Assistant Development Project Manager

1 week ago


York, York City, United Kingdom Joseph Rowntree Foundation Full time

12 Month Fixed Term (Maternity Cover) starting 22 July 2024

Full time, 35 hours per week (flexible working will be considered)

About the role

We are recruiting for an Assistant Development Project Manager to work within our busy Development and Asset Management Department. You will be part of our team responsible for delivering our latest Development and Asset Management strategy; ensuring the delivery of 100 homes per annum, 60% for low-cost rent and 40% for low-cost home ownership.

You will be responsible for the pre-construction activities on small to medium size projects, and work with the Development Project Managers on larger projects. This will help to deliver high quality new build development projects, ensuring value for money, innovative design, detailed specification, and sustainability. This role focuses on identifying new land led schemes, partnership and Joint Venture opportunities, securing S106 opportunities and leading the projects through internal approval, planning, and through to tendering. This role is essential in creating a pipeline of opportunities.

Other accountabilities will be:-

  • To ensure that the development process complies with JRHT anticipated outcomes; both contractual and regulatory.
  • To have responsibility on your projects for commissioning and liaising with developers, landowners, consultants and other key stakeholders.
  • To appointment an appropriate project team using a variety of consultants.

This will be a busy and important role within JRHT.

About You

You will possess experience of delivering multiple projects, and the skills and abilities to execute these processes within a residential development context. Beingwell versed in the procuring of works and services, you will have experience of working with risk registers, and producing project related reports for a wide range of audiences. Having strong interpersonal skills, you will be a great influencer who can build and maintain effective working relationships. If you have a recognised or accredited qualification related to technical or design aspects of development, then so much the better.

About us

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is an independent social change organisation working to solve UK poverty. The Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) is a registered housing association and care provider in Yorkshire and the North East. JRF and JRHT are two important influencing organisations with an ambitious agenda for inspiring positive change in the UK in line with our vision of a prosperous and poverty free UK. How to apply

*Please note that we do not currently offer any Tier 2 sponsorship*.

Closing date for applications is Sunday 5 May 2024

Interviews will be held in York approximately 2 weeks after the closing date

Additional Information

At JRF / JRHT we're at our best when we're continually building on trust, showing we care and making a difference – and hope others will do the same. So, for those roles which allow it, we're developing a more blended approach to how and where you work. Which means you can expect to work flexibly between the office and home.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At JRF/JRHT we believe in giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or social economic background. We positively encourage applications from people with experience of living in poverty.

We are a Disability Confident Employer . This means that we are committed to the recruitment, progression and retention of disabled individuals. We shall also offer interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the job. If you have a disability, please tell us if you would like to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.

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