Development Assistant

We are One Housing and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

Our Development team is friendly, knowledgeable and we love what we do. We are proud of our expertise and passionate about the high-quality service we deliver to all of our customers.

We offer our colleagues a friendly, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not-for-profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to people’s lives, each and every day.

Join our Development team as a Development Assistant

Our Development team sits at the heart of our vision to provide places to call home, with an aim to deliver 5000 homes over ten years. We are responsible for the acquisition, delivery and sales of new-build properties across London and the South East.

We’re an organisation with strong values. We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of Development Assistant in London. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assist in the compilation of information required for monitoring and management of schemes
• Research technical information and produce summaries and suggested actions
• Research and maintain procedures
• To co-ordinate internal review processes to get feedback from wider business
• Under direction to source, brief and appoint consultants for schemes and defects, and assist with ongoing performance monitoring.
• To play an active role in meetings with residents, contractors and consultants
• To attend meetings and take minutes
• Carry out void inspections
• To maintain records in line with agreed formats
• Processing of payments
• Various administrative duties as instructed

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is positive and friendly. The successful candidate will:

• Work independently after instruction, with appropriate requests for direction
• Enthusiasm for learning across a broad spectrum of tasks and a commitment to personal development
• Able to work on a number of activities concurrently with ability to prioritise
• Excellent time management and prediction of resource allocation
• Proactive approach

Our Life@One benefits offer you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.

• Salary: up to £29,000
• Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues
• Looking forward to your big bucket list trip? You can buy or sell up to five days annual leave each year.
• Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our communities.
• Well done! With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
• Learning never stops. One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
• We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.
• Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
• Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous service.

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and their workforce reflects that. We understand the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.

We welcome applications from everyone.

Apply today for a fulfilling career in our Development team.