Strategy and Planning Manager
| Posting date: | 12 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,720 to £47,850 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 August 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 420291/2 |
Summary
Corporate and Delivery Directorate works closely with the Home Office’s policy and operational commands to enable us together to deliver the department’s priorities. The directorate is comprised of different teams and professional functions, including Commercial, Finance, People, Portfolio and Project Delivery, Security, Estates and Information and Digital, Data and Technology.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Home Office Property Services (HOPS) Team as an SEO Strategy and Planning Manager. There is 1 role, with primary focus in the North West working to the G7 Strategy and Planning Estates lead.
The Estates Strategy & Planning Manager will work closely with stakeholders, professional colleagues, delivery partners, GPA and the key business leads across their geographical portfolio, ensuring each site operates to its optimum capacity by building strong working relationships and strategic planning of change projects in your region.
You will be the face of Strategy and Planning at a regional level, capturing, influencing, resolving and planning estates requirements while also providing feedback on local constraints and priorities into the wider HO and Government estates strategy.
Key responsibilities:
- Build strong, effective relationships with local stakeholders to understand their operations, estate needs, and long-term business strategies.
- Champion strategic initiatives such as hybrid working and space optimisation to ensure effective occupier behaviour and efficient desk-to-FTE ratios.
- Maintain accurate people and space data for each site, including FTE numbers, recruitment forecasts, desk allocation, and usage trends.
- Identify and act on lease events, vacant or underused space, reallocating or consolidating space where necessary through data-driven decisions and stakeholder influence.
- Manage estate change projects from planning to implementation, ensuring business requirements are captured early and clearly communicated.
- Review and respond to estates requests, aligning them with Home Office strategy in collaboration with stakeholders and delivery partners.
- Collaborate with internal teams (e.g., FM, Fire Safety, Sustainability) and external suppliers to deliver estate solutions that support business goals and value for money.
- Support senior leadership with the development and delivery of the Home Office and wider government estates strategy, including managing 1–2 direct reports.
Working pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis. However, compressed hours are available.
Training
As part of continuous improvement and professional development there is an expectation that you will have a willingness to work towards a Property Professional membership or qualification. Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career will be made available. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
Travel
Frequent travel to London, and within the UK and your portfolio will be required in line with business requirements.
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