Title: Head of Commercial
Contract Type: Permanent, Full time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £90,480 - £100,207 depending on experience plus Essential Car User Allowance £1,300 pa
Grade: 13
Reporting Office: West Ham Lane, Stratford
Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)
Closing Date: 26th September 2025 at 11pm
Interview Dates: Face to Face interviews at Stratford office on 15th/16th October 2025
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 and many more…
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
Role
Join our Commercial Team at L&Q
L&Q are looking for a proven Commercial Professional for the newly created Head of Commercial within the Property Services Directorate. You will have extensive Senior Management experience. The role reports directly into the Property Services Commercial Director and will be responsible for at around 15 staff of differing experience levels.
The Head of Commercial is responsible for the leadership and strategic management of commercial, contractual and general quantity surveying issues on a project / group of Operations basis to ensure full contractual and monetary entitlement in the most advantageous terms to L&Q.
You will take full ownership of the department and lead, motivate, communicate with, develop, appraise and performance manage staff to ensure they are fully motivated to achieve best performance.
The Head of Commercial works with the Head of Operational colleagues and all other relevant colleagues to ensure that all significant project issues and correspondence and all necessary contractual processes have been observed.
You will be responsible for the management of third party contractors and suppliers to always achieve best value to a programme whilst protecting the business commercially and providing accurate financial forecasting.
The postholder will have experience in providing mitigation strategies for immediate implementation of all matters relating to contract and subcontract and will be accountable for savings for department.
You will assist the organisation to ensure the procurement needs of department are met and compliant with Procurement Act 23 and other regulations.
If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply
Your impact in the role:
To be considered for this roles candidates will be able to demonstrate experience, knowledge and understanding of:
* Managing budgetary constraints using forensic cost control techniques
* Strong analytical skills - must be highly numerate and data interrogation skills
* Strong leadership skills and experience managing others and working collaboratively with others
* Experience of managing principal and subcontractor arrangements and relationships
* Providing mitigation strategies for immediate implementation of all matters relating to contract and subcontract and will be accountable for savings for department.
* Commercial Awareness with good legal/contractual
* Competency in use of standard methods of measurement
What you'll bring:
* Degree or HNC level in a related discipline or equivalent substantial experience
* It is desirable that you will be a professionally qualified member of CIOB/RICS
A Recruitment Advocate will join this recruitment process as a panel member. This is part of an internal scheme supporting our recruitment process to be fair, transparent and consistent, particularly at senior levels.
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email
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. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.
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.
At L&Q, 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 and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.
L&Q strongly believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important, and inclusion is part of our core values and everyday working practices. We make hiring decisions based on your experiences, skills and merits and we are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace. Click here to read more. Diversity and inclusion at L&Q | L&Q Group
At L&Q, sustainability is 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
SLG Roles
We value diversity in all its facets, including gender, disability, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation and identity. When it comes to finding a diverse balance for our senior positions, we have decided to address gender and ethnicity first. As such we are committed to offering an interview to at least one ethnic minority candidate and one female candidate for all senior leadership positions if they fulfil the role criteria.
* ECU Allowance is paid in accordance with requirements of the relevant policy as updated from time to time.
Head of Commercial - 7075
Location: West Ham Lane - Stratford
Posted: 12/09/2025
Closing date: 26/09/2025
Closing time: 23:00