Overview
Education Capital Programme Manager (Major Works) – New Shire Hall , Alconbury Weald, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
Are you an experienced construction or capital programme professional looking to shape the future of education in Cambridgeshire? We are seeking a dynamic Education Capital Programme Manager to lead the delivery of major capital projects that ensure children and young people across the county have access to high‑quality learning environments.
This is a senior role with significant impact including new schools, major refurbishments, and complex expansions. If you thrive on challenge, collaboration, and driving high‑value programmes to successful completion, we’d love to hear from you.
The Education Capital and Place Planning team has a statutory responsibility to provide sufficient early years and childcare, school and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities places across Cambridgeshire. We work closely with Early Years settings, schools, Academy Trusts, the Department of Education, planning teams, developers, consultants and contractors to achieve this.
Applicants need to be educated to degree level or equivalent and be able to demonstrate their excellent project management skills, commitment to Equality and Diversity and ability to think strategically.
More information can be found in the attached job description and person specification.
We will consider applications for full or part time working, subject to being able to deliver the overall team capacity required.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 12th March at New Shire Hall.
For informal enquiries about the role please contact Rachael Pinion at rachael.pinion@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Why join us?
This is an exciting opportunity to influence the development of learning environments across one of the fastest‑growing regions in the country. You’ll be part of a supportive team with a clear purpose: delivering high‑quality, sustainable education places for the future.
We offer:
- A flexible, hybrid working model
- Strong professional support and development opportunities
- The chance to shape major building projects from concept to completion
- A role with clear impact on local communities and young people
About you
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About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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