Employer: Bristol City Council
Salary: £33,024 - £36,648
Basis: Full time, fixed term for 12 months.
Location: Bristol
Reference: VAC005769
Can you help us deliver more high quality, affordable homes in Bristol to help ensure the city’s success benefits all our citizens?
With a diverse and growing population, Bristol is regularly voted one of the best places to live in the UK. At Bristol City Council, we work together to make Bristol a better place - now and for future generations.
We are a high-profile, fast-moving organisation that has ambitious housing targets. So, if you are passionate about housing and supporting those in need this role offers an excellent opportunity to help us achieve these goals, while working in a dynamic and supportive housing development team.
Bristol City Council is determined to tackle the unmet need for affordable housing in the City. With 19,000 households on its housing waiting list and 1,000 households living in temporary accommodation, Bristol City Council is currently undertaking its biggest affordable housing delivery drive for decades. We are delivering the Affordable Housing Delivery Plan 2023-27 which is targeted to deliver over 3000 new council homes over the next 5 years. This is additional to the affordable Homes being delivery through our Registered Provider Partners and own housing development company, Goram Homes.
What will I be doing?
As part of a multi-disciplinary team within our Housing Development Team you will contribute to delivering new council housing, which aim to create successful high-quality places for people to live and work.
You will work closely with Housing Development Managers and Housing Construction Managers, providing project support across a wide range of activities involved in delivering high quality council housing developments.
This will include supporting project teams with early-stage site feasibility and de-risking work, community engagement, planning applications, procuring and managing multi-disciplinary consultant project teams and contractors, assisting with the construction and delivery stage, and leading on the handover of new housing developments to internal stakeholders and assisting with the successful tenants moving into the homes.
What do I need to have?
If you have a passion for, and experience of, housing development, we welcome an application from you.
You will ideally have experience of working in housing and working with relevant stakeholders such as, housing development partners, elected Councillors, and local community stakeholders.
Will have knowledge of housing, construction, community engagement, project management and It would be beneficial for you to have relevant experience of working within a Local Authority, housing association, or other housing development role within a regulated environment.
How do I apply?
Click the link below to be transferred to our careers site to complete an application form.
Closing date: 9 September 2024.
At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black and racially minoritised, Disabled, LGBTQ+ candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.
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