WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

The successful candidate should, ideally, have experience in:

• Delivering projects and broad knowledge of housing, specifically affordable housing
• Excellent customer service skills
• Experience of speaking to elected members
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective stakeholder management
• Strong organisational and time management skills to handle multiple projects and deadlines
• Problem-solving and decision-making abilities to address issues related to property maintenance, tenant disputes, and compliance
• Attention to detail and accuracy in handling documentation and contracts
• Ability to work collaboratively with a team and coordinate with contractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders
• Flexibility and adaptability to handle changing priorities and work in a fast-paced environment.

The successful candidate will undertake a housing qualification dependent on current experience and qualifications.

Why work for us? Our benefits include:

• Holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing to 29 days after 5 years (pro rata if part time) plus bank holidays (with an option to buy up to 10 extra days each year subject to approval)
• Generous pension scheme – contribute between 5.5% and 6.8% (depending on your salary) and the council will contribute 26%
• Life assurance – a payment of three times your annual salary
• flexible working options to enable work/life balance
• agile working - ability to work in the office and from home
• access to a unique employee benefits package which includes discounts and cashback on supermarkets, high street shops, holidays, mobile phones, electrical goods, savings and loan schemes and many other products and services
• Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle to Work scheme, Tusker Leased Car Scheme and SmartTech (buy the latest tech products interest free and repay through your monthly salary)
• Rail and bus staff discounts
• A range of Health and Wellbeing initiatives including an employee assistance programme
• Discounted membership at Abbeycroft Leisure centres
• A culture of learning inspiring staff to focus on continuous learning
• Modern office accommodation

This role provides an exciting opportunity to collaborate with council officers, elected representatives and stakeholders to support the delivery of affordable housing in the West Suffolk Council area.
We are looking for a candidate to help develop the council’s affordable housing delivery program working with a small team. You will support the team to deliver successful housing development projects to timescale, budget, meet the required quality standard and deliver the agreed performance targets.