We’re a local housing association that’s passionate about tackling the housing shortage in the East of England. We provide warm, safe and affordable homes. But we don’t stop there. We offer a wide range of support and services to help our customers and their communities to thrive. We want to be an organisation that cares about our customers and communities and is determined to make a difference. We’ll be bold and open-minded in our pursuit of solutions to help people transform their lives.

What you’ll be doing

We are looking for a Development Officer to assist with the delivery of new housing projects to ensure that they are delivered on time and in budget, all property handovers are managed effectively and new scheme information is communicated throughout the organisation.

1. • Undertake all processes relating to the project management and delivery of new affordable homes, including ensuring individual scheme contractual compliance, in accordance with CHP’s development policies and procedures and statutory requirements.
   • Responsible for the handover of new affordable homes into management (to include attendance at site meetings and handover related meetings / site visits) and ensuring private homes are delivered in readiness for sale.
   • Responsible for ensuring that new homes meet required contract and statutory requirements and have appropriate certification and approvals in place (eg, Building control sign-off, NHBC sign-off, gas safety and electrical sign-offs etc.) before being let or sold, including checking contract specifications, contract drawings, etc.
   • Provide effective defects management support, ensuring that the contractual defects period is managed and completed.
   • Provide effective project and contract management for CHP, Myriad Homes and Myriad Housing development projects and new initiatives, optimising tax efficiencies, value for money (VfM) and profit from sales.

What we’re looking for

1. • At least one year’s experience of working in an office environment.
   • At least one year’s experience of residential property handovers, ideally within the housing association sector.
   • Experience of project management.
   • Strong IT Skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word / Excel/ Outlook).
   • A full driving licence and use of a vehicle for work purposes.

Committed to equality of opportunity, we welcome applications from all sections of the community. Applications for job share and part-time working will be considered on a business needs basis.

Wellbeing is a priority for us, and we aim to help our employees achieve a successful work/life balance and have adopted an agile working style. We host a range of learning activities to develop our people, support their career aspirations and professional qualifications. We encourage employee participation on all levels and we’re always open to new ideas or ways of working.