Development and Delivery Manager

Home Group; Kendal, Maryport; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing organization is seeking a Development and Delivery Manager in Kendal to oversee residential projects in the North-West. You will manage the full project lifecycle and ensure quality delivery while collaborating with teams and external partners. Strong project management experience and knowledge of the planning system are essential. This hybrid position offers flexible working and a comprehensive benefits package, including health plans and generous leave.

Benefits

34 days leave

Health cash plan

High street discounts

Generous pension scheme

Qualifications

• Proven project management experience delivering multi-site residential developments.
• Experience in the commercial aspects of housing development including planning and contractor procurement.
• Strong track record working with contractors to deliver compliant and efficient schemes.

Responsibilities

• Manage project stages from site appraisal to completion and beyond.
• Oversee budgets and ensure projects meet performance targets.
• Build relationships with developers and contractors to maintain quality standards.

Skills

Project management experience

Knowledge of planning system

Strong organization skills

Ability to handle multiple priorities

Job description

Overview

Development and Delivery Manager — 251480. Location: Maryport or Kendal – hybrid working across North-West development sites and from home. Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw). Salary: £35,000-£45,000 per annum (negotiable on experience).

Home a place where you belong. We have a fantastic opportunity to join us as Development and Delivery Manager, supporting us to build the right homes, in the right places for our customers. You’ll be delivering new-homes schemes of mixed tenure across the North-West region on time and to budget, ensuring an excellent offer for our customers and communities always lies at the heart of delivery. Working across both development and delivery, this is a unique opportunity to manage projects from start to finish and to continue to develop your skills to Senior Manager as you grow with us.

Responsibilities

• Work across project stages, from identifying sites and project appraisals to securing planning permission, completion of legals, site handovers to the end of the Defects Liability period.
• Carefully manage budgets and expenditure, keeping projects on track and meeting performance targets while delivering real value.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with developers and contractors, ensuring projects are managed with rigour and diligence to meet the highest standards.
• Oversee compliance and design-led quality across all developments, keeping customers’ needs at the heart of every decision.
• Collaborate with the team to deliver market-leading homes and ensure customer outcomes are prioritized.

You’ll work alongside an award-winning team who are winners of the 2018 UK housing awards Development Programme of the Year and achieved silver for best house at the What House Awards 2018 (bronze in 2017).

You bring

• Proven project management experience, delivering multi-site residential-led development sites to design standards.
• Experience in the commercial aspects of housing development, including planning, contractor procurement, contractor management through to sales.
• Strong project management skills, with a track record of working with contractors to deliver design-driven, compliant, and efficient schemes. You have delivered complex, mixed-tenure new home projects to time and budget.
• Great knowledge and experience in the planning system and laws to implement compliant and approved schemes.
• An eye for detail, be a great influencer, organiser and driver to handle multiple priorities across different schemes. You work seamlessly with partners, customers, and colleagues alike.

Our team

You’ll report to Kerry, our Senior Development and Delivery Manager who are passionate about delivering market leading homes of the highest quality for our customers.

Job details

Working Monday to Friday, you’ll shape your own diary around work and your own commitments. This is a hybrid role, so you’ll spend two days in our office at Maryport, the others across our development sites and from home. You must be able to use technology for delivering projects and managing budgets, online learning and collaborating with colleagues.

A place where you belong

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

What’s in it for you?

• 34 days leave (includes bank holidays and a “me day” to use whenever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too.
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Save money with us on phones, bikes or cars.
• Colleagues really matter to us, we’re the 10th best place in the UK for wellbeing. Tools and support available when you need them.
• Grow Our Own colleagues — when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us.
• Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3x salary.
• Explore our full range of benefits on our website.