LSV Service Manager - Development and Innovation

Posting date:	08 October 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Competitive
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	07 November 2025
Location:	Leigh, WN7 4JY
Company:	inploi
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	75748553

Summary

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Leigh Sports Village

Leigh Stadium

Sale Way

Leigh

Lancashire

WN7 4JY

Salary: Grade 14, £61,706 - £66,043 per annum.

37 hours per week

We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.

We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you!

Your role:

Leigh Sports Village is a pioneering multi-sector development situated between Manchester and Liverpool, just a few minutes off the A580 and the M6. The village provides state of the art facilities for sport, physical activity, education, health, and leisure that serves the whole community. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium, home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards and Manchester United Women’s and Under 21’s football teams.

This role is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious senior manager to join the team at Leigh Sport Village as we develop our plans for the next 10 years and beyond. You will play a lead role in the company’s business and transformation plans and deputise for the Manging Director when necessary.

About you:

You will build effective working relationships across all Council services, key partners, the commercial, voluntary and community sectors to help deliver key targets and commercial priorities. You will need the correct skills and experience too:

• Maximise the health and educational services within our campus, surrounding area and wider borough.
• Operate at scale and provide the connection between multidisciplinary service areas and stakeholders.
• Ensure the necessary business processes are established and followed and participate in the governance of the service, including acting as a point of escalation for the delivery teams.
• Communicate the benefits and performance of transformation and innovation.
• Work with the senior management team to design, develop and implement the LSV Innovation and Development programme and take the lead on key high-value and high-profile projects, ensuring compliance with all statutory requirements and managing multi-disciplinary project teams to delivery on cost, time and quality outcomes.
• Champion LSV’s contribution and opportunities to other key public sector projects and represent LSV on project boards to ensure our products and services develop in line with national, regional and local aspirations.
• Work with the management team to drive a digital and customer design focus that is inclusive of all areas of the business.
• Work with the wider team to support managers in the creation of systems, processes and structures to deliver the strategic priorities as agreed by senior managers and governance structures.
• Develop a portfolio of business development opportunities, lead on external funding opportunities to connect with local investment ambitions and own agile business cases throughout the lifecycle being fully inclusive of the operational leads involvement in developments from the outset. Able to develop benefits with others within the portfolio. Understand the granularity of financial costs and value delivered.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

Our mission statement is simple: “To be the number one venue for health, education, sport & events. Ensuring that wellbeing, sporting culture and educational opportunities are equally available to all, through engagement and co-production with our local communities”

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.

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Please contact John Herriott for an informal chat if you are interested in the role 07795592803

Interview date: To Be Confirmed

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