Mobilisation Programme Manager
Location: Homeworker
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum plus £4,800 car allowance
Contract: 3-month Fixed Term Contract with possible extension subject to contract win
This is a key mobilisation role supporting the successful implementation of the Support for Victims of Modern Slavery (SVMS) contract. The Home Office is due to award the contract in August. Working closely with the Mobilisation Director, you will play a central role in ensuring the service is fully mobilised and ready for Operational Service Commencement, and that delivery in the early months is safe, compliant and effective.
You will provide programme-level leadership across mobilisation workstreams, ensuring contractual commitments are translated into operational reality. The role requires strong project and programme management capability, confident stakeholder engagement and the ability to drive delivery at pace in a complex public sector environment.
- Provide programme-level leadership and coordination across mobilisation workstreams
- Own and manage the SVMS Implementation Plan and related documentation
- Develop and maintain programme plans, dependency maps, risk logs and assurance products
- Apply project and programme management best practice across planning, scheduling, financial management and reporting
- Drive delivery against mobilisation milestones, managing risks, issues, dependencies and opportunities
- Coordinate mobilisation assurance activity including readiness checklists and evidence packs
- Manage and engage supply partners and key stakeholders across regional and specialist delivery
- Support mobilisation readiness across supply partners
- Provide timely and accurate reporting to the Mobilisation Director, Mears senior leadership team and the Authority
- Ensure safeguarding, quality and compliance requirements are embedded from day one
- Support the controlled transition from mobilisation into business as usual
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration and trauma-informed, user-focused delivery
Key Criteria:
- Strong background in project management with experience of implementation
- Experience of establishing, managing and maintaining project plans
- Proven experience overseeing and tracking the implementation of new processes, systems and solutions
- Experience of working to deadlines and monitoring performance
- Strong stakeholder and people management skills
- Experience of working with public sector clients
- Experience of working with supply chain partners
- Excellent organisation, planning and critical path management skills
- Highly analytical with strong attention to detail
- Articulate and confident communicator
- Ability to hold others to account
- Flexible approach to workload and priorities
- Strong problem-solving capability
- Full UK driving license
Benefits we can offer you
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays prorata
- Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
- Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
- Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more.
- Family friendly policies
- 3x Life assurance
- Family private Medical
- 50% PHI
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.
Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:
Beth Dunford ([email protected])If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.
At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.
In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.
Skills Required
- Strong background in project management with experience of implementation
- Experience of establishing, managing and maintaining project plans
- Proven experience overseeing and tracking the implementation of new processes, systems and solutions
- Experience of working to deadlines and monitoring performance
- Strong stakeholder and people management skills
- Experience of working with public sector clients
- Experience of working with supply chain partners
- Excellent organisation, planning and critical path management skills
- Highly analytical with strong attention to detail
- Articulate and confident communicator
- Ability to hold others to account
- Flexible approach to workload and priorities
- Strong problem-solving capability
- Full UK driving license
Mears Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mears Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Mears Group.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — 25 days’ holiday with the option to buy additional days, plus paid volunteering time, signal a comparatively generous time-off offering. Flexible working available in many roles further supports practical time-off and balance.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Retail discounts, Cycle to Work, an employee assistance line, volunteering days, and company family events add tangible non-cash value. Access to training and UK‑recognised qualifications reinforces the broader wellbeing and development offering.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — A stated commitment to pay at or above the Real Living Wage and the publication of pay-related reports indicate governance and baseline fairness focus. Independent snapshots also suggest many roles meet living‑wage thresholds.
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What We Do
Mears Group is a market-leading housing and care company that provides bespoke services to our clients. We provide and manage 11,000 homes for local and central Government and are also responsible for keeping 750,000 of all social housing in the UK in good repair. Mears has 6,500 employees and a footprint across the country
