Assistant Director

1 week ago


Bedford, United Kingdom bpha Full time

**Permanent**

**Full time (37 hours per week)**

bpha has a strong reputation in the affordable housing sector delivering high quality, value for money services for customers and developing energy-efficient, sustainable and affordable housing to help meet housing need across our area of operation. With a turnover of £171m, managing over 19,500 homes and employing 500 staff, most of our activities are centred around Bedford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge.

We are clear in our ambition to help build and grow communities where people can live happily in a home they can afford. Our current Assistant Director of Marketing and Sales will soon be retiring, and we are therefore looking for someone to take on this vital and rewarding role and lead our Marketing and Sales function to help realise our growth ambitions.

Reporting to our Executive Director of Development & Sales, this is an important role to ensure that excellent sales performance is maintained and that we build the right homes in the right locations which meet the needs of our customers, providing them with excellent levels of service at every step of their home-buying journey with us.

**What the role responsibilities will be**:

- Providing effective leadership to the Marketing and Sales and Homeownership Teams within the Development and Sales Directorate.
- Delivering a proactive Marketing and Sales Strategy to maximise sales rates and values and minimise levels of unsold stock.
- Providing accurate performance reports together with strategic, evidence-based market overviews and advice in relation to the wider housing market.
- Represent the Development and Sales team at Corporate level as required and develop a network of close working relationships with other major external stakeholders regionally and nationally.
- Directly support the Director of Development and Sales and act as their deputy as required.
- Act as a champion on the delivery of good quality homes and excellent customer service within the Marketing and Sales team and the wider organisation.
- Excellent leadership skills and proven experience of managing teams through setting and monitoring performance targets and incentivising staff.
- Proven high level financial skills and awareness, managing substantial budgets including financial planning and budget setting.
- The ability to think strategically and creatively producing innovative solutions to complex problems.
- Excellent knowledge of the development of intermediate housing tenures and other products.
- Thorough knowledge of the sales and conveyancing process for newbuild and existing asset sales, shared ownership staircasing and other transactions.
- Experience of exceeding stretched sales targets on new home sales - exceeding income targets, minimising expenditure.
- Demonstrable experience of working in partnerships at senior level with internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrate experience of strategic thinking and use of an appropriate range of techniques to plan and manage processes and projects
- Proven experience of brand development.

**Amongst what we offer you is**:

- A competitive salary of £95,150 per annum including car allowance
- 28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays
- A generous contributory pension scheme
- Private health care
- Free life assurance
- Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym
- Opportunities for learning and development
- Discounted gym membership
- Retail discount scheme
- Hybrid working

It is essential that the successful applicant has a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle to be used during working hours.

You would be welcomed into an ambitious, forward thinking, professional and customer focused organisation. We value diversity and inclusion across the organisation and encourage a positive working environment where colleagues can bring themselves, their life experiences and knowledge to contribute to our ongoing success and growth.

**Closing date: 12th April 2024**

**Interview date: To be confirmed**

INDHIGH

bpha is a Housing Association located in the Oxford to Cambridge arc, which is committed to providing its customers with high quality, value for money services whilst continuing to develop energy efficient, sustainable and affordable housing.

We are a leading provider and developer of affordable homes - for rent, sheltered, residential care and shared ownership.

We work together with communities - to improve opportunities, independence and quality of life for our residents, and to benefit the wider community. We bring people together, and run and support a wide range of community activities.

All the money we make is used to invest in existing homes, to enable us to build new homes, and to deliver new and improved services.

We own or manage over 19,000 homes and employ 400 staff.



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