Stake Holder Manager / Partnership Lead

About BeInspired and Team Inspire

BeInspired is a Technology, Transformation & Growth delivery partner. Through Team Inspire, we mobilise specialist consultants and multidisciplinary teams to deliver critical workstreams and complex programmes, via the PSR framework, or via System Integrators and Prime Contractors.

We are working with a leading public sector organisation to find an experienced Partnerships Lead to support a nationally significant programme transforming how central and local government collaborate to manage public land, property and strategic assets.

The assignment supports the award-winning One Public Estate (OPE) programme and its transition towards a more integrated, place-based approach to public estate planning.

The consultant will play a leading role in developing and testing innovative Local Asset Management Plans (LAMPs), working across central government departments, Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) and wider public sector partners.

This is a senior, Grade 7-equivalent assignment requiring exceptional stakeholder engagement, strategic influencing and practical experience of property, estates or asset management.

The role combines partnership development, strategic planning and programme implementation, with significant autonomy and the opportunity to shape an emerging national operating model.

Key responsibilities

• Lead partnership engagement across central government departments, Mayoral Combined Authorities, local authorities and wider public sector organisations.
• Support the design, development, testing and implementation of the Local Asset Management Plan (LAMP) framework.
• Work directly with the selected MCA Pathfinder to co-design a place-based asset management model reflecting regional priorities and local delivery needs.
• Build effective senior stakeholder relationships, securing agreement, commitment and coordinated action across organisational boundaries.
• Facilitate collaboration between national and regional partners to align public estate strategies with local growth, housing and service delivery priorities.
• Identify opportunities to maximise the value of public land and property through coordinated asset planning, service co-location, estate rationalisation and appropriate asset disposal.
• Influence central government departments to participate actively in Pathfinder development and implementation.
• Coordinate complex, multi-agency activity, managing competing priorities, dependencies and stakeholder expectations.
• Oversee the practical rollout, monitoring and evaluation of the LAMP Pathfinder, capturing evidence and lessons learned.
• Develop recommendations to improve the operating model and support wider implementation across other Mayoral Combined Authorities.
• Assess stakeholder appetite, organisational readiness and capability for broader regional and national adoption.
• Contribute evidence, commercial insights and implementation findings to the Spending Review 2027 (SR27) business case.
• Produce clear briefings, recommendations and progress updates for senior policy, property and programme stakeholders.
• Resolve delivery barriers through constructive negotiation, relationship management and effective problem-solving.
• Operate independently within an evolving policy and delivery environment while maintaining alignment with programme objectives.

Essential experience

• Significant experience working in senior partnership, stakeholder engagement, strategic estates or public-sector transformation roles.
• Proven experience working collaboratively across UK central government and local government organisations.
• Strong practical understanding of public-sector property, estates, land or strategic asset management.
• Demonstrable experience bringing together multiple public bodies or stakeholders to deliver shared strategic objectives.
• Excellent relationship management, negotiation, facilitation and influencing skills, including engagement with senior government officials and public-sector leaders.
• Experience developing partnerships and securing commitment from stakeholders with different organisational priorities.
• Understanding of how public-sector estate strategies contribute to place-based growth, public service improvement, housing delivery or regeneration.
• Ability to translate strategic policy objectives into practical implementation activity and measurable outcomes.
• Experience operating effectively in complex, ambiguous or evolving programme environments.
• Demonstrated autonomy, sound judgement, strong problem-solving skills and ownership of delivery.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare senior-

Assignment Details:

• Contract Length: to March 2027 + Extension potential to March 2028
• Location: Liverpool area, will need to travel occasionally hybrid 60% butflexible
• IR35: Inside IR35
• Pay Rate to Candidate: £600 per day / umbrella rate
• Security Clearance: BPSS
• Interview Process: MS Teams