Assistant Framework Manager

The Vacancy

Wates are offering an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious Assistant Framework Manager to play a key role in driving the success of our strategic frameworks. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, enjoys building strong relationships, and is energised by the challenge of delivering consistently high performance across multiple workstreams.

As an integral part of our framework team, you’ll support the smooth day‑to‑day running of key frameworks — from governance and performance reporting through to client engagement and re‑bid activity. This is a role where curiosity, collaboration, and a proactive mindset will be genuinely valued.

What You’ll Be Doing:

In this role, you will contribute to shaping the success of our frameworks by:

• Developing smart, insightful performance tools
  Creating dashboards and reporting systems that track project and framework performance, spotlight opportunities for improvement, and support data‑driven decision‑making.

• Supporting strategic framework wins
  Getting involved in win plans, prequalification activity, and bid execution to help secure the frameworks that underpin our future growth.

• Driving sector and strategy insights
  Supporting research that strengthens our framework and sector strategies and ensures we’re always one step ahead.

• Building trusted relationships
  Working closely with framework teams and clients to maintain strong, dependable partnerships.

• Championing framework governance
  Helping ensure commitments, objectives, and delivery standards are met consistently and effectively.

• Contributing to marketing and PR efforts
  Supporting activities that enhance client retention and promote the strength of our offer.

• Sharing best practice across teams
  Bringing innovation, sector knowledge, and fresh thinking into our bid teams to elevate our collective performance.

What We Offer:

· Competitive salary & profit share scheme

· Flexible working

· Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)

· Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)

· Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…

· Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.

· Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity. To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/

We are always looking for a variety of new talent to join our teams, to help us grow and innovate as a business. Although you may not have all of the skills listed, many of them may be transferable to other roles within the WATES Group.

If you would like clarity on any of our vacancies, discuss career opportunities in strict confidence or need anything to make our recruitment process easier, please contact our In-House Recruitment Team directly or via recruitment@wates.co.uk and one of us will get in touch as soon as possible.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.