Senior Government Partnerships Manager

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited

Your new companyHays is pleased to be partnering exclusively with The Retrofit Academy (TRA), a Community Interest Company dedicated to improving the sustainability of the UK’s housing stock. With a vision where every home is warm, healthy and low carbon and a mission to train over 200,000 competent retrofitters by 2030. Success is measured based on impact, not a balance sheet. TRA has become a key partner to government and industry in the journey towards net zero. TRA have developed four class-leading qualifications as well as 6 other retrofit training courses and have already trained 6,000 retrofitters. TRA has established vibrant partnerships with government bodies, local authorities, training providers and major retrofit clients and contractors nationwide. The impact TRA has had on the retrofit skills sector is impressive and is something they are keen to strengthen. Your new roleThis is a senior position reporting to the Head of Skills Partnerships with a focus on both business development and delivery around government partnerships. You will develop and manage a range of contracts and partnerships with central and local government and regional Net Zero Hubs:

• Delivering innovative Infrastructure Partnerships with local authorities and cities.
• Securing and delivering contracts with government bodies such as Net Zero Hubs.
• Managing the delivery of those partnerships to ensure that contracted outcomes are achieved through effective project, contract, and stakeholder management.
• Developing new propositions for the sector to support the local government and social housing sectors.

You will also be responsible for staff development and management, recruitment and retention, P&L responsibility & budget management, shaping the organisation’s Government Partnerships offering, and building collaborative working across the wider business.What you’ll need to succeed

• You will be a natural and confident leader with proven experience in business development and commercial management and experience of leading a consultancy or contract management function.
• You will have worked with stakeholders at a senior level, building relationships to conduct business to deliver profitable business growth.
• You will have worked on high value contracts within the public sector, supported by a track record of selling into the public sector.
• You will be an effective contract and project manager with evidence of delivering complex contracts and projects on time and to budget. You will be able to translate desired outcomes into a practical plan of action, juggle competing priorities, establish trust with your stakeholders and manage a multi-disciplinary team to deliver quality work.
• You will be an effective people manager, providing clear direction and communicating effectively whilst holding people to account for delivery.
• You will be at ease working in a fast-paced and frequently changing commercial environment, well versed in working to target, setting and monitoring targets for your team.
• You will have excellent knowledge of public sector organisations and government bodies, ideally in the skills and climate change arena.
• You will be educated to a degree-level or equivalent and will ideally hold a project management qualification, such as PRINCE2/AGILE.

What you’ll get in returnYou will be offered the opportunity to work for an evolving and progressive Community Interest Organisation with a 30-strong team who share core values of being practical, ethical, empowering and positive. Alongside this, you will also receive:

• Competitive salary paying between £50 – £55k per annum (dependent on experience).
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays and an extra day off.
• Hybrid/Flexible Working.
• Performance Related Bonus.
• Private Health Insurance.
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme.

What you need to do nowIf you’re interested in this role, click Vacancies The Retrofit Academy Hays UK to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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