Are you an experienced Project Coordinator, Partnership Manager, or Collaboration Manager looking for a role where you can genuinely make an impact?
Do you thrive on bringing people together, building strong stakeholder relationships, and driving projects from concept to completion?
Looking for an opportunity to join a growing consultancy where your ideas, organisational skills, and commercial awareness will be highly valued?
Gillespie Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with a growing and ambitious consultancy to recruit a Collaboration Manager to join their expanding team.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly organised and commercially aware professional to play a pivotal role in coordinating partnership initiatives, managing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring the successful delivery of projects across a diverse portfolio. Working closely with senior leaders and external partners, you’ll be at the heart of driving collaboration, governance, and project success.
The successful candidate will benefit from significant exposure to senior stakeholders, genuine opportunities to influence projects and strategy, and the chance to become an integral part of a forward-thinking and growing organisation.
The Role
As a Collaboration Manager, you will be responsible for coordinating and delivering collaborative projects, managing stakeholder engagement, and supporting governance activities across multiple workstreams.
This is a varied and rewarding role that combines project management, relationship building, governance support, and strategic coordination. You’ll work closely with internal teams and external partners to ensure projects are delivered effectively, deadlines are met, and stakeholder expectations are exceeded.
As projects evolve, you’ll have the opportunity to take greater ownership by leading discussions, chairing meetings, and helping shape the direction of key initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinating and delivering collaborative projects and partnership initiatives
- Preparing reports, project updates, recommendations, and governance documentation
- Supporting and chairing project meetings, workshops, and stakeholder forums
- Maintaining project plans, action logs, risk registers, and decision trackers
- Monitoring project progress, milestones, dependencies, and deadlines across multiple workstreams
- Conducting research and gathering stakeholder feedback to support project planning and delivery
- Supporting the continuous improvement of project processes, templates, and governance systems
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with colleagues, partners, and external stakeholders
- Managing project documentation and ensuring actions are completed within agreed timescales
- Providing guidance and support to junior team members to help projects run efficiently and effectively
- Working closely with senior leadership to drive successful project outcomes
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Previous experience in a Collaboration Manager, Project Coordinator, Project Manager, Partnership Manager, Stakeholder Engagement, Programme Coordinator, or similar role
- Experience managing or coordinating projects, programmes, partnerships, or stakeholder-led initiatives
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills
- Experience supporting or chairing meetings and managing actions through to completion
- Excellent written communication, reporting, and presentation skills
- Exceptional organisational skills and strong attention to detail
- The ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment
- Confidence communicating with senior stakeholders, clients, and external partners
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach with the ability to work independently
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
Desirable Experience
Applications are particularly welcomed from candidates with experience in:
- Social Housing
- Procurement
- Construction
- Property and Real Estate
- Business Consultancy
- Supply Chain and Operational Environments
- Local Government or Public Sector Organisations
- Partnership-led or Multi-Stakeholder Environments
- Governance, Risk Management, or Programme Delivery
What’s On Offer?
- Competitive salary of £35,000
- Opportunity to join a growing and ambitious consultancy
- A varied and rewarding role with real project ownership
- Exposure to senior leadership and key decision-makers
- The chance to influence meaningful partnership and collaboration projects
- Supportive, collaborative, and forward-thinking team culture
- Professional development and long-term career progression opportunities
- A role where you can make a visible impact on project and business success
Apply Now
If you’re an experienced Collaboration Manager, Partnership Manager, Project Coordinator, Project Manager, Programme Coordinator, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Governance Coordinator, or Relationship Manager looking for your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you.
Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. Your skills, experience, and potential could be exactly what our client is looking for.
Apply today and take the next step in your project management, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration career.
