Are you a talented programme/project manager looking for a unique opportunity to help improve the lives of local people in Huddersfield and its surrounding towns and villages? We are looking for an experienced professional with a proven track record of managing regeneration projects/programmes, to join our ambitious and creative team here at Kirklees Council

Your main duties as Technical Project Manager will include:

• Working with colleagues from within the council, other public and private sector organisations, commissioned consultants, Highways England and Rail and Bus operators to deliver successful bids for major highway and transport schemes.
• Coordinating and delivering projects on the design, organising and attending public consultation / exhibitions to seek stakeholder consensus on projects and transport policy and strategy alongside other professionals.

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Excellent understanding of highway, transport and town centre regeneration principles and practices.
• Proven ability to apply project management principles and techniques to a wide range of complex projects or programmes including financial management of projects / programmes.
• Substantial practical or professional experience and understanding of this specialist area and proven problem solving skills with the capacity to devise and implement innovative solutions
• Proven ability to establish and maintain highly effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Comprehensive knowledge of computerised business systems.

At Kirklees Council, we want to support your professional development to give you the right skills, confidence and support to really achieve your potential. We offer a variety of courses and training designed for this exact purpose.

We value the importance of having work life balance, so this is why we offer provisions such as flexible-working, generous holiday entitlement, a variety of special leave policies, employee healthcare services and a childcare voucher scheme.

In order to be shortlisted you will need to demonstrate how you meet the above skills and experience. For a more inclusive description of the job and the person we are looking for, please have a read of the attached job profile.