37 HOURS (FLEXIBLE WORKING WELCOMED)

End Date
10/09/2025
Reference
V132/25
Vico Homes is built on the foundations of WDH. We are looking for a Senior Project Officer to join our Assets Team.
A home is more than four walls and a roof. It should be a safe place. A place to start things. A place of opportunities. A place to grow. A place where you feel you belong.
These are the places we provide for today and for the future. This is what marks us out as one of the leading players in the social housing sector. We have over 32,000 homes across the north of England, home to tens of thousands of people. And people are at the centre of what we do.
Our people are approachable and professional. But we’re not afraid to be optimistic and show our passion for what we do to support our customers. We share a common vision, acting confidently to ensure we remain at the forefront of making it happen.
Together, we’re building better futures and vibrant communities.

HOW TO APPLY AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.

• Read the job description, person specification and guidance notes below
• Complete the supporting information form below with details of how you meet the person specification
• We also encourage you to provide your CV if you have one
• Email your supporting information form, and CV if you have one, to recruitment@vicohomes.co.uk before the closing date. Applications close at midnight on the closing date specified
• You’ll receive an automatic reply to let you know we’ve received your application
• We’ll then score all the applications against the person specification and contact you to let you know if we’re inviting you to interview

If you have any questions about a career at Vico Homes, you can contact us by email on recruitment@vicohomes.co.uk

ABOUT THE ROLE

As one of our fantastic team of Senior Project Officers your manager will be our Assets Project Manager. You will work 37 hours a week on a permanent basis, working flexibly in the Vico Homes operating area from our Head Office in Castleford.
As a Senior Project Officer you will be responsible for acting as the client in the development and delivery of our capital investment program. Managing the pre-start phase of projects, through to monitoring works on site, accepting completed properties and schemes back and ultimately sign off of the defects period you will see major investment projects from beginning to end.

It is an exciting time to be joining us and here are some of the initiatives that you will be involved in:

• Involvement in delivery of our sustainability works to achieve EPC C and beyond
• Delivery of programs of re-investment work across components such as kitchens, bathrooms and roofs and also wider environmental improvement schemes
• Support the delivery of improvements and investments across other areas of Vico Homes assets including our Independent Living Schemes and High-Rise properties

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Manage and facilitate pre-start phase of projects to ensure scheme and financial viability is maintained, including managing risk, information flow, ensuring a seamless transition between pre-start to operational start on site of each project
• Maintain a high level of construction knowledge and changes to Health & Safety legislation etc., to ensure the effective and safe delivery of a variety of construction projects
• Act as the client and customer representative and advocate to deliver the organisation’s Capital Investment Programme in line with the organisation’s Asset Management Strategic Plan
• Be responsible for ensuring that the team delivers a consistently high level of service, maintains a high-quality product delivered cost effectively complying with all aspects of Health and Safety, and within Vico Homes’s established policies and procedures