2x Permanent, Full Time position covering West Midlands/Southwest area
Do you want to help build affordable, quality homes for those who need it most and build your career at the same time?
Are you interested in starting a career in affordable housing development or looking for a new challenge?
If this sounds like you, keep reading.
At Stonewater, we have some of the most significant growth targets in the sector and we're looking for a Project Officer to help support to drive forward our development programme.
We understand how desperately these new homes are needed and our second strategic partnership with Guinness and Homes England has secured a further £250m, to build 4,180 additional affordable homes by 2029, giving us the long-term security we need to focus on building quality homes for those who need them most. We've built a strong platform to deliver our goals, making this a fantastic time for new colleagues to join our organisation and be part of our next phase. Our targets are significant and mark us as one of the biggest developing Housing Associations in the country, with a ground breaking approach to environmental standards. But, it's not just numbers. Our staff truly live our values and are able to fully bring their whole selves to work every day. Putting customers at the heart and working in a collaborative, proactive and solution-focussed way makes our colleagues our biggest asset.
If this sounds like an organisation and team that you want to be part of, we want to hear from you.
Although this is a home based role, it will involve some occasional travel to development sites, therefore we ask that you are located within the region and must have a valid driver's license.
The ideal candidate will:
- Have an interest in or knowledge of housing is preferred, especially affordable housing.
- Be confident, independent, and pro-active in your approach to your work and relationships with colleagues.
- Have a customer focussed approach to your work.
- Have excellent administrative and problem-solving skills.
- Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and a keen eye for detail.
Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check, satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.
Discover Stonewater:
Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 39,000 homes, serving 82,000 customers across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.
Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.
We're looking for like-minded people to join our team of over 800 talented colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people's lives.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. We are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation our Menopause Friendly accreditation.
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Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.