Regional Development Manager (Midlands) - Wolverhampton, West Midlands County

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If you are currently a Development Manager or an experienced Project Manager with a passion for building social housing and outright sale homes that enable our customers to thrive, you pride yourself on excellent customer service, teamwork and getting the best out of people, you belong at Bromford.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our ambitious team as a regional development manager. We want you to lead, develop and motivate your team of Project Managers and promote cross-team working and to help us achieve great results. Your direct report stream will be based in the Midlands area of our geography, so you need to be comfortable with travel and managing remotely. You will take operational responsibility of the day to day delivery of the development programme and projects, including land, S106, regeneration schemes and package deals.

You should support your team to support the business to deliver its strategies, you will have a keen eye for detail, and understand the importance of with robust and accurate forecasting. to include handovers, cashflow and charging activities to enable onward business planning. You’ll need to prepare reports for the senior leadership team, investment forum and board, and be an advocate for the new homes team. You must ensure projects are in line with policies and procedures, including audit compliance and securitisation detail, and all development activities delivered in line with and relevant health and safety/CDM requirements. You will always be focussed on the end customer for the home and ensuring that whether it is a home for sale or letting, you work closely with your peers to ensure a seamless process.

The most rewarding part of the job is knowing that you are joining a business that helps people and families live in their own homes, to build brighter futures and thrive.

Your location isn’t important, finding amazing colleagues is, however this role will look after delivery in our northern areas (Staffordshire, West Midlands, Shropshire, Worcestershire, etc) and will manage a team based in these areas so knowledge of the area is essential. This role can be based at our Wolverhampton or Tewkesbury offices (WV10, GL20 postcodes) and will involve extensive travel and will include remote working and remote management.

We Want You To Be Somebody Who Has

• A proven track record of delivering a variety of new build development programmes in a housing setting
• Experience of the end to end management of projects, from inception to completion and advocates cross team working.
• Great communication skills, who can work across all levels of the organisation and encourages peer to peer collaboration and team work
• Experience of leading and motivating a team of dispersed colleagues to deliver a range of schemes
• Ideally a degree-level education in a related field but qualification by experience will also be considered. and a built environment degree qualification/experience
• Membership of, or working towards, a professional qualification (E.g. CIOB/RICS)
• Housing association development experience
• A proven track record of securing and delivering multiple new housing projects
• Experience of leading a team to achieve a range of housing projects
• Experience of delivering Homes England grant-funded programmes
• Experience of financial appraisal tools, contract negotiations and charging requirements
• Thorough knowledge of the development delivery process (including land, S106 and regen) including risk and finance appraisals (Pamwin)
• Strong analytical, numerical, communication and negotiating skills
• Leadership experience and uses a coaching approach to inspire and motivate team members
• Strives to deliver excellent customer service and will be a great ambassador for Bromford.
  

Closing date for applications is 28th July with interviews taking place on 5th August

Consideration will be given to anyone with experience working in roles such as development manager, new homes development manager, construction manager, senior project manager and/or project manager.

If this sounds like you, you’ll feel right at home here. At Bromford we give both customers and colleagues the opportunity to realise their potential. In our team you’ll do incredible work and be rewarded for doing so. Not just in the smiling faces of the thriving communities that you help build, but in the trust, support, training, success and friendship you’ll find in our team.

If you can be bold, be honest, be you and be brilliant… you belong at Bromford. Apply now.

In addition to a competitive salary, we will offer you a fantastic benefits package. This includes; 27 days holiday (plus statutory bank holidays); a choice of defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes; trust-based flexible working, and a £500 personal allowance to spend on your choice of things like private medical cover, dental treatment and gym membership. Visit our website to see the full list.

Bromford Housing Group is committed to recruiting with care and safeguarding employees and customers, as a result we will carry out pre-employment checks. The nature of these checks will vary according to the role applied for, and may include details of current/previous employment, unspent criminal convictions, education and proof of relevant qualifications. We will also be asking for references for everyone who is offered employment with us which must cover the last two years. In addition to this, all employees will be asked for evidence of their right to live and work in the UK - further information is available on the UK Government website.

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.