Partnerships Manager

Permanent - Full Time - 37.5 hours per week

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

Working alongside the Regional Land and Technical Director and Regional Managing Director, you will be responsible for leading, growing and strengthening our relationships with Clients within the East Midlands region. You will build relationships with key stakeholders at all levels, through a range of organisations throughout the region, including those with an interest in partnerships, land, social housing provision, planning and technical. These will include Development Managers in Local Authorities and Housing Association’s, land agents, employers agents and other consultants.

Identifying and attending important networking events relevant to our business, you will audit key Clients to ensure we understand their pipeline, key needs, drivers and personnel and areas of focus and use audit findings to help inform new business strategies and opportunities. You will develop and implement our corporate marketing strategy, including participation in social media initiatives, arranging of corporate events and preparation of marketing material, and manage relevant portals and fully coordinate tender submissions, in conjunction with other members of the Regional team.

Candidates must have strong administrative and IT skills, along with a track record of working within a business development function, and the affordable housing industry. You will have a proven track record of forming and developing relationships with key Clients and supply chain partners and have knowledge and understanding of different forms of contracts. As Partnership Manager, we would also like you to understand existing partnering projects and of public funding sources and leverage.

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.