Job Introduction

Job Title: Project Manager - Grade 9 (£39,152 - £42,839)
Working Pattern: Hybrid
Location: Lincoln
Closing Date: 11 January 2026
Interviews: Week commencing 26 January 2026

Make a visible impact across Lincolnshire's property estate

Are you an experienced Project Manager who enjoys delivering complex, high profile property projects and working with a wide range of stakeholders to get results? This is a great opportunity to play a key role in shaping and maintaining Lincolnshire County Council's property estate, as part of a highly effective Capital Delivery team.

Why this role

As Project Manager, you will take responsibility for the management and delivery of a series of property projects or minor programmes across our extensive estate. The work you lead will drive cross-functional service improvement and transformation across Lincolnshire County Council and partner organisations, enhancing the council's reputation at local, regional and national levels.

You will be joining a permanent, established project delivery team with a strong track record of delivering highly complex, high profile projects and programmes. You will find the team warm and enthusiastic, all engaged in delivering real change for services and communities across Lincolnshire.

About the team and how we work

You will sit within Corporate Property's Capital Projects and Professional Services function, working closely with the Capital Projects Manager and professional services colleagues, such as Technical Delivery Managers and Building Surveyors, as well as internal and external contractors.

The role has a strong focus on stakeholder relationships. You will work with senior leaders, providers, partners, contractors, government bodies and the public, ensuring that interests and concerns are understood, addressed and clearly communicated throughout the life of each project.

What you will be doing

You will:

• Lead on a range of complex and high profile property projects using formal project management principles, including the RIBA Plan of Work
• Provide day to day leadership for allocated projects, ensuring delivery within budget, on time and to agreed quality standards
• Prepare, present and manage core project documentation, including mandates, briefs, Project Initiation Documents (PIDs), plans, highlight reports, risk and issue logs, budget trackers and change control records
• Ensure robust project control and governance is in place throughout the project life cycle, including regular reviews against programme plans, deadlines and defined outputs
• Liaise regularly with the Capital Projects Manager on risk, issues, budget and stakeholder engagement
• Direct and motivate project teams, promoting collaborative working and best practice in project delivery
• Manage conflicting interdependencies and issues, taking a proactive and solution focussed approach and escalating where appropriate
• Manage project budgets, monitoring expenditure, forecasting costs and maintaining strong financial control
• Use formal change control processes and appropriate contract mechanisms, for example NEC or JCT
• Maintain accurate project information and reporting to Programme and Project Boards
• Act as client lead with professional services colleagues and represent the Capital Projects Manager in delegated workstreams, tasks and meetings
• Contribute to developing team processes and continuous improvement, helping to drive more efficient and effective project delivery

The role also involves working on contentious and politically sensitive projects where there may be reputational risk to the authority, requiring tact, sensitivity, discretion and an awareness of the wider political context.

About you

You will bring:

• A proven track record of successfully delivering projects and / or programmes
• Strong project management skills, including risk, issue, change and budget management
• The ability to plan, schedule and monitor project progress, often with conflicting priorities and pressured timescales
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to develop positive working relationships across service areas and with external partners
• The ability to assess technical information and translate it into plain English for a range of stakeholders, and to challenge and seek clarification from technical experts where needed
• An awareness of commercial principles in contract management, and a working knowledge of JCT and NEC contract types
• A creative and innovative, solution focussed approach to problem solving

Relevant project management qualifications and / or training are desirable.

Next steps

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Neal Kathel, (after reading the job description and information pack) via email neal.kathel@lincolnshire.gov.uk in the first instance.

Candidates are kindly requested to complete a Personal Statement as part of the questionnaire section of the application, documenting how their experience, skills and qualities are a match for this role.

Due to recent changes in immigration law in the UK we are unable to offer skilled worker visa sponsorship for this role as it does not meet the requirements of RQF Level 6.

PLEASE NOTE: It is imperative that your covering letter/personal statement clearly states why you have applied, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role as set out in the Job Description (attached on LCC jobs Site) and what you feel you can bring to this role, the team and the wider County Council.

Please refer to our Job Information Pack here to support you in your application.

All candidates are advised to read the attached job information pack prior to making an application.

On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward.

We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.

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

A Smarter Working Employer

We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary. Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process.

Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.