Regional Workplace Services Manager; South

Regional Workplace Services Manager (South)

The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 55% of the government’s office estate.

We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers. And we are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.

Representing the best covenant in the UK – His Majesty’s Government – we are leading transformational programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme, as well as delivering modern, cost-effective real estate service solutions.

Innovation and progress are at the heart of our behaviours. We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged. And we’re dedicated to becoming a leading, inclusive employer both in the external market and throughout the Civil Service. Our strong emphasis on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces.

Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth. We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.

The GPA is committed to representing the communities we serve by making Diversity, Equality and Inclusion part of everything we do.

To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.

The Workplace Services Manager role leads delivery of high-quality customer services across one of four GPA operational regions (North, Central, South and London). Passionate about customer service excellence, they need to be able to inspire their teams of civil servants and delivery partners to transform and ensure the integrity of the workplace experience across their region. We are seeking to build a diverse team of senior operational leaders who combine:

• Deep workplace and facilities management experience, technically skilled but also with the stakeholder engagement and advocacy skills to help customers get the best from their workplaces and the relationships between property, technology, people policies and organisational culture
• The ability to build communities, within our buildings across client organisations, between our buildings and their places, and between multiple delivery partner organisations (commercial and non-commercial), and/or
• Excellent change management to support the transformation of our workplace services.

You will put customer service excellence at the heart of everything the team (including our delivery partners) do, and:

• Lead, organise and manage delivery of workplace services in your region across multiple suppliers, in a mix of directly managed contracts and strategic delivery partnerships with other government departments and delivery agencies, combining stakeholder engagement, supply chain management and contract management, taking national accountability for policy and service issues and developments as required
• Ensure the effective integration of new assets, services and teams as part of the…