Gillespie Recruitment
Collaboration Manager

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Collaboration Manager
Gillespie Recruitment are delighted to be supporting a growing and ambitious consultancy in their search for a Collaboration Manager to join their expanding team.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly organised, commercially aware professional who thrives on bringing people together, driving projects forward and building strong stakeholder relationships. Working across a diverse portfolio of projects, you will play a key role in coordinating partnership initiatives, supporting governance activities and ensuring projects are delivered effectively from concept through to completion.
The Role
As Collaboration Manager, you will work closely with senior leadership to develop, coordinate and deliver a variety of partnership and project workstreams. This is a hands-on role requiring excellent project management, stakeholder engagement and organisational skills.
You will support project meetings, contribute to governance discussions, prepare reports and recommendations, manage project documentation and ensure actions and milestones are delivered on time. As projects mature, you will also take ownership of chairing meetings and leading discussions with stakeholders.
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Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate and deliver collaborative projects and partnership initiatives.
- Prepare reports, project updates, recommendations and governance documentation.
- Support and chair project meetings, workshops and stakeholder forums.
- Maintain project plans, action logs, risk registers and decision trackers.
- Monitor project progress, milestones, dependencies and deadlines across multiple workstreams.
- Conduct research and gather stakeholder feedback to support project planning and delivery.
- Support the continuous improvement of project processes, templates and governance systems.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues, partners and external stakeholders.
- Provide guidance and support to junior team members, helping to ensure projects run smoothly and efficiently.
About You
The successful candidate will be proactive, confident and comfortable working within a fast-paced environment where priorities can evolve.
You'll have:
- 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 and reporting skills.
- Strong organisational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- The ability to manage multiple priorities and keep projects moving forward.
- Confidence communicating with senior stakeholders and external partners.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.


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Desirable Experience
Applications are particularly welcomed from candidates with experience in:
- Social housing
- Procurement
- Construction
- Property
- Consultancy
- Supply chain
- Local government
- Partnership-driven environments
What's in it for You?
This is an opportunity to join a collaborative and growing organisation where you'll have real ownership of projects, exposure to senior stakeholders and the chance to make a meaningful impact within a dynamic team environment.
For more details on the role and company please get in touch!
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