Project Manager - Social Housing

Vivid Housing; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing developer is seeking a Project Manager to deliver various housing projects in Portsmouth. You will manage external teams and ensure projects meet financial and performance targets while promoting customer satisfaction. The successful candidate will have a background in housing development and understand key regulations. This is a full-time role offering some flexibility for home working.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Productivity-related bonus

Generous contributory pension (up to 10%)

Life assurance at x3 annual salary

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in housing development or construction management.
• Track record of involvement in affordable housing development.
• Understanding of social housing regulations and policy.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects within development programme.
• Manage external project teams to meet performance requirements.
• Promote customer satisfaction and manage health & safety.

Skills

Project management

Team motivation

Health & safety compliance

Customer satisfaction focus

Job description

Overview

As project manager, you'll be responsible for delivering projects within our development programme, ensuring that our new homes delivery objectives are achieved in accordance with our financial plans and targets. The role will be project managing a variety of S106 and land-led development opportunities across our area of operation

Responsibilities

Managing and motivating external project teams, you'll ensure that the programme is delivered in line with our culture, business plan and performance requirements whilst promoting a clear commitment to customer satisfaction. You'll also be responsible for health & safety and risk identification and mitigation on allocated projects

Requirements

We're recruiting for a project manager within our development delivery team on a full time basis, working 37 hours per week. This role can be contractually based in either Portsmouth or Basingstoke with the ability to work from home some of the time. You will need to be willing to travel across our Hampshire hubs and sites on occasion. The successful candidate will already have experience in a housing development or construction related management role. You'll have a track record of successful involvement in affordable housing development programmes and as such will understand the social housing environment to include regulations and policy

Culture

We’re VIVID! -We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!

There’s a critical lack of affordable housing and we know there’s no quick solution. Here at VIVID, we’ building more new homes than ever to help meet the housing crisis

Benefits

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home
• A generous contributory pension of 6%. We’ll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance