Are you ambitious, driven and passionate about helping to tackle the UK's Affordable Housing crisis?

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Project & Quality Manager to join our growing affordable housing business, backing a fast-growing pipeline of over 80,000 homes over the next five to ten years!

You will manage the delivery of a number of s106-delivered affordable schemes, from legal contracting of the opportunity to practical completion and snagging across Kent, Surrey and Sussex. 

Please note, regular travel across Kent, Sussex and Surrey will be required. 

• Reporting to the Head of Development (and Deputy Head of Development) and working with Finance and Operations teams, support the full and successful delivery of s106 –led affordable housing schemes.
• Ensure that the approved contractual arrangements are in place for each project and that the contract arrangements are in accordance with the approvals.
• Instructing and managing the employers’ agent for each project and ensuring that the employers’ agent is effectively managing the schemes and payments.
• Be responsible for the monthly reforecasting of programmes and payments in relation to each scheme.
• Being responsible for monthly project updates to finance, operations, sales and customer care, so the other teams can plan their resources in relation to the projects.
• Administering the contracting and payments process in relation to each project.
• Liaising with the relevant developer of each site, to ensure that all aspects of the development are being implemented in accordance with the agreed plans and programmes.
• Conduct any negotiations in a transparent, trustworthy and honest manner and to ensure the reputation of the company is safeguarded at all times as well as ensuring that projects are contracted in accordance with the approvals and with the adopted policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

• Degree educated or equivalent
• Strong academic background, with a numerical aptitude
• Preferable to have a project management qualification

Track record

• Project management of housing and development schemes
• Maintaining trustworthy relationships with developers and house builders that are current and potential future partners and clients
• Effective project management and risk management
• Good experience in contract management

Experience

• Knowledge of both social housing and possibly the wider residential sectors, in particular an expert understanding of social housing development, housing management and regulatory requirements
• Acting efficiently and productively within defined decision making processes
• Project management of affordable housing schemes generally delivered through s106 programmes
• Financial management of affordable housing schemes generally delivered through s106 programmes

Skills/ Attributes:

• A self-driven entrepreneurial spirit that embraces change and opportunity
• Commercial project manager that works collaterally with colleagues within the business and with the professional team and the client
• Decisive whilst working at a quick pace
• Significant problem solving and “soft skills”

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, 10% car allowance, life assurance, employee private medical insurance, 25 days' holiday, performance related bonuses. Your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.