Regional Development and Partnerships Executive

This role supports the management, coordination and reporting of regional Development & Partnership contracts, working closely with Projects, Operations, Finance and Estates Management to ensure contractual commitments are delivered. The role provides structured support across Street Furniture and Large Format portfolios, public authority and private landlord relationships, including performance reporting, meeting coordination, action tracking, delivery oversight and strategic planning.
The role also coordinates regional Telephony activity, including site surveys, data capture, delivery tracking, estate records, mapping and performance reporting. In addition, it provides day-to-day support for Tier 1 transport authority contract management and reporting, alongside other key regional authority and landlord contracts, including Hull, Stoke and Bradford.

What you'll be doing...

- Coordinate between Projects, Operations, Finance, Estate Management and Sales to support delivery against contractual commitments.
- Produce regular performance reports across key regional contracts across the North Region, from Nottingham up to Newcastle.
- Coordinate Telephony activity across the region, including surveying, data capture, planning application support, delivery coordination and installation tracking.
- Maintain accurate estate records, mapping information and performance data to support effective contract management.
- Support Large Format and Street Furniture development through site identification, development appraisals and delivery coordination.
- Coordinate partner meetings, agendas, internal attendance and follow up actions across relevant regional contracts.
- Act as a key day to day contact and liaison for tier 1 contracts working alongside the Senior Development & Partnership Manager and Partnerships team.
- Track KPIs, SLAs, contract compliance, maintenance performance, capital investment and programme delivery where applicable.
- Responsible for the day-to-day contract deliverables of street furniture contracts, including planning support, quoting and invoicing.
- Escalate and help resolve operational issues, risks and variations through effective internal coordination.
- Track and deliver Social Value objectives across the region for various authority partners.

A little bit about you...

- Highly organised, structured and proactive, with the ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders, contracts and workstreams.
- Strong analytical skills, comfortable working with data, reporting systems and performance information to support decision-making and track delivery against KPIs.
- Confident building effective relationships with internal teams, public authorities, transport bodies, landlords and other external partners.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to prepare reports, presentations, briefing papers and meeting materials for a variety of audiences.
- Able to manage competing priorities, maintain momentum across programmes and ensure actions are followed through to completion.
- Detail-oriented, with a strong focus on accuracy, governance and maintaining robust contract, asset and performance records.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues, coordinate solutions and escalate risks appropriately.
- Self-motivated, adaptable and able to work effectively both independently and as part of a cross-functional team.
- An interest in public infrastructure, transport, placemaking considered advantageous.

Qualifications and Experience

·       Experience in coordination, account management, reporting and stakeholder-facing role would be advantageous.

·       Demonstrable track record of delivering against objectives and managing multiple priorities within a professional environment.

·       Degree educated, accredited apprenticeship qualified, or equivalent relevant experience.

·       Strong organisational and information management skills.

·       Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

·       Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the region as required.

A little bit more about us...

- We believe in building a diverse and inclusive culture and positive employee experience.
- We are One Team, more than just ourselves.
- We are customer first, we understand, and help solve our customers’ problems.
- We Test & Learn, we are empowered to learn and grow, unafraid of change.
- We choose to care, we are committed to doing the right thing, the right way.

It’s really important to us that we give as much to our colleagues as they give to us.

Our latest Belonging Survey showed that our colleagues feel valued and listened to as we continue to build an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, belong and be their authentic selves.

We believe that diversity of thought, experience and background provides the platform for great creativity,

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.

Many of our Colleagues work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

About our recruitment process….

1. You find or get sent this job advert, read it, and feel like you’re you’d be a great addition to the JCD family.

2. You send in your application to let us know you’re interested.

3. We see your application, get excited, and give you a call.

4. You’ll meet us twice, depending on the role prepare a presentation and we’ll get to know each other.

5. You’ll begin your journey with us, we're excited to support and develop you throughout your career.