Assistant Director, Government & Public Sector Occupiers & Capital Projects, Infrastructure & R ...

Basic information Location

Manchester

Business Line

Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory

Job Type

Permanent / FTC

Date published

31-Oct-2025

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Connect to your Industry

This is your opportunity to join the Deloitte Real Estate Advisory team, which blends consulting, finance, construction, digital and property skills to address the most complex challenges in real estate and infrastructure.

We are the go-to strategic advisor to a global network of corporate and public sector clients. We utilise the latest technology and industry insights to help clients optimise their real estate and infrastructure investments and operations and achieve sustainability goals.

As one of the largest and most respected integrated real estate advisory teams in the UK, the team includes chartered surveyors, cost consultants, project managers, engineers, technology specialists and accountants.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients in becoming leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, welead the way,serve with integrity, take care of each other ,foster inclusion, andcollaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Assistant Director to join our growing Government and Public Sector team within Infrastructure & Real Estate Advisory. With a specific focus on central and local government clients, this role will give you the chance to work on some of the most significant and complex real estate and infrastructure challenges facing the public sector today.

The successful candidate will have a track record of working with senior government stakeholders, an understanding of public sector governance, and a passion for delivering complex projects within advisory solutions. You'll leverage deep sector knowledge and networks to help our client optimise their real estate and infrastructure investments and achieve sustainability goals.

Within our team you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead project delivery on complex, high-profile government real estate and infrastructure projects, managing teams and taking accountability for successful outcomes
• Build relationships with senior client stakeholders within central and local government departments
• Manage and develop teams of consultants, providing coaching and mentorship to help them build their careers
• Support business development by identifying new opportunities, contributing to proposals and helping to build our profile across the public sector
• Work in a stimulating and challenging environment with like-minded people who are at the forefront of their chosen field
• Develop your expertise across estate strategy, capital programmes, facilities management and infrastructure advisory. Particular focus areas include:
  • Estate and Asset Management: Supporting clients with strategic aims including net zero and improved value for money
  • Workplace Strategy: Defining requirements for new workplaces and supporting delivery of workplace transformation programmes
  • Facilities Management: Reviewing operating models and procurement strategies, designing and supporting delivery of optimisation programmes
  • Business Case Development: Developing Green Book Business Cases to secure funding approval for major accommodation projects.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

The calibre of the clients you'll work with is exceptionally high. Some of our projects require UK security clearance so you must be eligible to apply and obtain UK security clearance to Security Check (SC) and/or Developed Vetting (DV) level, if not an existing clearance holder.

• Experience in real estate, infrastructure, capital projects or facilities management, with a strong focus on government and public sector clients
• Project leadership - you've led projects, managed teams and taken responsibility for delivering results
• Client relationships - experience working with senior stakeholders in government, with the confidence to build trust and act as an advisor
• People management - you've managed consultants, provided feedback and helped develop their skills
• Commercial acumen - you understand project economics, can manage budgets and timelines, and know what successful delivery looks like
• Technical knowledge - strong understanding of government processes including business case development (Green Book, Five Case Model), governance frameworks and assurance requirements
• Analytical skills - you can collect and analyse complex data, solve problems and develop recommendations that shape project outcomes
• Communication - excellent written and oral skills, comfortable preparing reports for senior audiences and leading stakeholder workshops
• Business development experience - you've supported bids, identified opportunities and contributed to winning work
• Confidence, independence and proactivity, including enthusiasm when faced with new experiences and a can do attitude to resolving challenges; and
• Ability to travel as essential
• Willingness and eligibility to obtain UK security clearance (SC and/or DV level, if essential).
• Professional qualification in a relevant area (eg ACA, CIMA, MICE, MRICS) welcomed but not a pre requisite. Project Management and Stakeholder Engagement experience will be of particular relevance.

Connect to your business -Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory

In an ever-evolving world, there are no certainties in business. Our teams help clients to navigate risks, process major transactions and deliver transformational change that will future-proof their business. Join us to make a positive difference.

Infrastructure and Real Estate

Our Infrastructure and Real Estate team supports both public and private sector clients on complex infrastructure, real estate, and capital projects. Typical engagements include urban regeneration, transport, energy and renewables, and occupier advisory to central government and large corporate companies.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

Get to know some of our team through our People Series, available through our blog page .

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in Manchester with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.
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