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Capital Programme Manager

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£56,875 – £60,969 a year
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This job: posted 14 days ago

hull median: 15 days open

The posting

Number of Vacancies:

1

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Regular

Proposed Interview Date:

Monday, November 30, 2026

Hours of Work:

37

Hiring Manager:

Amy Potts

Contact Number:

07561 789392

Job Description Summary:

This is a Full Time, Permanent position.

Proposed interview dates: Week Commencing 30th November 2026

Hull City Council are looking for a Capital Programme Manager to join the Major Projects Team to deliver a wide variety of capital projects for the city.

The post holder will provide high-level, skilled, and experienced project management to the Capital Investment programme, transforming learning & life opportunities across the city.

The Capital Programme Manager forms part of a senior team with the Head of Major Projects & Capital Delivery, Senior Capital Programme Managers and works with regeneration partners to develop individual capital & revenue projects through from inception to completion, including delivery of sound business cases and the securing of suitable procurement methods to deliver a wide range programme including major regeneration, heritage projects, schools, city plan and city of culture legacy priorities.

The Capital Programme Manager will coordinate and ensure strategic partnering, investment in programmes and successful delivery, to support Hull’s transformational change.

ROLE & PURPOSE

To provide high-level, skilled, and experienced project management to the Capital Investment programme, transforming learning & life opportunities across the city. Forming a senior team with the Head of Major Projects & Capital Delivery, Senior Capital Programme Manager and working with regeneration partners to develop a number of individual capital & Revenue projects through from inception to completion. Through the delivery of sound business cases and the securing of suitable procurement methods to deliver a wide range programme including major regeneration, heritage projects, schools, city plan and city of culture legacy priorities.

To coordinate senior officers through work streams to oversee key projects including feasibility, bid writing, risk management, procurement processes and the management of the outcomes. The Programme Manager will coordinate and ensure strategic partnering, investment in programmes and successful delivery, to support Hull’s transformational change.

The post will focus on delivering capital & revenue developments including contract administration working in partnership with funders, developers, contractors, elected members and partners as well as other procurement and strategic regeneration build projects.

Programme Managers will focus on establishing and operating projects, these may include the school’s estate, corporate buildings, and regeneration projects. All Programme Managers will form a single team and need to be interchangeable in their knowledge and skill sharing in order to cover for holidays and sickness and to manage intensive periods of work in one or other areas.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Strategy-

1 To support the development of the Strategy, Business Case, Delivery plan stages ensuring the promotion of the area to deliver Inward Investment Programme and align this with the Authority’s regeneration, educational and social ambitions, linking directly in with the Head of Major Projects & Capital Delivery and Senior Capital Programme Manager to ensure a highly effective team.

2 To deliver against project development briefs in consultation with partners and stakeholders and others to progress option appraisals.

3 To work closely with regeneration partners to establish links and deliver joined-up, coherent and affordable regeneration plans including grant funding applications.

4 To present to others and implement, within and outside of the team, decisions made by the Board, Head of Major Projects & Capital Delivery, Senior Capital Programme Manager and Project Boards and implement strategy where appropriate within boundaries set by the Assistant Director.

Customer Focus-

5 To act as the main point of contact on specific projects, to manage any change control, contract variations or disseminate key data, and specifications to keep all partners and stakeholders, well informed and involved in progress and process-management.

6 To implement a communications strategy in partnership with key Stakeholders delivering consistently high-quality information in an organisationally and politically sensitive environment, keeping the Head of Major Projects & Capital Delivery and Senior Capital Programme Manager informed on any issues affecting the smooth implementation of the project.

7 To play an instrumental role in ensuring effective consultation and communication involving elected members, key stakeholders and the local community by promoting the delivery programme/initiative e.g., national trust, civic society, heritage, regeneration, education, social care.

Performance Management-

8 To prepare and present regular evaluation performance reports on the programme where/ as required to the Programme Board, Head of Major Projects & Capital Delivery, Senior Capital Programme Manager and/or a wide variety of senior staff and key stakeholder groups.

9 Responsibility for the delivery of specific projects and project milestones within the programme. This includes ensuring individual projects are developed in sufficient detail for business cases and procurement. This will include coordinating user groups to develop and sign-off designs, value-for-money reporting, planning, legal consents and reporting in line with specific funder requirements.

10 To be part of a project team implementing complex legal, commercial, technical and financial negotiations to ensure affordability and value for money including the delivery of grant funding bids.

11 To initiate and manage effective partnerships and be key in the process of relationship management with all partners including funding agencies, Client, End Users, staff, elected members, Council staff, central government departments, Diocese, professional associations, area committees, scrutiny panels, statutory bodies and others required to deliver projects in Hull.

12 To effectively manage, mitigate and clearly report project risks.

13 As required by City Council processes, internal and external audit mechanisms and best-practice implement and deliver an effective project management system to manage the project through each key stage.

14 To deliver project milestones through skilled intervention with Workstreams and Task Groups taking responsibility for achievement of managed progress towards effective quality, cost and time targets by engaging all stakeholders.

Leadership-

15 To be a visible leader for the project/initiative whilst reporting to the Senior Capital Programme Manager. Input and co-ordinate the development of output specifications across a wide range of areas (dependent on involvement) including design, land & property, ICT, FM, financial, legal, procurement and education.

16 Under the guidance of the Head of Major Projects & Capital Delivery, and Senior Capital Programme Manager, to liaise and assist in the guidance of external advisors providing heritage, planning, legal, technical, financial and other data in support of bids and in the lead-up to Contract Close ensuring it accurately meets output specifications and project requirements.

17 To manage Assistant Capital Programme Managers and other project staff as required and coordinate partner activities and senior council staff to deliver workstream actions and outcomes.

18 To act in accordance with and deputise for the Head of Major Projects & Capital Delivery and / or Senior Capital Programme Manager as required in their absence.

NC717.Capital Programme Manager

Compensation Grades:

GRADES 12.

Pay Ranges:

£56,875.00 - £60,969.00

Job Classifications:

3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), No - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement), No - (Statutory Post)

Benefits of Working of Hull City Council: - A competitive salary - An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period - Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods - Supportive and forward-thinking culture - Great career development opportunities

PLEASE NOTE: you MUST complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. For example: If the closing date is Friday 16 October 2026 then your application must be submitted by 11:59pm on Thursday 15 October 2026.

Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description. Provide examples to support your application rather than use of lists.

We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process.

We are committed to “our values” at the Council of People First, Respect, Learning, Ambition and Partnership. If these align with you then we welcome your application.

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