Office Relocation Manager

4Recruitment Services; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

4Recruitment Services is assisting a North West London local authority in recruiting an experienced Office Relocation Manager to lead planning, coordination, and delivery of corporate relocations and office moves. You will provide workplace planning expertise, space utilisation analysis, occupancy planning, and CAD-based layout design to support the Corporate Landlord model.

The role is hybrid and requires ensuring relocations are delivered safely, with minimal disruption across directorates and

Qualifications

• Significant experience in workplace planning, space utilisation, and accommodation planning within a complex organisation.
• Proven experience delivering office relocations, service moves, decants, and workplace reconfigurations.
• Ability to manage multiple move workstreams simultaneously and track milestones and risks.
• Experience in commissioning and managing external removals and logistics contractors.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to manage communications during office moves.
• Expert knowledge of space planning principles and developing floor plans and move drawings.
• Ability to resolve issues pragmatically while balancing competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, coordination, and delivery of corporate relocations, office moves, decants and reconfigurations across the Council’s estate.
• Procure and manage removals, storage contractors, acting as Intelligent Client for move-related services.
• Maintain accurate inventory records for furniture and equipment during transitions and update assets in systems.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety, GDPR, Equality, and safeguarding requirements.
• Maintain workplace, occupancy, and accommodation records; contribute to service improvements.
• Collaborate across the Property & Corporate Landlord function and wider Council services.

Skills

Workplace planning

Relocation management

Project management

Contract management

Communication

AutoCAD/space planning

Problem solving

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Our local authority client based in North West London are urgently seeking an experienced Office Relocation Manager.

Hybrid working

Role Purpose

• To lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of corporate relocations, office moves, service decants, churn activity, and workplace reconfigurations across the Council’s operational estate.


• To provide specialist workplace planning expertise, including space utilisation analysis, occupancy planning, and CAD-based layout design, supporting the Council’s Corporate Landlord model and estate rationalisation objectives.


• To ensure accommodation changes are delivered safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to operational services, working collaboratively across Directorates and support functions.

Generic Duties

• Procure and manage specialist removals and storage contractors, acting as the Intelligent Client for move-related services.


• Maintain accurate inventory records for furniture and equipment during transitions, updating the Concerto system where assets are moved or disposed of.


• Carry out all duties in accordance with Council policies, procedures, and professional standards.


• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety, GDPR, Equality, and safeguarding requirements.


• Maintain accurate workplace, occupancy, and accommodation records.


• Participate in service improvement and transformation initiatives.


• Work collaboratively across the Property & Corporate Landlord function and wider Council services.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Workplace Planning: Significant experience in workplace planning, space utilisation, and accommodation planning within a complex organisation.


• Relocation Management: Proven experience delivering office relocations, service moves, decants, and workplace reconfigurations.


• Project Management: Ability to manage multiple move workstreams simultaneously, using project tools to track milestones and risks.


• Contract Management: Experience in commissioning and managing external removals and logistics contractors.


• Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage communications during office moves.


• AutoCAD/Space Planning: Expert knowledge of space planning principles and the ability to develop floor plans, layouts and move drawings.


• Problem Solving: Ability to manage competing operational priorities and resolve issues pragmatically