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Castlefield Recruitment are currently working with a housing association who are looking for a Senior Development Officer to join their team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Report to the Senior Development Manager, who oversees your safety, training, and development.
- Lead or contribute to projects, collaborating with internal and external partners without direct authority.
- Keep the Senior Development Manager updated on project progress to ensure timely, budget-friendly, and high-quality delivery per contract requirements.
Main duties:
- Support the Senior Technical Manager in pre-construction tasks, including due diligence, approvals, legal agreements, design reviews, planning, and procurement.
- Project manage housing developments, overseeing land purchases, contracts, and financial monitoring.
- Arrange viability appraisals at key project stages.
- Identify and assess land/property acquisitions, liaising with stakeholders to determine viability.
- Prepare consultant briefs for feasibility studies, valuations, design, and construction services.
- Coordinate consultants and contractors to ensure projects meet requirements, timelines, and budgets.
- Attend site visits and meetings, monitoring progress, quality, and risks, and reporting concerns.
- Organise and participate in meetings, presentations, and public engagement activities.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders for smooth project delivery.
- Promote developments via social media, website updates, and marketing materials.
- Attend handovers, home demonstrations, and defect inspections to ensure quality delivery.
- Assist in managing standing stock.
- Support the development, sales, and aftercare teams, covering for colleagues when needed.
