The Vacancy

Help Shape the Future of Affordable Housing. Join our supportive, ambitious and successful Development team as our Development Programme Manager. Do you have strong experience managing complex development programmes, grant funding, and financial assurance within a housing or regulated environment? Are you confident leading people, systems, and stakeholders to ensure development programmes are delivered compliantly and effectively? If so, we would love to hear from you.

The Role

As our Development Programme Manager, you will lead and manage the development financial service, ensuring the effective planning, funding, reporting, assurance and delivery of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s development programme across the organisation, subsidiaries and external clients. You will provide management information to the Assistant Director of Development and Sales, supporting informed decision-making and ensuring compliance with regulatory, funder and governance requirements. You will work closely with colleagues across the Development Delivery team, Finance, Treasury, Asset Management and Governance, acting as a trusted expert on development finance and programme management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the management of Homes England capital funding, including Strategic Partnership and Continuous Market Engagement bids on behalf of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] and external clients
• Oversee development programme forecasting, cashflow planning and grant drawdown, ensuring accuracy and compliance
• Provide clear, timely programme data, reporting and assurance to support business planning, treasury and regulatory requirements
• Ensure strong financial governance and audit compliance across the development programme
• Oversee development appraisal models, assumptions and core programme systems, driving continuous improvement and data integrity
• Work collaboratively across Development, Finance, Treasury, Asset Management and Governance teams to maintain programme integrity
• Represent [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] with funders, regulators, lenders and external partners
• Provide line management and professional leadership to the Development Finance & Programme Management team

About You

We would like to hear from you if you are an experienced development finance professional with a strong background in managing large and complex financial and programme datasets within a housing environment. You will have proven experience working with Homes England, including a solid understanding of the Capital Funding Guide and audit and compliance requirements. You must be confident managing capital programmes with multiple workstreams and producing clear, accurate reporting for a range of audiences, including senior leaders, funders and auditors. You will bring strong experience in business planning, forecasting and cashflow management, and understand how development programmes link to wider financial and treasury planning. You should be highly organised, analytical and proactive, with a track record of independently implementing new processes and driving continuous improvement. Experience of working with IMS is desirable, as is line management experience.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave
• Wellbeing plan
• NCHA pension
• Free DBS checks
• £250 referral bonus
• Free healthcare cash plan
• Company social events
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pay
• Free training and development
• Access to cycle to work and discounted bus pass schemes

Contact

Email: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] / Tel: [contact hidden]