Project Manager

Nottingham City Council, Leicestershire County Council, East Midlands Group

Job Location:

Blaby - UK

Yearly Salary: £ 39939 - 42699

Posted on: 12 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: 39939 - 42699 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 18th January 2026

Interview Date(s): February 2026 (TBC)

An opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager to join a successful team delivering waste and environment projects on behalf of Leicestershire County Council (LCC).

About the Role

You would support delivery of a range of capital and revenue projects. Projects typically include improvement work at one of LCCs Recycling and Household Waste Sites or Waste Transfer Stations. You might also be asked to support service change through preparation and analysis of business data commissioning project oversight and progress reporting.

We are looking for someone with a proven track-record in project management or who has a background in the waste or environment sectors and experience of project delivery.

The ideal candidate will have excellent organisational and communication skills and will use their initiative to efficiently deliver projects.

About You

To apply for this post you must have:

Relevant degree (or equivalent qualification) and/or equivalent experience in management and delivery of projects.
Successful management and delivery of projects using a structured methodology (i.e. PRINCE2 or equivalent) including preparation of project documentation.
Experience in analysis of data and information.
Be able to manage conflicting priorities whilst working to tight timescales to achieve agreed targets.
Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Be competent with Microsoft Office software packages including Excel PowerPoint and Word.

You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Andrew Harper - Team Manager

To contact me by email please click here .

How to Apply

Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement detailing how you meet the requirements of the supporting statement should beno longer than 500 words. Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

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DescriptionOrganisation: Leicestershire County CouncilWork Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RAWorker Category: Hybrid WorkerSalary: 39939 - 42699 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)Working Hours:37 hours per weekContract Type: PermanentClosing Date: 18th January 2026Interview Date(s): F...