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Few places in the UK offer a built environment as unique and diverse as Westminster. From architecturally significant estates – including listed buildings that demand sensitive and expert stewardship – to modern housing that requires innovative, future-focused investment. The Head of Major Works will play a role in shaping the future of communities across one of the world’s most iconic cities.&nbsp;<h5>THE ROLE</h5>Westminster is home to more than 250,000 residents and 50,000 businesses. Our diverse communities, thriving high streets, night time economy and international tourism are internationally recognised and in the heart of the city we provide 22,000 homes to tenants and leaseholders.The Head of Major Works will lead the delivery of Westminster’s Housing Major Works £40million plus annual capital programme. You will provide both strategic vision and operational leadership, ensuring projects are delivered to the highest standard while keeping residents at the heart of every decision. With responsibility for a team of up to 60 staff and extensive contractor resources, you will drive performance, accountability, and innovation across a large-scale, high-profile programme.The remit of this role spans all construction activities through to handover. You will balance technical excellence and financial rigour with outstanding communication and collaboration, ensuring residents are engaged, informed, and empowered throughout the process.We’re looking for a construction professional with significant experience of capital programmes and the complexities of improving and preserving existing housing stock. You will be as comfortable working on listed estates as you are shaping investment in modern developments, with the expertise to safeguard Westminster’s architectural legacy while delivering modern standards and sustainability.Equally important will be your ability to create and inspire a resident-focused workforce – building a culture of pride, care, and professionalism. You will be a visible leader, motivating teams and contractors to deliver high quality, cost-effective outcomes, and championing continuous improvement.&nbsp;<h5>INFORMATION</h5>For further details, please click on the role profile and useful links below, or for more information please contact Sunita Patel at <a href="mailto:sunita.patel@starfishsearch.com" target="_blank">sunita.patel@starfishsearch.com</a> or Jamie Brown at <a href="mailto:jamie.brown@starfishsearch.com" target="_blank">jamie.brown@starfishsearch.com</a>.

Westminster City Council

Head of Major Works

INTERNAL VACANCY This is an incredible opportunity to gain valuable experience of working at Head of Service level as we seek to ensure the service can deliver our statutory Community Safety responsibilities into the future. The successful candidate will work across York and North Yorkshire to influence and shape strategic crime reduction strategies and policies for the City of York Council and its statutory partners. They will provide innovative solutions to crime, anti-social behaviour (ASB), substance misuse and fear of crime where no bespoke solution is available. Also influence the strategic contribution of all statutory partners and other key stakeholders engaged in crime and disorder reduction and to ensure that their policies and processes support delivery of the Community Safety Strategy. They will also influence and shape partner activities such that policies and processes support the delivery of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime &amp; Policing Act 2014 and lead City of York Councils statutory duty under the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015, Serious Violence Duty and Prevent Duty. This post is suitable as a job share opportunity. As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it. If you are an internal candidate interested in applying for this job as a secondment opportunity, please discuss with your current line manager before submitting your application. Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team. Please note, we do not have a sponsorship licence to sponsor indivdiuals for visas to work in the UK, therefore we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health &amp; Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning &amp; Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings. For further information or an informal discussion please contact Pauline Stuchfield (Director of Housing &amp; Communities) at <a href="mailto:Pauline.stuchfield@york.gov.uk" target="_blank">Pauline.stuchfield@york.gov.uk</a> or on 01904 551706 Closing date: Wednesday 21 January 2026 at 12 midnight Interview date: Friday 30 January Internally advertised posts are only open to CYC, WWY and Be Independent employees. Explore and Veritau employees are not eligible to apply for these posts.

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