Location
Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster.

Hours
Full time, with flexibility required to travel around the borough and attend resident meetings and sites, including occasional out of hours work.

Salary
£76,872 per annum.

About the Role
As Senior Capital Investment Manager, you will strategically lead and take programme-level accountability for Westminster’s Major Works capital projects. This role involves delivering complex capital programmes across the housing stock to ensure homes are safe, high quality, and sustainable. You will manage construction programmes, engage residents, oversee contractors, uphold governance, value for money, and regulatory compliance.
You will set the delivery framework to ensure excellent project, quality, and contract management, driving 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, champion a transformational cultural shift that treats residents as partners in Major Works Delivery, and ensure resident voices influence design, logistics, and social value outcomes.
This role combines strategic influence with hands-on impact, leading high priority projects and proactively prioritising, coordinating, and delivering the capital investment programme. You will create and refine a standardised project governance framework covering RIBA-aligned stage gates, change control, escalation routes, reporting, budget and quality controls, and risk management.
As programme budget holder, you will safeguard public funds through strong financial governance, ensuring affordability, feasibility, sustainability, compliance, and value for money. You will oversee supplier performance, manage procurements, and handle programme-level risks and escalations including legal processes, FOIs, complaints, and Member enquiries.
You will drive innovation and excellence in design and construction delivery, with a focus on sustainability. Partnering across the Council, you will align objectives and serve as a senior voice on resident-focused delivery, fostering transparent and inclusive engagement.
This is a newly created role offering the opportunity to shape it and leave a lasting legacy in one of London’s most vibrant communities.

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, materials, construction methods, sequencing, and critical path management. Experience managing and developing high performing teams of technical professionals, consultants, and contractors. Expertise in contract management across JCT and NEC forms, ensuring performance, change control, compliance, and dispute resolution. Strong focus on value for money through procurement, contractor management, scope control, and quality assurance. Skilled in collaboration with residents, councillors, senior officers, statutory bodies, contractors, and consultants in complex political and partnership environments. Experience leading resident engagement and embedding co-design. Ability to translate housing strategy, compliance duties, and emerging legislation (Building Safety Act, Net Zero, ESG) into deliverable programmes. Significant experience managing large budgets, forecasting, and aligning spending with business plans. Proven ability to lead gateway reviews, embed lessons learned, and improve quality, safety, and resident experience. Comfortable reviewing technical designs for buildability, cost effectiveness, and resident suitability.

About You
A skilled communicator and relationship builder who influences and engages at all levels with credibility in political, technical, and community environments. Strong organisational, creative problem-solving skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities. Excellent digital literacy, particularly in Microsoft Office, with the ability to learn new systems quickly. Committed to professional development for yourself and others. Collaborative, accountable, and driven to deliver excellence and continuous improvement.

Qualifications
Relevant professional qualification or Chartered Membership such as MRICS, MCIOB, or APM. Equivalent professional experience will also be considered.