Development Manager, Affordable Homes

Galliford Try Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holidays

Cycle to Work

Pension plan

Family leave

Save as You Earn

Private medical

Job summary

Galliford Try Group is seeking an experienced Development Manager to drive the sourcing, securing and delivery of affordable housing across the UK. The role collaborates closely with Directors to identify opportunities, form strategic partnerships, and manage projects end-to-end.

You will lead site finding, viability assessment, and bid processes, coordinating internal teams and external partners to ensure on-time completion and financial success.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering affordable housing developments from inception to completion.
• Experience in site finding and acquisition.
• Experience working on land-led partnership transactions with Registered Providers and for-profit organisations.
• Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills.
• Commercial awareness with the ability to assess costs and risks.
• Ability to manage complex projects and multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Identify new sites and opportunities, assess viability, and develop proposals for projects.
• Work with internal teams to secure partnerships with Registered Providers and for-profit clients.
• Lead and coordinate bid processes, ensuring all stakeholders understand their roles and responsibilities.
• Appoint and manage partners, advisors, and design teams.
• Develop and manage project programmes to ensure delivery remains on track.
• Take responsibility for the preparation and submission of final bid proposals.
• Lead presentations to landowners, clients, funders, and stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with partners, landowners, agents, and local authorities.
• Oversee financial appraisals and ensure full cost and risk consideration.
• Lead the preparation and submission of planning applications and manage the planning process.
• Identify and manage risks, working with commercial teams to achieve viable solutions.
• Monitor contractor and partner performance to ensure successful project delivery.
• Manage internal approvals, budgets, and expenditure.
• Lead negotiations from preferred bidder stage through to financial close.

Job description

Title: Development Manger - Affordable Homes

Location: National (Hybrid)

Galliford Try Investments (GTI) is expanding its Development Management team as part of its ambition to deliver 1,200 new affordable homes by 2030. We are seeking an experienced Development Manager to play a key role in sourcing, securing, and delivering high-quality affordable housing developments across the UK.

Working closely with the Director of Developments and sector leads, you will help identify new opportunities, build strategic partnerships, and manage projects from inception to completion.

What you will be doing:

• Identify new sites and opportunities, assess viability, and develop proposals for projects
• Work with internal teams to secure partnerships with Registered Providers and for-profit clients
• Lead and coordinate bid processes, ensuring all stakeholders understand their roles and responsibilities
• Appoint and manage partners, advisors, and design teams
• Develop and manage project programmes to ensure delivery remains on track
• Take responsibility for the preparation and submission of final bid proposals
• Lead presentations to landowners, clients, funders, and stakeholders
• Build and maintain strong relationships with partners, landowners, agents, and local authorities
• Oversee financial appraisals and ensure full cost and risk consideration
• Lead the preparation and submission of planning applications and manage the planning process
• Identify and manage risks, working with commercial teams to achieve viable solutions
• Monitor contractor and partner performance to ensure successful project delivery
• Manage internal approvals, budgets, and expenditure
• Lead negotiations from preferred bidder stage through to financial close

About you:

• Proven track record delivering affordable housing developments from inception to completion
• Experience in site finding and acquisition
• Experience working on land-led partnership transactions with Registered Providers and for-profit organisations
• Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills
• Commercial awareness with the ability to assess costs and risks
• Ability to manage complex projects and multiple stakeholders

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Competitive family leave policy
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees, and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our business please contactSkyemarie Bree [e-mail]

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don't meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.