Strategic Lead, Estate Regeneration

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Birmingham is seeking a Strategic Lead for Estate Regeneration. This senior role focuses on driving major estate regeneration programmes, increasing affordable housing supply, and improving community living conditions. The successful candidate will lead complex projects, advise senior stakeholders, and create partnerships to achieve regeneration goals. The position requires strong leadership and project management skills to navigate a politically sensitive environment while ensuring resource alignment and budget adherence.

Benefits

Inclusive employer

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Senior regeneration professional with commercial awareness and a track record in housing transformation.
• Extensive experience in leading complex regeneration programmes.
• Proven success with multi-disciplinary projects and significant budgets.

Responsibilities

• Set vision for future Council estates and increase affordable housing supply.
• Lead complex regeneration projects ensuring delivery to time and budget.
• Prepare and present business cases to secure investment.

Skills

Leadership in regeneration

Project management

Negotiation

Financial management

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Strategic Lead – Estate Regeneration

Permanent

Grade 6 - £54,495- £64,811 - Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced regeneration leader to drive the delivery of major estate regeneration programmes across the city. This is a high-profile strategic role, responsible for shaping the future of Council estates, increasing the supply of affordable homes as well as improving the neighbourhoods and places in which our residents live.

You will lead complex regeneration programmes, influence senior decision-making and create partnerships across the city that drive forward regeneration on our estates. This includes identifying new opportunities for regeneration schemes and managing them to completion, as well as working with Homes England, the WMCA and the planning authority to ensure schemes are viable and meet housing need.

Birmingham is a city of both challenge and opportunity and we are looking for a self-starter who understands the housing market and has excellent programme and project management skills. The postholder must be resilient and able to build business cases for change in a robust and highly political environment. The postholder should always focus on developing communities for residents who need them the most, reducing the level of inequality across the city and creating great places to live.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Set the vision for the future of Council estates, shaping place-based regeneration and increasing affordable housing supply.
• Lead a portfolio of complex regeneration projects, ensuring delivery to time, budget and governance requirements.
• Prepare and present business cases, options appraisals and funding bids to secure investment and approval.
• Advise senior officers, Members and Boards through clear reporting on progress, risks, funding and outcomes.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with developers, Registered Providers, funders and professional advisors.
• Lead procurement activity and ensure schemes are delivered in line with corporate governance and policy.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team, ensuring resources are aligned to programme priorities.

About You

You will be a senior regeneration professional with strong commercial awareness, political sensitivity and a track record of delivering large-scale housing-led transformation.

You Will Have:

• Extensive experience leading major estate regeneration, housing development or large capital programmes.
• Proven success managing complex, multi-disciplinary projects with significant budgets and competing priorities.
• Strong experience of negotiations, procurement and working with developers, Registered Providers and consultants.
• A track record of undertaking options appraisals and feasibility studies to shape long-term regeneration pipelines.
• In-depth understanding of the planning, funding and delivery environment for housing regeneration.
• Experience operating in a political environment, including advising senior leaders and engaging Ward Councillors.
• Strong financial, programme and risk management capability, ensuring delivery within tight constraints.

Why Join Us?

• Lead the transformation of Council estates and deliver lasting change for communities across the city.
• Shape and influence one of the most significant estate regeneration pipelines in the region.
• Work at senior strategic level with Members, Executive Directors, funders and sector partners.
• Secure investment from organisations such as Homes England and WMCA to unlock regeneration delivery.
• Build and lead a team at the forefront of housing-led regeneration.
• Play a pivotal role in delivering inclusive growth, place-making and improved life chances.
• Operate in a role with real visibility, influence and legacy.

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact: [e-mail]

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

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