Location
Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP

Hours
36 hours per week

Salary
£56,436 - £76,872 per annum (salary negotiable depending on experience)

About the Role
As Senior Capital Investment Manager, you will strategically lead and take programme-level accountability for Westminster's Major Works, delivering complex capital projects across the housing stock. Your goal will be to ensure homes are safe, high quality, and sustainable by managing construction programmes, engaging residents, overseeing contractors, and upholding governance, value for money, and regulatory compliance. You will drive meaningful improvements for thousands of residents by embedding high-quality technical delivery with trust, transparency, and accountability.
You will set the delivery framework to ensure excellent project, quality, and contract management and drive successful delivery of the Housing Asset Strategy objectives. Leading and nurturing a talented team of Capital Investment Managers and Clerks of Works, you will role model innovation and excellence to inspire others. You will provide senior-level insights to resolve complex issues referred by your team and lead a transformational cultural shift that treats every resident as a partner in Major Works Delivery.
Alongside shaping the wider programme, you will lead several high priority projects yourself, combining strategic influence with hands-on impact across one of London’s most ambitious Housing Investment Programmes.
You will prioritise, coordinate, and deliver the capital investment programme, creating and refining a strong, standardised project governance framework covering RIBA-aligned stage gates, change control, escalation routes, reporting, budget and quality controls, and risk management. You will ensure every project meets statutory, financial, and regulatory requirements and provide programme-level quality assurance, transparency, and accountability.
As programme budget holder, you will safeguard public funds through strong financial governance and controls, ensuring all decisions meet the highest standards of affordability, feasibility, sustainability, compliance, and value for money for residents.
You will oversee supplier performance and mobilisation of new procurements, managing programme-level risks and escalations including legal processes, FOIs, complaints, and Member enquiries to ensure issues are resolved quickly and professionally.
You will drive innovation and excellence in design and construction delivery, with a special focus on sustainability.
Collaboration across the Council is essential to align objectives. You will serve as a senior voice on resident-focused delivery, setting standards and fostering transparent, inclusive engagement.
Flexibility around travel is core to this role, as you will attend resident meetings and site visits across the borough, sometimes outside of working hours.
This newly created role offers a unique opportunity to leave a lasting legacy in one of London’s most vibrant communities and shape the position to your strengths.

Experience
Proven leadership of complex, multidisciplinary capital programmes across all RIBA stages with a track record of delivering high-impact housing investment and regeneration projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards. Deep practical construction knowledge including plant, equipment, buildability, and materials. Expertise in construction methods, sequencing, and critical path management with the ability to analyse and reprogramme timelines, resolve delays, and assure on-site quality.
Substantial experience managing and developing high-performing teams of technical professionals, consultants, and contractors, fostering accountability, excellence, and continuous improvement. Skilled in best practice contract management across JCT and NEC forms, ensuring strong performance, robust change control, compliance, and dispute resolution. Consistent strength in driving and evidencing value for money through procurement, contractor performance management, scope control, and quality assurance.
Proven ability to collaborate effectively with residents, councillors, senior officers, statutory bodies, contractors, and consultants in complex political and partnership environments. Skilled in leading meaningful resident engagement, embedding co-design, and reflecting diverse community needs.
Experience translating housing strategy, compliance duties, and emerging legislation (including Building Safety Act, Net Zero, and ESG requirements) into deliverable programmes. Significant experience managing large budgets and resources, accurate forecasting, aligning spending with business plans, and ensuring programme feasibility, sustainability, and value.
Confident leading gateway reviews, applying lessons learned, and embedding structured improvements across quality, safety, and resident experience. Comfortable reviewing technical designs for buildability, cost-effectiveness, and resident suitability.
Strong communication and relationship-building skills with credibility in political, technical, and community-facing environments. Ability to balance multiple priorities with organisation, creativity, and problem-solving. Excellent digital literacy, particularly in Microsoft Office, with the ability to learn new systems quickly.

About You
Committed to professional development for yourself and others. You hold relevant professional qualifications or Chartered Membership such as MRICS, MCIOB, or APM, or possess equivalent professional experience.
Supportive of diversity and inclusion, with an understanding of the Council’s commitment to supporting Care Leavers and increasing representation from underrepresented groups, including Global Majority backgrounds.
Flexible and adaptable, willing to travel across the borough and work outside normal hours when required.

Qualifications
Relevant professional qualification or Chartered Membership (e.g., MRICS, MCIOB, APM) or equivalent professional experience.