Partnership Manager

Permanent – Full Time – 37.5 hour per week

We have a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated Partnerships Manager to join our team covering Lovell’s Eastern region.

As Partnerships Manager, you will play a key role in strengthening and growing our relationships with clients, partners and stakeholders across the region. Working closely with the Regional Director and wider Business Development team, you will champion collaborative working, identify new business and mixed tenure opportunities, and represent Lovell at industry forums, networking events and partnering meetings.

In addition, you will support the preparation of high-quality tender submissions, coordinate partnering workshops and seminars, maintain key client information, and use market intelligence and benchmarking data to help shape our business development strategy.

Framework management will also form a key part of the role, developing and maintaining relationship with our strategic procurement partners.

We're looking for someone with a proven track record in business development and partnership working within the affordable housing or construction sector. You'll be an excellent relationship builder with strong organisational, administrative and IT skills, alongside experience of developing client and supply chain partnerships. A sound understanding of partnering principles, procurement routes, KPI monitoring, public funding, contract forms and the affordable housing landscape will be essential, together with the ability to manage multiple priorities and communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

Benefits

• Bonus entitlement based on performance KPIs


• Holidays - 26 days


• Life Assurance


• Pension


• Private medical insurance


• Ability to purchase additional holiday


• Access to discount portal


• Cycle to Work scheme and the Lovell Way to EV


• Digital GP


• Employee assistance programme


• Sharesave scheme

As an Investors in People Gold award employer, Lovell is the UK’s leading provider of mixed tenure affordable homes and has a reputation for innovation and excellence in the delivery of high-quality housing development and regeneration projects.

We are committed to enhancing the communities in which we work, building quality homes for real people and looking after our own people; developing talent is key to achieving this. We understand that the success of our organisation comes from the strengths, skills and personalities of our people. Lovell is an equal opportunities employer who encourage and value diversity and inclusion within our teams.

The Lovell culture is one that has been successful for many years. It is based on empowering colleagues to make decisions at a regional and local level, and to challenge the status quo whilst working as one to achieve our goals and make Lovell a great place to work for all.