Wide Implementation Lead

Working Hours: 35 Hours Per Week

Contract Type: Full-Time, Temporary (12 Months)

Closing Date: 10 March 2026

Closing time: 11.59pm

Interview Method: Face to Face

Legal Right to Work: Applicants must have existing right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application. However, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

This role is subject to:

• 2 References - where possible we require 3 years' history.

The City Wide Implementation Lead is a key member of the Infrastructure and Environment team, within Manchester City Council’s Growth and Development Directorate.

The team develops strategies, secures investment, and delivers projects and programmes that support the city’s bold ambitions for sustainable growth and environmental improvement.

The team sets the Council’s strategic objectives for transport, energy, and clean air. The team also delivers projects and programmes to implement our strategic vision for the city, working collaboratively with colleagues across services such as Highways, Major Regeneration, and Housing, as well as external partners including Transport for Greater Manchester and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

This role will lead the team's input into sustainable transport project and programme delivery, to ensure that projects are effectively scoped, governed and delivered. The role will involve working cross-functionally across the Council and GM partners, engaging with a range of stakeholders and briefing and advice to senior leaders and Elected Members.

The role is externally funded and we are expecting to be able to extend to two years.

If you are successful, you will join a team of committed professionals working to build on the city's transformation and success and build a cleaner, greener and fairer Manchester.

• Knowledge and understanding of the key economic, social and environmental policy issues and challenges facing cities and the role of local government in addressing these.
• Ability to maintain focus and objectivity under various conditions and skill in managing and maintaining a multi-priority workload, progressing various ideas and plans concurrently.
• Ability to define, document and manage through to implementation long-term complex projects with significant business, political, or high-profile impact, and high-risk dependencies.
• Experience of evaluating and influencing policy and strategy initiatives developed by sub-regional and local stakeholders.
• Ability to think creatively to proactively develop potential future scenarios and to develop a range of creative solutions that meet the strategic needs of the business and are new and original.

• Generous holiday allowance - Enjoy up to 26 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays. Increasing to 31 days after five years of local government service. Want more leave? You can purchase up to two additional weeks.
• A buzzing pension - You’ll be enrolled in the UK’s largest local government pension scheme, with plenty of options to top up your benefits. Includes life cover of three-times your salary as a lump sum.
• Enhanced parental and carers leave - Take advantage of our enhanced family leave options, designed to provide ample time for you to bond with your new born or support your family during critical life events.
• Brilliant perks - Access a range of discounts, from saving on the weekly shop to holidays and days out with MCR+. Plus discounts on phone contracts, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs and eye tests, and more.
• Learn and grow - We are dedicated to nurturing talent and providing you with the tools to thrive. Take part in a diverse set of learning opportunities, from workshops and training sessions through to apprenticeships and…