Mobilisation Manager

Governance, Reporting & Assurance

• Establish and maintain proportionate mobilisation governance, controls, and reporting for Trinity’s mobilisation activity, aligned to wider programme governance.
• Provide concise weekly status reporting covering progress against plan, upcoming milestones, readiness, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and resource constraints.
• Prepare papers, recommendations, and decision requests for executive and mobilisation governance forums where required.
• Maintain appropriate evidence of mobilisation progress and completion to support assurance, operational acceptance, and transition into live service.

Transition into Formal Mobilisation & Live Service

• Following contract award, re-baseline Trinity’s mobilisation plan to reflect the final contract position and agreed implementation programme.
• Drive execution of Trinity mobilisation activities through design, build, integration, testing, people readiness, and operational readiness, while functional leads retain accountability for specialist deliverables.
• Coordinate handover of completed and outstanding mobilisation actions into live service, ensuring clear ownership, documentation, support arrangements, and ongoing responsibilities.
• Capture lessons learned and reusable mobilisation tools, templates, and ways of working for future strategic programmes.

The location(s) where the services are to be performed

Predominantly remote, with attendance at Trinity’s London office and partner or government authority locations as reasonably required for mobilisation workshops, governance, and delivery activity.

Reporting procedure

The Consultant will report to the Contract ELT Sponsor (or nominated delegate), with at least weekly progress meetings and written status updates. The Consultant will also participate in relevant Trinity and mobilisation governance for the wider bidder group and working forums as required.

Milestones and completion (subject to change)

• By 31 October 2026: mobilisation structure, workstream ownership, integrated plan, resource/capacity view, and initial RAID/dependency baseline established.
• By contract award: Trinity’s key commitments, design gaps, partner dependencies, and readiness requirements understood and reflected in the mobilisation plan.
• By 31 January 2027: mobilisation launch-readiness assessment completed and Trinity ready to commence formal mobilisation from 1 February 2027, subject to contract award.
• Following award: delivery against the agreed mobilisation plan and contractual implementation milestones, with plans re-baselined as required by the final contract and wider mobilisation programme.
• If Trinity is not awarded the government contract, or the procurement does not proceed, Trinity may bring the assignment to an early close in accordance with the consultancy engagement terms.

Our commitment

Trinity is open to all applicants from different backgrounds and we are committed to building a more diverse and inclusive workplace. All applications are dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

We actively encourage applications from candidates of all abilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are dedicated to creating a workplace that is accessible, supportive, and welcoming for individuals with different abilities. We will make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neuro-diverse.

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How to Apply

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