast‑paced regeneration environment. You will be someone who can navigate complexity, influence senior stakeholders and drive delivery.
Essential Requirements:

- Significant experience leading large‑scale, multi‑year capital or infrastructure programmes, providing strategic oversight, integrating multiple workstreams and ensuring programme coherence.
- Proven track record of managing major government‑funded programmes, including grant compliance, performance reporting, payment milestones, audit readiness and relationship management with central government.
- Strong senior‑level stakeholder engagement skills, with experience influencing Members, executive officers, government bodies, statutory undertakers and development partners in a politically sensitive environment.

Please note interviews are due to take place week commencing 20th April 2026.
Contact Details -
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Pauline Albers at pauline.albers@enfield.gov.uk for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the team.
If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Elizabeth Loizou on 0208 132 1615 or elizabeth.loizou@enfield.gov.uk
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Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
- A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
- Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
- Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
- Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
- 1 month's paid sabbatical for registered Social Workers working in Children's Social Care.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.
Meridian Water | A major 20 year regeneration programme led by Enfield Council. Bringing 10,000 homes & 6,000 jobs to Enfield, next to the beautiful Lee Valley Regional Park