Working within the Northstowe team, the Development Manager will support the progression and delivery of one of the UK’s largest strategic new town developments.

You will join a collaborative project team working across planning, technical, commercial and delivery disciplines to support the continued progression of the Northstowe programme.

Reporting to the Senior Development Manager, the role supports the progression of live development and land disposal projects. This includes coordinating technical and commercial inputs, working with consultant teams and assisting with tender and disposal processes to help maintain programme progress.

You will support Senior Development Managers and contribute to the delivery of multiple workstreams across the Northstowe programme, working across a range of development, commercial and project coordination activities.

The Development Manager will play a key role in supporting the delivery of Northstowe as a nationally significant new town, contributing to Homes England’s ambition to accelerate housing delivery and create high-quality places where people want to live and work.

The role provides exposure to the commercial and technical aspects of large-scale development, including development appraisal, land disposal processes, infrastructure coordination and stakeholder engagement across a complex multi-phase programme.

You will support the resolution of complex development, land disposal and infrastructure coordination issues, helping to address development and delivery challenges and contributing to the creation of high-quality places within a nationally significant new town.

A bit about you…

You’ll be comfortable supporting the Senior Development Managers with complex development and delivery issues, aiming to maintain progress across the Northstowe programme. You will be proficient in coordinating technical and commercial inputs across projects.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a Northstowe development team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.

As an experienced development / property / regeneration professional, with a relevant degree or professional qualification (for example RICS or RTPI), or working towards professional accreditation, you’ll be able to manage multiple workstreams to challenging deadlines and work effectively with others as part of a collaborative and inclusive team.

Who are we?

Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.

How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.

Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.

What we offer...

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.

Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.

Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.

If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme.

We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.

Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 to 2025 — Second Edition - GOV.UK

You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK at this stage.

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