Job Introduction
Job Title: Project Manager - LGR
Hours: 37
Location: Hybrid
Contract Type: Two-year fixed term/secondment opportunity
Hertfordshire’s councils are undertaking one of the most significant transformation programmes in their history through Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). This is a rare opportunity to help shape the creation of new unitary authorities, redesign public services, and influence how local government will operate for generations.
We are looking for Project Managers to help drive delivery and co-ordinate activity across the programme.
As a Project Manager, you will take day‑to‑day responsibility for coordinating a sub‑workstream, ensuring plans are clear, risks are visible, and activity progresses at pace.
You’ll work closely with the Programme Manager and Workstream Co‑Chairs to keep delivery on track, prepare high‑quality updates, support delivery boards, and maintain excellent communication with the wider programme.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex, fast‑moving environments, enjoys problem‑solving, and wants to be part of a once‑in‑a‑generation transformation. If you’re motivated by meaningful change, thrive in complex environments, and want to help shape the future of local services in Hertfordshire, we’d love to hear from you.
About the role
- Coordinate delivery of sub‑workstreams, ensuring activities, milestones and outputs are clearly defined, sequenced and monitored.
- Support the Programme Manager with planning, tracking and reporting across the wider workstream.
- Maintain high‑quality delivery plans, updating timelines, risks, issues and dependencies in line with PMO standards.
- Prepare papers and updates for delivery boards, capturing progress, decisions, risks and required actions.
- Act as day‑to‑day contact for the workstream, ensuring queries, requests and updates flow smoothly between teams and the Delivery Unit.
- Identify risks and issues early, escalating where needed and working with colleagues to develop mitigating actions.
- Support engagement with stakeholders, helping coordinate workshops, planning sessions and collaborative problem‑solving.
- Ensure alignment with programme governance, including RAID management, reporting cycles and change controls
- Support delivery of Day One readiness tasks, helping confirm assumptions, gather evidence and track progress.
About you
- Experience in project delivery: Demonstrable experience coordinating delivery within complex, fast‑paced environments, ensuring tasks, risks, resources and dependencies are well managed to support successful outcomes.
- Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities at once.
- Ability to work confidently in ambiguous environments: Experience working in a team where priorities evolve, helping provide structure and clarity across diverse activities.
- Problem‑solving skills: Able to spot risks or emerging issues, and translate insights into clear, practical recommendations for the Programme Manager and Co-chairs
- Strong presentation and communication skills: Able to prepare high‑quality reports, presentations and briefing materials that clearly convey progress, risks and recommendations for senior audiences and the wider programme
- Influencing and collaboration skills: Able to bring people together, help resolve delivery challenges, and support decision‑making where views or priorities differ.
We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.
This job role is Level 11. Please locate the job profile here: Job profiles: Project & programme
To hear more about this opportunity please contact Anne Lowe - anne.lowe@watford.gov.uk & Anna Morrison - Anna.Morrison@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.
How to apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.