Housing Development Project Manager

Salary - £50,788 - £54,971 (Grade 8)

Hours - 37 hours

Contract type - full time permanent

Are you up for the challenge of working on a wide range of regeneration and new development projects? Do you have the skills and experience to lead on, manage and deliver new affordable homes and estate renewal across Wolverhampton, from inception through to handover to our customers? If so, we want to hear from you.

The Council is seeking an experienced housing development project manager to work within the Housing Development Team in delivering estate regeneration and new build housing programmes in the city. This exciting role will support the City’s Council priority of delivering ‘Good Homes in well-connected neighbourhoods’.

The Council is landlord to nearly 22,000 Council homes and works closely with its housing managing agents to ensure tenants have safe and appropriate housing. We have ambitious plans for estate renewal programmes to secure the future of our existing stock. We also have a pipeline of new homes, both for rent and shared ownership.

Estate regeneration and new affordable housing development is highly valued by the City and its residents. The successful applicant will contribute to delivering the Council’s ambitions to improve the City housing offer, providing more and better homes.

We are keen to appoint experienced individuals, with a passion for housing and communities, and with the drive to take on the challenge ahead. You will have a demonstrable understanding of housing and a good track record of delivering new housing from site identification and appraisal, through project management to handover. As a strong project manager, you will be confident with managing budgets, resident consultation, working with Homes England and West Midlands Combined Authority and other funding authority procedures.

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of project managers in delivering new housing, working on all aspects of housing development and project management. These are busy and often challenging roles.

We are looking for people with excellent organisational and communication skills, good negotiating and influencing skills, well organised, able to plan effectively to meet deadlines and successfully manage a complex workload.

If you have the skills, experience and passion we are looking for, we would love to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and requirements of this role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Should you wish to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Sangita Kular - Service Manager (Housing Development - Regeneration) - City Housing via email at sangita.kular@wolverhampton.gov.uk

Interviews to take place week commencing 16th December 2024.

Our working arrangements

All council roles are allocated to either a fixed, field or flexible work style. Some roles are agile which enable and empower employees to maximise their performance and productivity, whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance.  Roles with a fixed workstyle work in a fixed permanent council location.  Roles with a field workstyle are usually allocated where employees are required to be out working in the community with a minimum requirement for 'touch down' space at any council location. Roles with a flexible workstyle have a flexible base location to meet the needs of the business and employees can work from a mixture of home or any council office, partner/client, or external location, as required to meet service requirements.

Please refer to the Job Description for further information on the workstyle assigned to the role you are applying for.

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Diversity 

We are committed to building a workforce that is reflective of the diverse community we serve. We want to attract the best applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups because we strongly believe in adding value through diversity, inclusion, and equality. Our employees enable us to deliver services that are accessible, inclusive, and reflective of Wolverhampton residents. 

Our status as a Disability Confident Employer showcases our commitment to people with disabilities or health conditions, advocating for their opportunities and potential. 

We've received the Stonewall Gold Award, emphasising our dedication to the LGBT+ community by nurturing an inspiring, inclusive, and equal workplace. 

As of March 2023, the RACE Code Quality Mark signifies our active engagement with racial equality. These recognitions validate our continuous efforts towards fostering an inclusive work environment that respects and values our diverse employees. 

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the essential criteria for the post. 

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Attached documents
Housing Development Project Manager Job Description & Personal Specification.pdf