Senior Principal Project Manager

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Job Title: Senior Principal Project Manager - Golden Lane Estate

Posting Start Date: 17/11/2025

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required have also been included. Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance

Salary: £66,190 - £75,010 per annum, inclusive of all allowances

Contractual Hours: 35 hours per week

Basis: Full-time, Fixed Term

Workplace category: Hybrid

Attachments: Job Information Pack

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CITY OF LONDON PROPERTY SERVICES HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT (HRA)

Senior Principal Project Manager – Golden Lane Estate

Fixed term contract until 31 March 2029

Workplace Attendance Category for this role is: -

Hybrid – you'll be expected to be in the office at least 3 days per week or 60% of your working time in the office.

The City of London's Housing Service manages 12 estates, totalling 5500 homes. Three of these estates are in the Square Mile (including the iconic Barbican Estate) and a further 9 estates are in neighbouring London boroughs.

Our tenants and leaseholders are at the heart of everything we do, supporting us as we strive to effectively manage, maintain, and improve the property that is their home.

The Major Works Team (HRA) is primarily responsible for the delivery of an ambitious capital programme of planned maintenance refurbishment to the Corporation's social housing stock over the next 10 years. Works will include roof and window replacement, communal decorations, mechanical and electrical upgrades, fire safety, internal decent homes, and potentially some decarbonisation elements.

We are looking for an experienced and driven Senior Principal Project Manager, with a real desire to lead, coordinate and deliver in a typical social housing environment.

The successful candidate will have significant experience of project and contract management, together with excellent construction knowledge and an understanding of working client-side. You will also have strong communication skills and significant experience in dealing with a range of customers and stakeholders.

Aside from your excellent professional skills, being customer focused and having the right attitude, drive and enthusiasm are also key ingredients for this role.

For further information or an informal chat about the role, please contact Greg Wade, Email:

Please also click on this link Golden Lane Estate for further information on the Golden Lane Estate and programme proposals.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as part of the selection process the successful applicant will be required to obtain a standard Disclosure & Barring Service check.

The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation, to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.

In addition to a competitive salary and membership of the excellent Local Government Pension Scheme, you can look forward to an all-round package of life-improving benefits and offers – from interest-free season ticket and bicycle loans to discounts on health and wellbeing, arts and culture.

Closing date: 12 noon on 8 December 2025

Interviews are likely to be week commencing 12 January 2026.

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The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications.

Because our roles are so varied, we don't have a 'one size fits all' policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you'll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It's important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.

For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guide here.

We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we're meeting our attendance needs.

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