Average Programme Manager salary in the UK

Location: London - Greater London House - Hybrid Salary: London - £67,820 - £85,776 per annum National - £61,698 - £77,123 per annum Hours: 36 hours per week - flexible options considered Contract Type: Permanent This is a great opportunity to join our team - Employer of the Year Housing Heroes Awards 2025 We are expanding our Development team here at Clarion Housing and seeking an Affordable Housing & Programme Manager to join us. Reporting to the Head of Affordable Housing Viability, Grant Programme & Compliance, you will be manging the Affordable Housing Programme Team to ensure programme and grant targets are met. You will be working closely with the Head of Affordable Housing Viability and Compliance, to identify funding and investment from the Greater London Authority, Homes England and other sources. You will be responsible for optimising and presenting the viability and business case for grant funding bids across the programme, ensuring full compliance with Capital Funding rules and the requirements of the Grant Funding Programme. You will ideally have proven experience working with regulatory bodies and funders, including the Greater London Authority (GLA). You will have worked closely with Development, Land and Partnerships, Delivery, and Finance teams, and possess strong knowledge of OPS, the Capital Funding Guide, and relevant regulatory requirements. In addition, you bring solid experience of development procedures across the project lifecycle. Please review the full role profile on our website before applying. Salaries are just the starting point. Here at Clarion we're dedicated to rewarding hard work and commitment, and providing benefits that support you and your lifestyle. Not sure who we are and what we do? Click 'apply' to visit our website where you can dive in and find out more about us and the benefits we offer. Closing Date Thursday 19th February 2026 at midnight. This is a hybrid role with a base location at our offices in London. Candidates will be expected to work from the office at least 2 days per week. At Clarion Housing Group, we support the responsible use of AI. Here is your guide to using AI during your recruitment process. You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Clarion are not able to offer visa sponsorship. You are required to reside in England or Wales for the duration of your employment.

Programme ManagerWe are seeking a Programme Manager to lead high-impact projects that enable finance play a meaningful role in building a fairer, greener and more resilient economy.Salary: £45,000–£54,000 per annum + 30 days’ holiday + 10% employer pension contributionLocation: London (Hybrid: 60% office / 40% home)Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per weekContract: 12 month fixed termClosing date: 28th February 2026Interviews: 1st Interviews: 11-12th March 2026 and 2nd Interviews 24-25th March 2026About the roleAs Programme Manager, you’ll lead a portfolio of dynamic, purpose driven projects from early design through to delivery and evaluation. Working with a high degree of autonomy, you will balance effective delivery with strategic oversight, ensuring programmes are well run, high impact and responsive to a fast-changing external environment.You will manage complex workstreams, oversee quality assurance, and maintain excellent internal and external reporting across programmes. Working closely with colleagues and partners, you’ll contribute to new project development and play an active role in shaping the future direction of our work.Key responsibilities include:Leading and delivering a portfolio of projects aligned to organisational priorities, ensuring high-quality outcomes and impact.Managing project plans, budgets, risks, timelines, overseeing outputs such as research, publications, events.Building strong relationships with partners, funders and senior stakeholders across financial services, government, industry bodies and civil society.Representing the Institute externally in meetings, panels and roundtables.Supporting fundraising and business development, including leading proposals and identifying new opportunities.Providing leadership to programme coordinators, secondees and junior colleagues.Contributing to cross organisational work, fostering collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement across the Institute.All our projects focus on providing investors with the knowledge and tools they need to invest with impact alongside a financial return. Programmes that the Manager may be involved in include:Place based Impact Investing LabJust Transition Finance LabChild Outcomes LabCatalysing Private Wealth for ImpactAbout youYou’ll bring a strong track record in programme or project management, ideally within a complex, multi stakeholder environment. You are confident navigating ambiguity, balancing competing priorities and learning at pace. With excellent communication skills, you can engage credibly with senior partners and represent the Institute externally.You will also bring:Experience managing project delivery, budgets and reporting.Strong relationship building skills with senior stakeholders.Excellent problem solving, organisation and time management.Confidence chairing meetings and speaking publicly.Familiarity with financial markets, investment or social/impact investing.A commitment to the belief that finance can drive positive societal change.Experience working in finance, policy, think tanks or mission driven organisations is desirable but not essential.About the organisationThis Impact Investing Organisation is an independent non profit working to transform capital markets for a fairer, greener world. Through practical programmes, field building initiatives and policy engagement, we help unlock private capital to address societal challenges. We are a small, collaborative and ambitious team driven by values of collaboration, ambition and independence, and we are committed to diversity, inclusion and flexible working.Other roles you may have experience of could include:Project Manager, Programme Lead, Policy Manager, Impact Manager, Strategy Manager, Investment Programme Manager, Social Investment Manager, Senior Project Officer. #INDNFPUse of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in applicationsWe recognise that AI tools are part of many people’s working lives and may be used in preparing applications. That said, applications are assessed on the basis of your personal experience, judgement and examples. We score for specificity and authenticity; responses that appear generic or indistinguishable from standard AI-generated content will be scored lower.

We're looking for a Senior Programme Manager to: Lead multi-disciplinary projects across sewer networks, clean water mains, and flooding mitigationManage senior stakeholders and programme-level finance, risk, and performanceLine manage a growing team and drive a strong delivery cultureOversee full project life cycle from design through construction to commissioning You'll need: Strong project/programme management experience in civil engineering or constructionKnowledge of CDM regulations and NEC4 contractsTechnical qualifications (civil engineering preferred) and excellent people management skillsExperience delivering design and construction projects in a regulated environment