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Head of Commercial Venues and Partnerships, LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW
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About The Role
This is a rare opportunity to shape the commercial future of one of London's most ambitious boroughs.
As Head of Commercial Venues and Partnerships, you'll create and lead a new commercial function with the freedom to develop fresh ways of working, unlock new revenue opportunities and build partnerships that make a lasting difference to Hounslow.
Leading commercial strategy across an exciting and diverse portfolio—including venues, events, advertising, sponsorship, filming and strategic partnerships—you'll identify new income streams, develop compelling commercial propositions and secure high-value relationships that generate sustainable revenue while supporting better outcomes for residents, businesses and visitors.
Working within our Communications, Culture and Engagement Division, you'll lead teams responsible for venue sales, event account management and contract management, while taking direct responsibility for advertising and sponsorship. You'll work closely with senior leaders, elected Members and commercial partners to position Hounslow as a destination for investment, events and collaboration.
This is far more than a commercial leadership role. You'll influence pricing strategies, shape new commercial products, negotiate complex partnerships and use market insight to drive decision-making. Every opportunity you create will help support the Council's wider ambitions around place-making, culture, economic growth and social value.
As a member of Hounslow's Leadership Group, you'll play a key role in shaping the organisation's future, championing innovation and contributing to the strategic leadership of one of London's most dynamic boroughs.
Initially, you'll be responsible for growing commercial income across seven venues—including Hounslow House, Boston Manor House, Hogarth's House and four public halls—as well as council publications, communications channels, corporate and community events, filming and outdoor advertising. As the commercial function evolves, so too will your portfolio.
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If you're energised by creating commercial opportunities from the ground up, building influential partnerships and leaving a visible legacy across a borough of almost 300,000 residents, we'd love to hear from you.
About You
We're looking for a commercially minded leader who combines strategic thinking with the ability to turn ideas into results.
You'll bring a proven track record of delivering commercial growth, ideally across venues, events, sponsorship, advertising, partnerships or destination marketing, together with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders and build lasting external relationships.
You'll Be Someone Who
- Has successfully developed and delivered commercial strategies that generate significant income growth.
- Thinks entrepreneurially, identifying new opportunities while making informed, evidence-based decisions.
- Builds trusted relationships and negotiates confidently with senior stakeholders, commercial partners and investors.
- Understands how to balance commercial ambition with governance, reputation and social value within a complex organisation.
- Inspires and develops high-performing teams, creating a culture where innovation, collaboration and accountability thrive.
- Is excited by the opportunity to shape the future of one of London's most diverse boroughs and generate income that directly supports local communities.
Don’t meet every single requirement?
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job!
About Us At Hounslow
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
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We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these here.
For More Information And An Informal Discussion, Please Contact
Ben Knowles, Director of Communications, Culture and Engagement – ben.knowles@hounslow.gov.uk
Closing date: 15th July 2026.
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