Senior Technical Coordinator

London and Quadrant Housing Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Annual leave

Health plan

Life assurance

Volunteer days

EAP

Job summary

London and Quadrant Housing Trust is seeking a dedicated professional to join the Major Works Team. The role focuses on governance, strategic direction, and coordination of pre-construction and delivery activities for major works projects across London and regional sites.

You will support pre-construction teams, validate monthly payments, and help build future programmes in L&Q’s asset management system, while forging strong relationships with asset strategy, regional delivery, and finance teams.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate financial and commercial acumen, including risk management.
• Show collaboration and influencing skills with stakeholders.
• Strong MS Excel skills and experience managing asset data.
• Knowledge of standard term contracts (PPC, NEC, JCT).
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance for fire risk management.
• Understanding of all pre-construction / delivery activities for major works.
• Understanding of Mechanical Services and engineering.
• Auditing and records accuracy for compliance.

Responsibilities

• Support the pre-construction and delivery of major works projects.
• Coordinate teams, manage referrals and Party Wall matters.
• Turn project data into deliverable site activities.
• Design development, technical specification reviews, cost assessments.
• Ensure deliverability through pre-construction and delivery phases.

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £37,451 per annum to £44,638 per annum (London weighted salary) or £33,688 per annum to £37,093 per annum (Regional salary)

Grade: 7

Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford

Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday between 9am-5pm, flexible working agreement can be applied for

Closing Date: 23rd November 2026 at 11pm

Interview Dates: Tuesday 1st December 2026, face to face interviews at our Stratford, London Office

Benefits include:

• Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution)
• 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• non-contributory life assurance
• up to 21 hours volunteering paid days
• lifestyle benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• many more…

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months.

Join our Major Works Team at L&Q:

Join our growing Major Works Property & Investment Team and help shape the future of our investment programmes. You'll be involved in the governance and strategic direction of major works projects, making a real impact on our homes and communities

The role will support the pre-construction and delivery of major works projects, coordinating teams, managing complex referrals and Party Wall matters, and turning project data into deliverable site activities. Responsibilities include design development, technical specification reviews, cost assessments, and ensuring project deliverability throughout the pre-construction and delivery phases of the works.

Due to continued growth within Major Works and Preconstruction additional support is required to deliver L&Q’s 15 yr programme

The role will report to the Regional Programme Manager and will work alongside Project Manager, Project Co-Ordinators and other roles within the team.

Your impact in the role:

You will provide technical support to our pre-construction and delivery teams , process validation monthly payments and analysis along with supporting in building future programmes within L&Qs asset management database, plus any other duties required.

You will need to build key relationships with our Asset Strategy Team, Major Works delivery regions, Commercial teams and finance.

You will be a key individual in helping to shape future delivery programmes through our validations process, while also supporting the delivery of current year work via supporting the Preconstruction team with section 20 and planning permission data

What you'll bring:

• Able to demonstrate financial and commercial acumen, including risk management skills, financial reporting and presenting to internal/external stakeholders.
• Demonstrate collaboration and influencing skills, with key stakeholders.
• Computer literate, with previous experience in managing asset management data, Excellent MS office skills, specifically MS Excel, an intermediate to advance knowledge is desirable.
• A knowledge of standard measured term partnering forms of contracts (PPC, NEC JCT etc)
• A knowledge of regulatory compliance for fire risk management
• An understanding of all pre-construction / Delivery activities for major works projects, Specifications, tendering, Design, planning, building regulations, CDM 2015 and leasehold consultation
• An understanding of Mechanical Services and engineering
• Undertaking audits, reviewing records for accuracy, and ensuring compliance requirements are met.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email [e-mail]

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q – click here to read more.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.

When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!