About Us At Hounslow
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
About The Role
Hounslow Council is seeking to recruit a dynamic and motivated Programme Officer to join its Regeneration and Economic Growth division. As Programme Officer you’ll work across the service, providing programme support and supporting the effective management of regeneration and economic development projects and programmes. You’ll need to quickly establish strong working relationships in the team and more widely to support the effective management, development and delivery of regeneration in the borough.
You will lead the development and coordination of formal reporting, track progress and performance, help the Council build on lessons learnt from projects and identify innovative approaches to addressing challenges and delivering improved outcomes.
You’ll come with substantial project management experience and have broad knowledge of the housing and regeneration sectors. Whilst a background in housing and regeneration is desirable it is not essential, as we are keen to recruit a Regeneration Programme Officer with a wide range of skills and experiences.
About The Team You’ll Be Working In
Hounslow Council is at the forefront of urban transformation, pioneering a comprehensive Business Case for Growth that aims far beyond mere economic development. Our initiative is a blueprint for vibrant, sustainable communities that harness the full potential of our borough. Through strategic regeneration, from Feltham to the ‘Golden Mile’ and Brentford, we are unlocking opportunities, attracting investment, and creating thousands of new homes and jobs.
This pivotal moment in our history is about turning challenges into opportunities, ensuring Hounslow stands as a beacon of inclusive and sustainable growth aligned with government agendas. We're looking for passionate individuals to join us in this journey. Be part of our mission to make Hounslow borough a place where everyone can thrive. Embrace the chance to affect real change and grow with a leading council dedicated to community and innovation.
Our challenge? Ensuring that regeneration and economic growth benefit all residents, creating opportunities that transform lives. We’re looking for ambitious, creative professionals to join our Delivery and Performance team, who share our commitment to inclusive growth and community impact.
About You
If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:
- You understand complex projects and programmes and have strong project management/programme abilities that you can apply in different contexts, ideally with regeneration experience.
- You’re comfortable working at pace and are able to analyse information and determine the next step required in line with governance/regulations and using tools/systems to do so e.g. Verto, Excel, finance systems.
- You have excellent attention to detail and are able to assess the financial/other implications of a risk/issue and identify solutions/mitigations.
- You have strong communication skills and can quickly build strong working relationships.
- You can write succinct reports and have a good understanding of regeneration and economic growth project/programme finances.
Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.
Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the Role Profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
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Interviews for this job will be held on Thursday 4th September 2025.
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Interviews for this job will be held on Thursday 4th September 2025. 
