Company: Leeds City Council
Location: West Yorkshire
Posted: May 9th, 2026
Job Title: Project Manager Built Environment – Council Housing Growth
Hours: 37 hours per week
Can you help us meet the challenge of increasing the number of affordable homes in Leeds?
The Council Housing Growth team was established to deliver additional council housing for some of those in greatest need across the city. In the last 5 years we have completed almost 1,200 homes and we’re looking to continue this growth over the next 5 years with the next phase of our delivery programme.
The council recently confirmed its commitment to increasing affordable housing delivery over the next 10 years by approving its updated Leeds Affordable Housing Strategy which includes continued use of the council’s own resources and capitalising on the opportunities offered by central government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme.
You will have responsibility for leading and directing a range of complex and often diverse projects, ensuring that financially viable, high-quality schemes can be delivered in a timely fashion within a commercial environment.
You’ll be providing leadership to a team of experienced project management staff as part of a larger professionally qualified technical, project management and commercial colleagues, to ensure effective co-ordination and relationship management with our primary internal commissioning partners in Housing Leeds along with a range of internal stakeholders and teams providing key commercial, legal and procurement support.
You’ll also manage the interface with our project, technical advisory and contract management consultants to ensure compliance, value for money and effective commercial management along with supporting effective working relationships with our development partners.
You will be an experienced, pro‑active, commercially minded problem solver, committed to getting the best out of people and partnerships. You will need proven experience and expertise in leading/contributing to successful delivery of complex built environment projects, ideally with experience in delivering new build affordable housing.
The delivery environment is proving increasingly challenging and we are currently reviewing our existing approaches and the available opportunities to maximise the delivery of new council housing over the next 5‑10 years. Experience of different delivery models and securing grant funding from external agencies like Homes England will be advantageous.
You will play a role in supporting and developing the leadership of the service and managing the workloads of the team and have the ability to provide high quality well‑being, mentoring and management support for colleagues and contribute to a positive team culture. You will understand the importance and be capable of actively using governance and risk management to progress your work and be a highly able communicator through report writing, presentations and your own engaging personal style.
You will be adept at building good working relationships with colleagues, clients and partners to deliver council objectives across all levels, with commercial intelligence and a clear understanding of how to work in a political setting. You will be open, inclusive, responsive, and accountable and always focused on positive solutions, whilst supporting diversity and equality in all aspects of your work.
Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.
We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
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