Yorkshire Housing
Looking for a role where you can bring your keen eye for detail, and develop your career in Housing?
We’re looking for a Development Project Assistant (14-Month Fixed Term Contract) to join our brilliant Development team. This role is key to ensure our team are supported to successfully deliver our development programme. You can work where, when and how you want with our hub, home, roam approach around the Yorkshire region.
Working under the Land Manager Development Officer S106, you will be a key support in securing land, contract negotiations, planning handover of the schemes to Delivery. the delivery of the S106 projects, liaising with internal/external stakeholders, processing legal & compliance documentation & undertaking site visits and handovers.
At Yorkshire Housing, we believe work is something you do, not somewhere you go. If you want to work for a company who are truly flexible and where you are valued then this could be the role for you.
What you’ll be getting up to
As someone who loves being organised, you’ll be setting up and maintaining scheme files and checklists (who doesn’t love a good checklist!) to comply with internal, and Homes England, audit requirements.
We’ll look to you to carry out continuous reviews and update development policies and procedures.
You’ll get to know the project managers Development Officer and wider Development team as you work closely with them on coordinating all project information on multiple schemes. The successful delivery of the multiple schemes.
Other times, you might be the one arranging and attending publicity events, working alongside our Communications and Space Homes teams.
We need someone who can be the point of contact with constructors and consultants, and who is confident with processing invoices and payments.
Sounds good? So what do we need from you?
The answer is simple – if you are hardworking, focussed and ready for a new challenge, we would love to hear from you.
The below would also be great:
- You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Basic knowledge of the housing development process.
- Attention to detail.
- Influencing skills in dealing with various stakeholders with conflicting viewpoints and priorities.
- Experience of building internal relationships and external partnership working.
- Able to plan, prioritise and manage workload under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
- MS Office skills with particular emphasis on MS Word & Excel
- Eagerness to develop own skills and adapt to change.
- Personal values and approach that align with YH’s values
- Ability to work flexibly in line with Hub, Home and Roam principles.
- An understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity and how this is applied through our service to customers and colleagues.
It would be an added bonus if you have:
- A housing or construction related qualification (HNC, NVQ level 4 or similar)
- Previous experience working with local authorities.
What’s in it for you?
In return, we offer a salary of £28,159.65 per annum for 35 hours per week, 25 days annual leave (rising annually to 30 days) plus Bank Holidays.
But that’s not all. We offer a reward package to suit everyone. At Yorkshire Housing, you can claim back for prescriptions, eye tests and more with our cash plan, make the most of a variety of retail discounts and take advantage of our pension scheme where we’ll match your contributions up to 9%, just to name a few.
Our people’s health and wellbeing is one of our top priorities, and you can make the most of our readily available wellbeing support package. This includes access to a library of free fitness classes, as well as an instant My GP service and free counselling sessions with a trained professional.
So, now you’re really interested?
At Yorkshire Housing, we’re actively building a work environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse, where everyone can contribute their best work and be themselves. We believe difference is what makes us stronger and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities we serve, so we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds for this role.
We know that not all candidates will meet every single desired requirement. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you, please go ahead and apply!
If you require additional support with your application, or have any further questions, please contact our recruitment team via email at [email protected].
The fine print
The closing date for applications will be 18th January 2024 but we might close it early if we get lots of fab candidates, so don’t wait!
If you’re applying for this role internally, you must inform your current Line Manager.
To apply for this job please visit careershub.yorkshirehousing.co.uk.