Project Manager - Social Housing

VIVID; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing development organization in Portsmouth seeks a project manager to oversee affordable housing projects. The role includes managing external teams and ensuring project delivery aligns with financial targets and customer satisfaction. Candidates should have experience in housing development management. The position offers generous benefits, including a productivity bonus scheme, health care plan, and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Productivity-related bonus scheme

6% contributory pension

Life assurance x 3 annual salary

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plan

Enhanced family leave pay

Access to counselling services

Electric car scheme

Variety of in-house training courses

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a management role related to housing development or construction.
• Track record of involvement in affordable housing development programmes.
• Ability to manage health & safety and risk identification.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects within the development programme, meeting delivery objectives and financial plans.
• Manage and motivate external project teams to align with business performance.
• Ensure compliance with customer satisfaction, health & safety, and risk management protocols.

Skills

Experience in housing development

Project management

Motivation of external teams

Understanding of regulations and policy

Job description

Overview

The Vacancy

We’reVIVID! –We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports,developsand attracts the best people!

There’sa critical lack of affordable housing and we knowthere’sno quick solution. Here at VIVID,we’rebuilding more new homes than ever to help meet the housing crisis.

We’rerecruiting for a project manager within our development delivery team on afull timebasis, working 37 hours per week.This role can be contractually based ineitherPortsmouthor Basingstokewith the ability to work from homesomeofthe time. You will need to be willing to travel across our Hampshire hubs and sites on occasion.

Benefits

• 26days 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’llmatch employee contributions between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan calledMedicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling, legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
• Huge varietyof in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes

Responsibilities and qualifications

As project manager,you’llbe responsible fordelivering projects within our development programme, ensuring that our new homes deliveryobjectivesare achievedin accordance withour financial plans and targets.The role will be project managing a variety of S106 and land-led development opportunities across our area of operation

Managing and motivating external project teams,you’llensure that the programme is delivered in line with our culture, business plan and performance requirements whilst promoting a clear commitment to customer satisfaction. You’llalsobe responsible forhealth & safety and risk identification and mitigation onallocatedprojects.

The successful candidate will already have experience in a housing development or construction related management role. You’llhavea track recordof successful involvement in affordable housing development programmes and as such will understand the social housing environment to include regulations and policy.