Senior Housing Development Officer

Senior Housing Development Officer – Project Management
Waverley Court

Salary: £ £54,476
Hours: 36 per week

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Housing Development Officer to join the High Rise Management and Investment  team to assist in the delivery of several multi-million-pound investment programmes across the city. Your role will involve working closely with internal and external project teams to support the investment team to  deliver large scale retrofit and upgrade projects across the Council's estates. 

The role is essential in managing the Council's relationship with residents in our multi-storey blocks across the city, working closely with colleagues in the Locality Housing service and liaising with the Council's external contractors. You will have the opportunity to work within an expanding and evolving team where you will be involved in the planning, engagement and  continued delivery of safe, secure, well maintained and energy efficient buildings with a customer first approach. 

Within the High-Rise team, we currently have five design commissions at various RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) design stages covering twelve high rise blocks with another five additional blocks scheduled for design of full fabric upgrade this year with a budget of around £250m. 

We also have a live £60m fire improvement programme covering thirty high rise blocks which is one of the most ambitious domestic fire safety programmes in the UK. Further large-scale mechanical and electrical improvement programmes are planned to have early design begin in the next year. You can view an example of the types of projects we are delivering on our external contractor website. 

More information about our investment programme, and our ongoing projects, can be found on our website. These works will require the successful applicant to build relationships with tenants/residents of affected buildings and engage with all stakeholders throughout at all stages of the projects. 

We are a diverse, team and customer focused, open-minded, forward thinking, solutions-based team who lead in demonstrating our behaviours – respect, integrity and flexibility. If you see yourself in this, then we are keen to speak to you. 

If you have any questions or want to find out more about the role, please contact 

High Rise Management and Investment    

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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View Senior Housing Development Officer Job Description

Experience

Experience within a housing or other similar service environment of comparable scope, size, and complexity. Successfully leading, motivating, and managing programme or project teams and understanding your contribution to effective teamwork. 

Delivering or supporting front line services to deliver excellent customer services. Developing and implementing strategic plans engaging stakeholders, customers, and partners in their development. 

Leading or contributing significantly to financial and operating strategy or service improvements. Procurement and or management of contracts.

Knowledge, skills and understanding

Knowledge of the housing legislative, regulatory and policy environment in which the service operates. Excellent analytical and research skills and the ability to interpret and communicate complex policy, legislation, regulation, and data. Business, strategic, and operational planning, programme, and project management skills and/or service change experience. 

Understanding the importance of your leadership role in driving change and service delivery. Ability to write, think, speak, and present clearly and succinctly and to understand the importance of communication in long term planning. 

Understanding of commercial and entrepreneurial approach to service delivery. Ability to assess, plan and implement controls to manage risk across operations and strategy. 

Outstanding communication skills at personal, operational, and strategic levels. Relationship development and management skills.

Negotiating skill and experience of securing the cooperation and contribution of partners and colleagues to the delivery of services. Strong verbal and numerical reasoning skills. 

Qualifications and training

Qualified to degree level or evidence of equivalent experience. Evidence of career progression, taking on roles of increasing scale and complexity and importance.

Job Specific requirements

Leading project teams and understanding your contribution to effective teamwork.

Strong programme and project management skills.