Senior Development & Partnerships Manager

Senior Development & Partnerships Manager

Hertfordshire (Hemel Hempstead) Hybrid Working and On-site

£75,000 - £78,000 plus excellent benefits

Permanent, Full Time (37 hours per week)

Line management of an Assistant Development Manager

Thrive Homes are excited to offer a new opportunity for a Senior Development and Partnerships Manager to oversee and manage housing development projects from inception to completion and join the experienced Development team at Thrive Homes.

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Development, you will project manage complex residential developments across the RIBA stages 0-7, identify and deliver partnership opportunities and demonstrate a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done and deliver maximum benefits for Thrive Homes.

You will represent Thrive Homes at a senior level with customers, external agencies, partners and local authorities and forge excellent relationships to deliver corporate objectives, minimise risk and ensure compliance.

You will need to be highly motivated, collaborate with colleagues and able to deliver excellent oral and written reports for governance approvals.

We are looking for someone with a commercial approach and who has the determination and ability to deliver homes on time, to budget and to quality standards.

Working via a mixture of our state-of-the-art offices, remote/on site and homeworking, you will have excellent and effective communication skills to positively influence and forge relationships.

Other Responsibilities:

• Lead, evaluate and give direction on the design, legal and technical due diligence, programme and viability of multiple housing development schemes throughout the RIBA stages 0-3, and to achieve planning consent and relevant gateway approvals and tender schemes, manage the construction delivery stages through to RIBA 7. Ensure the design maximises efficiency and adheres to the project brief.
• Ensure the effective procurement, selection, and management of consultants (including architects, sustainability consultants, Employers Agents etc) necessary to take forward schemes through all RIBA stages, demonstrating Value for Money and ensure commissioning in line with contract terms and maintain contract management throughout.
• Ensure compliance with funding and regulatory requirements.
• Identify land assembly and partnership opportunities for delivery of more homes.
• Scheme budget management, complex financial appraisal modelling and cashflow forecasting
• Oversee the grant claims for schemes on IMS and liaison with Homes England/third party partners.
• Attendance at site meetings and close liaison with Clerk of Works to ensure quality of the scheme.
• Take a project team approach working collaboratively with operational and sales teams throughout the design, construction and handover phases to ensure a successful, timely handover of the schemes and management. Close liaison with aftercare to manage the delivery of the defect liability period.
• Support and line manage the Assistant Development Manager, actively encouraging professional development.

Requirements:

• Demonstrable significant project management experience working in a similar role, with a focus on new build development through new business and construction delivery.
• Substantial experience of managing due diligence, design and construction delivery through RIBA 0-7 stages.
• Thorough experience of delivering complex financial appraisals for multi-tenure, mixed use schemes, regeneration schemes and options appraisal analysis.
• Demonstrable experience of successfully submitting and securing planning approvals for complex development schemes.
• Experience of leading reviews of Development Employers Requirements and delivering best practice in future proofing schemes.
• Strong experience of negotiation of contracts and managing Joint Venture/partnership schemes.
• Excellent social housing market knowledge, funding models, national regeneration and development agenda.
• Excellent knowledge of up-to-date UK planning regulations, building regulations and standards, contract management and contract law.
• Proven experience of procuring, leading and motivating consultant teams, with contract management. Experience of procurement of contractors to ensure buildability of schemes.
• Knowledge of grant funding requirements and ability to deliver schemes that meet Homes England audit requirements and administration of IMS.
• Full UK Driving License and access to own vehicle or ability to get to sites

Benefits:

Thrive’s Top 10!

• Annual Leave - 25 days per year increasing by length of service (up to 30 days).
• Buy or sell annual leave
• Generous family friendly provision
• Pension - Thrive Homes will pay double your contribution (up to 10%).
• Discretionary Bonus
• Life assurance - a payment of 3x your salary
• Health Cash Plan - facility to claim cashback for dental, optical and physiotherapy costs, alongside wellness services.
• Virtual GP Service (available 24/7)
• Wellbeing reward scheme (earn vouchers through a health app)
• A range of engagement activities aimed at building team morale, supporting both physical and mental health, and celebrating all things that make us different!

All roles at Thrive are subject to a basic DBS check.

Closing date: 5th July 2024

Interview dates: 17th July (afternoon and evening) and 18th July 2024 (morning only)

If you feel you have what we’re looking for then we’d love to hear from you! You will need to submit an online application by uploading your CV and supporting statement.

We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.

About Thrive

Thrive Homes is an award-winning housing association with a strong track record and ambitious plans for growth. Thrive exists to provide good quality affordable homes and services enabling the development of communities where people enjoy living. We own and manage nearly 6,000 properties throughout the northern home counties and are continuing to build new homes each year.

Thrive’s Approach

Thrive is an exciting place to work. We challenge ourselves and others to deliver results and think differently. We share positive experiences and messages, with trust and respect at the core of every relationship. Our leaders adopt a coaching and mentoring approach - enabling and empowering others to deliver. We embrace change and encourage a strong focus on positive outcomes. We value agile working arrangements from our offices in Apsley, Hertfordshire and we pride ourselves on looking after our colleagues by offering progressive careers and a full range of modern benefits, as we continue to grow as an organisation and aim to attract the very best people.

Thrive homes are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. This commitment is at the core of our understanding the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. We actively encourage all applicants that are suitable for the role, from diverse career paths and backgrounds and from all sections of the community.

As committed members of Inclusive Employers and a Disability Confident Committed employer, we remain steadfast to a fair recruitment process. If you have any accessibility needs and require reasonable adjustment, please contact us.