Role description
Join our Local Government team as an Senior Project Management Consultant, delivering high‑profile projects across London and the South‑East. We’re looking for someone with a consultancy background and proven experience managing Local Government projects. You’ll lead service delivery on complex housing and regeneration schemes, providing strategic direction and senior leadership for local authority clients from project inception to completion.
Role accountabilities
- Deliver high‑quality, profitable consultancy services on multi‑million‑pound Local Government projects
- Develop and manage project plans, risk, change, and programme delivery
- Lead multi-disciplinary consultancy teams, including Arcadis colleagues and external partners
- Act as Employer’s Agent (JCT) or Project Manager (NEC), administering contracts and safeguarding client interests
- Manage stakeholder relationships and negotiations with local authorities and partners
- Ensure compliance with public sector procurement processes and drive innovation in project delivery
Qualifications & Experience
- Consultancy background is essential with substantial experience on Local Government or public sector projects
- Relevant professional qualification (e.g., RICS, APM, CIOB, or equivalent)
- Experience leading housing, regeneration, or mixed‑use projects
- Strong knowledge of public sector procurement, contract administration, and multi‑disciplinary team leadership
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills
- A digital mindset and passion for delivering outstanding client outcomes
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
