Housing Delivery Manager

Job Description

The Housing Delivery Manager is an exciting new high-profile role, leading on housing delivery and with great autonomy and the opportunity to create a personal legacy of quality new development.Strategically located in fast growing Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire District Council is taking positive action on delivering more new homes, being creative in using the Councils land assets and building partnerships externally to enable development to happen at pace. We are seeking someone who is ambitious, innovative and agile, experienced in delivering new housing schemes and who understands the housing market and commerciality. You will benefit from strong organisation sponsorship, reporting direct to Corporate Director level and with political support to make things happen.You will directly manage the Councils programme of affordable homes site delivery, currently 13 sites and 200 homes, in partnership with our provider, Longhurst. You will lead development of a further programme of local interventions to facilitate more sites and increase supply, including feasibility of housing lead regeneration sites in our towns.With expertise in housing and ability to translate best practice and guidance into action, you will own the Councils newly refreshed Housing Strategy and be responsible for identifying and implementing new initiatives across an annual action plan. Effective partnerships and collaboration within our organisation and externally is key to success to ensure the best housing choices for our communities.You need to be skilled at building strong partnerships with key stakeholders including the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, Homes England and Registered Housing Providers and be an exceptional negotiator and influencer, with a track record in leveraging funding.Huntingdonshire District Council is innovative and passionate about providing high quality outcomes to our communities, residents and businesses, with a relentless drive for quality places to live and work. To achieve this we employ and retain the most talented, energetic and dedicated people. Situated within the thriving heart of the Cambridge-Peterborough growth area, Huntingdonshire is a beautiful district that boasts unique market towns and many attractive villages and is an attractive place to live and work.TO APPLYHDC are partnering with Panoramic Associates and all applications should be sent direct to our retained consultant Dan Bown . Should you wish to have an informal discussion before submitting a formal application please contact Dan on in order to arrange for a confidential discussion.Closing date for completed applications is the 12th of March at midday and interviews will be held the following week.Please note that this is a politically restricted post which means that staff employed in this post may not undertake an active political role either inside or outside of the workplace. Politically restricted employees are automatically disqualified for standing for or holding office.We want to employ staff who embody our icare values (Inspiring, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Enterprising) all of which support our ultimate purpose of putting our customers first.We are currently working full remotely for the foreseeable future when we anticipate returning to the office on a flexible basis which will still include work from home and flexi time opportunities but candidates should be within commutable distance of our offices in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire or able to attend meetings as required if further afield.We also offer a highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme and provide an array of services, networks and training to support your health and wellbeing as well as generous holiday entitlement dependent upon length of service.Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our recruitment and along with our values we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment, where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community and we offer a range of benefits including flexitime to encourage a work life balance. We particularly welcome applications from those who are significantly under-represented in our organisation and sector, such as disabled people and people from BAME communities.