Client Services Director

• Employer: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
• Salary: £75,244 – £78,589 plus benefits
• Location: Mallory, 2 Alice Ker Square
• Contract: Permanent
• Working Pattern: Flexible Hours/Full Time
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• DBS Check: No
• Closing Date: 16/03/2025 at 23:59
• Reference: R&P/25/304949

There has never been a more exciting time to join Wirral Council. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet and to achieve everything we have promised to our residents, we need people who are ready to deliver the very best for our communities and show how they can #BeTheDifference.

Head of Regeneration Delivery

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Regeneration Delivery to lead the delivery of transformational regeneration schemes set out in the Birkenhead 2040 Framework. This role is vital for the design and delivery of major regeneration projects and programmes across Wirral which will allow the Council to reach its ambitious placemaking agenda and create a well-designed, green, sustainable, waterfront community along the Left Bank of the River Mersey.

The focus of this role is to lead the delivery of the Hind Street urban village and developments in Birkenhead Town Centre integrating into the developments set out in the wider area.

The role will be fast-paced and require the ability to manage and respond to competing and changing priorities. We are looking for someone who has excellent relationship management and communication skills, particularly when dealing with multiple stakeholders and has a ‘can do’ attitude, bringing innovative and fresh thinking ideas whilst challenging the status quo.

About the Candidate

We are looking for someone who is educated to degree level or has equivalent experience in a regeneration discipline such as development management, town planning, urban design, or chartered surveying. You will also have extensive experience of designing and delivering large-scale urban regeneration capital projects and programmes akin to the projects in Wirral.

Key Duties Will Involve

1. Collaborating with colleagues, partners, developers, stakeholders, and funders to design regeneration projects and programmes that realize the ambition set out in the Council’s regeneration framework and masterplans, aligned to the Local Plan.
2. Identifying new opportunities for collaborative working, project ideas, and funding opportunities which ensure the regeneration programme responds to economic, social, and political changes.
3. Leading the delivery of regeneration projects and programmes to ensure they achieve their objectives and are delivered on time and to budget, creating political and industry confidence in Wirral Council as a regeneration enabler.
4. Ensuring that regeneration projects and programmes have key success factors in place, namely robust business cases, resourcing plans, good governance, risk and issue management, and providing assurance that these remain effective throughout project lifecycles.
5. Managing project and programme budgets from outline business case through to securing funding, monitoring and evaluation, ensuring that information on forecasts and spend is accurate and is reported clearly through governance structures.
6. Establishing and fostering effective working relationships with Elected Members in designing and delivering regeneration projects and programmes.

If you wish to discuss this role or require further information, please contact Rebeccah Lowry at rebeccahlowry@wirral.gov.uk.

Working at Wirral

You’ll also want to know what it’s like to work here so, as a start:

Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls! We’ve all played a role in developing these, so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do, what matters to us, what inspires us and inform how we think, approach things, and behave.

We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after; staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We’re serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You’ll benefit from our track record of developing, growing, and investing in our people.

We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives, and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

We have an inclusive, engaged culture; everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.

If you’d like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process to make it barrier-free and as accessible as possible, please contact recruitment@wirral.gov.uk.