Programme Manager - Asset & Property Services

We are currently working with a Local Authority in the South West who are looking for a Programme Manager – Asset Management & Property Services to join their team.

As Programme Manager you will lead the delivery of a major portfolio of complex, high‑value capital projects across our diverse property estate.

This is a pivotal role within the Asset Management and Property Services (AMPS) team, responsible for shaping, coordinating, and driving forward a multi‑year programme of new‑build developments, major refurbishments, and strategic asset improvements that support the Authority’s long‑term service and estate objectives

Job: Programme Manager – Asset Management & Property Services

Duration: 6 Months

Start date: May 2026

Rate: £400-£600 per day via Umbrella, Inside IR35

Site presence: Hybrid

Role Details

• Programme Leadership: Lead, manage, and continuously develop a programme of major capital projects from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities, service needs, and corporate outcomes
• Portfolio Planning & Governance: Establish and manage clear programme governance, reporting frameworks, risk management processes, and performance indicators to maintain control over time, cost, quality, and scope
• Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with service areas, senior leadership, external partners, schools, and communities to ensure projects deliver maximum value and support service transformation
• Financial Management: Oversee programme‑level budgets, forecasts, business cases, and funding approvals, ensuring strong financial discipline and compliance with Council standards
• Commissioning & Procurement: Lead strategic procurement approaches and commissioning strategies for design, consultancy, and construction services, ensuring best value and adherence to public sector procurement rules
• Technical Oversight: Provide programme‑level assurance across design, statutory compliance, sustainability, and construction delivery, working with internal specialists and external technical teams
• Risk & Issue Management: Identify and mitigate programme‑wide risks, commercial pressures, and interdependencies, proactively resolving issues that could impact delivery

Requirements

• Proven experience managing large-scale, complex capital programmes in construction, property, or infrastructure
• Strong leadership and programme management skills, with the ability to manage multiple high-value projects concurrently
• Excellent stakeholder management and the ability to influence at all levels, including elected members and senior directors
• Robust understanding of construction delivery, regulatory frameworks, procurement, and contract management (e.g., NEC, JCT)
• Financial acumen with experience managing multi-million-pound budgets
• Professional qualifications such as MAPM, MCIOB, MRICS, PRINCE2, MSP, or equivalent experience

Should this position be of interest to you, please apply or send an email with an updated copy of your CV to gfry@venngroup.com and myself or a member of the team will give you a call to discuss further

At Venn Group, we endeavour to respond to all applications However due to the volume of applications we receive, if you have not heard from us within 48 hours please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion