Legal & General Affordable Homes (LGAH) is recruiting for a Senior Project & Quality Manager to manage the delivery of s106, package and Joint venture affordable schemes, from final negotiation and exchange of contracts to practical completion and snagging.

Covering the South West regions, you'll report to the Head of Development for the area and will work alongside the Customer Care team, Operations Teams, External Lawyers, Sales Team, EA and Finance Teams to ensure the successful and timely delivery of the projects that they manage.

Travel around the South West regions will be required. 

• Working alongside Development Managers, you'll ensure contractual arrangements are in place for each project and that the contract arrangements are in accordance with the approvals prior to exchange of contracts
• Instruct and manage the Employers’ Agent (EA) and/ or Clerk of Works (CoW) for each project and ensure that they are effectively managing the scheme and payments
• Regularly reviewing EA and CoW performance by all suppliers and supporting continual improvement and best practice in relation to services, performance and ways of working
• You'll be 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
• Administer the contract and payments process in relation to each project and liaise with the relevant developer of each site to ensure that all aspects of the development are being implemented in accordance with the agreed budget, plans and programmes
• Work alongside the Head of Assets and Compliance in ensuring the homes that are produced are at least compliant with legislation and safe for our residents and the public
• Project Manage schemes to ensure they are delivered in accordance with the programmes, to a high quality of finish and a high level of customer satisfaction ensuring that these standards are met by all counterparties and only accepting handover of schemes that meet these standards
• Be responsible for ensuring that at the handover of homes stage, all the required property information in relation to that home is validated and confirmed as correct and loaded onto the relevant landlord data systems

• You'll have a solid record of successful project management of housing and development schemes and of maintaining trustworthy relationships with developers and house builders that are current and potential future partners and clients
• 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
• Effective project management and risk management skills 
• Strong experience in contract management is required 
• Experience in mentoring and training junior staff 
• You'll have a self-driven entrepreneurial spirit that embraces change and opportunity and have significant problem solving skills
• Ideally, you'll be degree educated and have a project management qualification

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, family private medical insurance, 25 days' holiday, performance related bonuses. Your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.