Senior Housing Development Officer

PlaceHousing & HomelessnessHigh Rise Management and InvestmentSenior Housing Development Officer - Strategic supportWaverley CourtSalary: £46,023- £54,476Hours: 36 per weekWe have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Housing Development Officer to join our team to assist in the delivery of a number of multi-million-pound investment programmes across the city.The successful applicant will work with the management team directly with a focus on providing a dedicated business management role to lead on core business management on a daily basis and help to focus attention on the key areas of delivery at a strategic level. This role is integral with the speed at which the investment team can plan, communicate and deliver capital improvements, and the management team can embed core block management processes and procedures to secure the investment in the high-rise estate.You will have the opportunity to work within an expanding and evolving team which is currently delivering ambitious programmes of investment across the city. The team are currently working with external multi-disciplinary design teams and contractors on large scale retrofit and upgrade projects across the Council's estate, and this role will be essential for the 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">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 contactHigh Rise Management and Investment mailto:">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">Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh CouncilOur salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.Happy to talk flexible working.Follow us on X at @edincounciljobsView Senior"> ... ;LNKD1_UKTJ