Title: Partnership Manager x 2
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 35hours
Salary: Starting from £57,094 per annum, dependant on experience
Grade: 10
Reporting Office: London, Stratford
Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)
Closing Date: Friday 11th September 2026
Interview Dates: Friday 18th September, via MS Teams
Please click here for the role profile - Partnership Manager.docx
Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months.
Join our Delivery Team at L&Q:
This is an exciting opportunity to join L&Q's Major Works team and play a key role in delivering high-profile projects that improve residents' homes and communities. You'll work on complex, multi-million-pound programmes that have a direct impact on customer satisfaction, building safety, and the quality of our housing stock. Working within a collaborative and supportive environment, you'll have the opportunity to lead meaningful change, drive innovation, and influence how major works projects are delivered across the organisation.
You will report to the Senior Partnership Manager and ensure all programmes and work streams are delivered to a high standard within budget and time frame to achieve high customer satisfaction. This could include planned maintenance works, such as kitchen & bathroom renewals, and external works including roof renewals, windows and doors and the like. It could also involve M&E works and Complex Projects.
You will need to be a good leader and have excellent communication and people skills to motivate your team. You will be experienced within a major works team previously and have a good understanding of the delivery of planned programmes and construction activities and processes.
If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!
Your impact in the role:
As a Partnership Manager, you'll lead the delivery of major works projects from inception through to completion, ensuring they are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. Acting as the key link between residents, contractors, consultants, and internal stakeholders, you'll drive project performance, manage risks, oversee budgets, and champion an excellent resident experience. Your leadership will help deliver value for money, strengthen partnerships, and support L&Q's strategic objectives.
We're looking for an experienced project professional who can confidently manage complex programmes and build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. If you're looking for a role where you can lead impactful projects, build strong partnerships, and make a real difference to people's homes and communities, we'd love to hear from you.
What you'll bring:
- Proven experience leading large-scale projects and multidisciplinary teams
- A recognised project management qualification (such as APMP, Prince2, or equivalent experience)
- Strong project planning, risk management, and contract management expertise
- Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Commercial and financial acumen, with experience managing budgets and costs
- Experience working with contractors, consultants, and external partners to deliver successful outcomes
- Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to continuous improvement
- Excellent IT literacy, particularly using MS Office including MS Excel and MS Project
- A customer-focused approach, with a passion for delivering high-quality services for resident
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email [email protected]
About L&Q:
We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.
250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.
People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q – click here to read more.
At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.
When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here.
Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.
