Graduate Development Officer

Job Description

We are The Regenda Group and we regenerate places and create opportunities for people. We have a fantastic opportunity to join our team at Regenda Homes as a Graduate Development Officer and you might be exactly who were looking for! The roleThis is an exciting opportunity for an individual keen to progress a career within affordable housing development and regeneration. We are taking forward an ambitious development programme of over 1000 new homes up to 2024. Our programme is one of the mostdiverse and innovative in the region and covers a variety of tenures.We are also progressing a significant and transformative regeneration scheme in Liverpool, which will provide over 300 new homes in a range of tenures. Our focus is not about maximising the number of new homes and instead on ensuring our developments havea positive impact on a place whilst achieving quality in design and standards.The Graduate Development Officer will play a key role in the development of our 300 home regeneration scheme and will also gain an understanding of the development process, from inception to completion, across a range of developments. We will provide thesuccessful candidate with training and development opportunities to progress within the profession.The ideal candidate will have a degree or equivalent qualification and an understanding of either the affordable housing, construction, or real estate sectors. We are looking for an organised, enthusiastic, and self-motivated team player with excellent ICT,communication and problem solving skills. You will be focussed on personal and professional development. An awareness and interest in issues relating to property development and/ or affordable housing would be an advantageThis position will be considered for flexible or part-time working patterns and benefits from additional flexibility through our hybrid office / home working model.Regenda HomesRegenda Homes is an award-winning Registered Social Housing provider with around 12,000 homes in Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire. We offer a range of tenure and property types, which allow people to access quality affordable homesto suit their needs.We provide additional support to residents including finding work, money advice or dealing with anti-social behaviour. We work in partnership with residents to scrutinise services and make sure we perform to a high standard.The Regenda GroupWe regenerate places and work with people to create the opportunities they need to thrive. Affordable housing is our starting point, but we are a dynamic group of organisations doing very different things. We work in places where we can make a differenceand operate across the housing and construction sector, in care and support, and in education, training and careers.The Regenda Group is made up of Regenda Homes and its wholly owned subsidiaries M&Y Maintenance and Construction, Redwing, McDonald Property Rentals, Petrus, The Learning Foundry, Positive Footprints, Centre 56 and the National Communities Resource Centre.While the organisations in the Regenda Group vary, our core purpose and values are consistent throughout. Every member of staff comes to work here with one core purpose in mind and our values help guide the way we work towards our purpose.Our values are the operating principles that guide our conduct and our relationship with customers, partners and stakeholders:

• Customer focus
• High performance
• Efficiency and value for money
• Teamwork
• Ambition and dynamism
• Openness and honesty.

A great place to workRegenda Homes really is a great place to work - and you dont have to just take our word for it! Were an accredited Best Companies Top 100 employer and have achieved Investors in People Gold status.We can offer you a working environment where you can enjoy yourself, develop yourself and be yourself and where you really can make a difference to peoples lives.We also offer a fantastic reward and benefits package which includes:

• Competitive rates of pay.
• Flexible working opportunities.
• 24 days paid annual leave each year (rising one day per year up to a maximum of 29 days after five years) in addition to 8 bank holidays.
• Attractive and flexible pension scheme with Regenda Homes matching employee contribution rates up to 9% of annual salary.
• Do good, Feel good programme of health, wellbeing and charitable initiatives.
• Interest free loans to assist with the purchase of computer equipment and travel season tickets.
• Monthly staff lottery scheme.
• 24 / 7 Employee Assistance Programme and access to counselling services.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes.
• £250 annual Live and Learn allowance to spend on learning any new skill.
• A wide variety of exciting learning and development opportunities.

How to applyThis is a brilliant time to join a dynamic and ambitious organisation. If you like what youve read and think youve got what it takes to join our team then take action - apply now!Interview / Assessment date: 21 February 2022