Project Manager

Job Description

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: PO4/PO6 £49,056 - £57,402

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)

Working hours per week: 36

Application Deadline: 12/02/2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC

Reference: 1893

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

About the role:

There has never been a more exciting and challenging time to work for Waltham Forest Council and with its diverse community and partners to make an impact on the future of the borough.

Waltham Forest Council is at the forefront of regeneration in London, with an ambitious programme of housing, workspace, health, education, culture, leisure and transport infrastructure and public realm improvements being delivered across the borough.

The work of our team focuses on our industrial areas and high streets, building on and enhancing their physical, social and economic assets and the skills and knowledge of local people.

The role involves leading on the planning, development and delivery of holistic, complex physical, cultural and creative place-making and place-activation regeneration projects in a specific geographic area, working alongside businesses and resident communities to achieve transformative physical, social and economic outcomes and benefits to the Council and its residents, and support the economic recovery of town centres and neighbourhoods.

To manage the delivery of small and medium-scale regeneration projects and programmes that contribute to the activation, economic recovery and growth of town centres, including managing budgets and timescales, engaging with external stakeholders and partners, and seeking external funding.

To support the Deputy Head of Area Regeneration in the delivery of a strategic and collaborative area-based approach to regeneration, including development of robust evidence base, masterplanning and place-based strategies, working collaboratively with colleagues in Planning, Highways, Property, Culture, Employment and Business Growth and across the Council to achieve added value for projects and strategies.

To contribute to the delivery of the Council’s Missions, particularly on local economic growth, sustainable development and tackling community safety issues in Waltham Forest, linking this to supporting the Council’s response to the Climate Emergency.

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Key Responsibilities:

Plan, direct and coordinate activities to manage and implement projects from proposal or initiation to final operational stage.

Deliver physical/capital and cultural/creative regeneration projects in a specific geographic area as part of the borough’s regeneration programme.

Deliver major place-making projects, through establishing effective relationships with local businesses (including street market traders) and attracting new investment.

Terms and conditions:

The below terms and conditions apply to this role:

Satisfactory employment references

Satisfactory declaration of interest;

As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Zoe Sellers zoe.sellers@walthamforest.gov.uk or on 07816 978 445

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

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