Senior Development Project Manager

Who are Acis?

We are a welcoming and friendly organisation who own and manage more than 7,000 properties across the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber, helping thousands of people in our communities every single day. This includes homes for affordable rent, homes for students and homes for older people. We even develop new homes to help people get on the property ladder. In addition to this, we provide Student accommodation. We support over 4000 learners a year with everything from entry level qualifications, arts and wellbeing courses through to employability support to help people fulfil their potential. This is through Riverside Training, our employment and skills team, and CLIP, an education provider.

As a Senior Development Project Manager, your role will include:

• Managing a small team overseeing the planning, delivery, and monitoring of a wide range of Development Projects including sheltered, supported, and working age adults, extra care, land-led, and Section 106 schemes.
• Working closely with the Development Operations Manager to ensure that development programmes meet all internal and external statutory, regulatory, and best practice standards.
• Utilising your existing network of development partners and working to identify new partnership opportunities to grow Acis’ development reach.
• Managing partnership and external relationships to maintain Acis’ reputation as a development partner of choice.
• Taking schemes from concept through design, procurement, delivery and into operation including assisting with feasibility appraisals and site walk overs.
• Working with development partners to identify, monitor and report on the risks associated with pre-contract schemes and providing regular updates on projects and those in the programme to the Development Operations Manager.
• Overseeing the preparation of design work and the planning process for new developments
• Attendance at prestart site meetings alongside the post-contract Project Manager and attendance at design team meetings
• Oversight of financial management of projects including monitoring of cashflows to ensure they remain within approved budgets ensuring invoices and payments are processed promptly and issues highlighted.
• Production of cost estimates, schedules of work, tender and contract documentation
• Ensuring that appointments of consultants and contractors comply with internal/UK procurement laws and procedures.
• Managing the acquisition process of land and property
• Assisting the Development Operations Manager to oversee Homes England start on site bid information.
• Liaison with Consultants, Solicitors, Local Authority, Officers, Contractors, and Developers externally and internal departments to ensure effective communication.
• Assisting the Development Operations Manager to oversee the audit file process for initial scheme stages before handover to post contract manager.

Some of the experience/skills we need to consider you:

• Proven track record of delivering development schemes from initial negotiation, feasibility, and planning through delivery.
• Proven project management skills and expertise in delivering development schemes.
• Use of appraisal and cashflow management software Proval & Sequel
• Experience of working in a Housing Association environment
• Development line and/or senior contract management experience.
• Significant experience of working in a fast paced, property development environment.
• Hold a recognised related professional qualification such as CiOB, RICS, CIH or demonstrate equivalent relevant experience.
• Sound understanding and delivery of scheme procurement and contract management.
• Experience of managing budgets, forecasting cash flow projections, and working in a value for money environment
• Experience of instructing and working with consultants such as architects, cost consultants and engineers
• Experience in preparing development briefs, programmes.
• Experience of managing budgets, forecasting cash flow projections, and working in a value for money environment
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the government’s housing agenda, affordable housing funding programmes and compliance requirements.
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to juggle projects and priorities.

Being part of the Acis team, you’ll get:

• Generous holiday entitlement – 25 days leave plus bank holidays
• Enhanced pension contributions up to 10%
• The opportunity to undertake professional training, funded by us.
• One days paid leave a year for volunteering work (in addition to your Annual leave entitlement)
• Staff benefits with Paycare – A health and benefits scheme giving you support and contributions towards various health benefits such as counselling, eye tests, vaccinations and much more
• Benefits with Acis Perkz – a discount scheme giving you savings off hundreds of schemes including discounts on your coffee, weekly shop, days out and much more!
• Employee recognition scheme, where we celebrate and award our Stars within Acis, including gift vouchers
• Long service awards for our loyal employees
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced sick pay scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity scheme to support you and your family
• Employee Assistance Programme to give you confidential advice and support, when you need it
• Professional membership subscription to support your continuous professional development
• Death in service benefit

As soon as a suitable candidate is found for this role we reserve the right to close the job advert ahead of the closing date, so please do not delay in submitting your application.

Acis are committed to equality and diversity, are a proud member of disability confident and welcome applications from any applicant who feel they hold the essential skills to fulfil the role. We recognise that people need flexibility in their role and we’re happy to discuss flexible working options with the successful candidate

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