Pride in Place Programme Managers (x2)
Peterborough City Council is recruiting two Programme Managers to lead delivery of Pride in Place, our flagship neighbourhood-based, community‑led regeneration programme.
This is a rare opportunity to play a visible, influential leadership role in shaping tangible improvements to everyday life for residents — while also operating at senior programme level, managing complexity, public funding and high‑profile governance.
About Pride in Place
Pride in Place is a new government funding programme aimed at putting power into the hands of local people in some of the most in-need neighbourhoods across the UK, so that they can decide how to regenerate their local area. In Peterborough, Pride in Place Neighbourhood Boards will cover Paston, Gunthorpe and Welland, and Orton Malborne and Orton Goldhay, with up to £20 million of funding for each neighbourhood.
Each neighbourhood has an independent Board and Chair, supported by the Council as accountable body. The programme focuses on strengthening local pride, opportunity and resilience through community‑defined priorities.
As Programme Manager, your role is to enable — not replace — community leadership, turning ambition into deliverable, well‑governed programmes that achieve real-world outcomes.
About the role
You will provide named programme leadership for a designated Pride in Place neighbourhood, acting as the single point of accountability for delivery, progress and assurance.
Working closely with an independent Neighbourhood Board, you will:
- Translate community priorities into structured, costed programmes and projects
- Maintain delivery momentum across a complex, multi‑year programme
- Ensure robust governance, financial control and compliance as required of a local authority accountable body
- Build confidence, capability and readiness within the Board for increasing community autonomy over time
This post is offered on an initial fixed‑term basis for two years. Pride in Place is a long‑term, place‑based programme with the ambition to transition over time to a more autonomous, community‑led delivery vehicle. Subject to programme phase, funding and governance arrangements, there is potential for this role to extend beyond the initial contract period, including opportunities to support or transition into future community‑led delivery models.
What you'll be responsible for
Programme leadership & delivery - Lead the place-based programme end-to-end, keeping plans on track, managing risk and dependencies, and overseeing commissioning, grants and contracts to deliver measurable neighbourhood outcomes.
Community led governance – Enable Neighbourhood Boards to make informed, inclusive decisions by providing clear papers and evidence, facilitating planning and decision-making sessions, and embedding lived experience and accessibility throughout.
Accountable body & assurance – Manage circa £2m p.a. public funding, ensuring compliance, audit-ready controls, and clear programme, performance and financial reporting.
Partnership & stakeholder management – Act as the link between communities, the Council and partners, influencing across boundaries to unblock delivery and representing the programme confidently in public, political and community settings.
About you
We're looking for experienced programme leaders who can combine delivery discipline with empathy, influence and community awareness.
You will bring:
- Significant experience leading complex programmes or portfolios, ideally in public sector, partnership or place‑based settings
- Strong programme management skills (planning, governance, benefits, RAID, assurance)
- Experience working with diverse stakeholders, including Boards, elected Members and communities
- Confidence managing budgets, public funding and accountability
- An enabling leadership style that supports others to lead and grow
- Excellent communication skills — able to translate complexity into clarity
Experience of community‑led regeneration, neighbourhood governance, grant funding or VCSE partnership working is an advantage, but we value transferable programme leadership skills and mindset above sector‑specific experience.
Interested?
For an informal conversation about the role, Pride in Place or working at Peterborough City Council, please contact Emma Middleton, Service Manager for System Improvement, Adult Social Care: [email protected] The closing date to apply is Sunday 14 June, with interviews taking place in-person at Sand Martin House on 29 and 30 June.
OurBenefits
We value our colleagues and have developed a number of benefits in addition to our generous annual leave starting at 25 days + bank holidays, sick pay and local government pension scheme…
- Access to a range of benefits via our Employee Benefits Platform, including in-store and online discounts as well as our Cycle to Work and Home & Electronics schemes
- Buy up to 10 days additional annual leave (pro-rata)
- Access to car lease scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared Cost AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities including apprenticeships to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to our equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to receive Employee Recognition Awards
Our Commitments
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fostering diversity, advancing equity, and building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups, including disabled people, care leavers, and individuals from minority ethnic communities. Your unique perspectives and experiences are encouraged and valued and will play a vital role in our success.
We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you are a person who has or considers yourself to have a disability and you require reasonable adjustments to the application or interview process, please contact [email protected].
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
If you've already applied and completed the recruitment process for this position within the last three months, there's no need to reapply. We really appreciate your interest and thank you for considering us
