Housing Project Manager
- Location: Greater Manchester, Hybrid
- Job Type: Temporary, Initial 6-month Contract
- Pay Rate: Negotiable day rates dependant on experience
Reed are supporting a Greater Manchester Council with their recruitment to a Housing Project Manager position.
These are exciting times for the delivery of new affordable housing within the Council's borough, with ambitious plans already progressing. 300 new homes have been completed to-date and a committed development programme of over 300 homes in the next 3-years.
The Council are looking for an exceptional individual to help deliver these housing projects, ranging from small-scale redevelopments to large-scale mixed tenure housing developments.
Day to Day of the role:
- Identify new development opportunities and conduct feasibility studies and option appraisals for housing development projects.
- Prepare and submit funding applications to support housing development projects.
- Establish project programmes, prepare and maintain project plans, ensuring projects are completed within budget, to agreed timescales, and risks are effectively managed.
- Commission and manage consultants and contractors.
- Represent the organisation at site/construction and stakeholder meetings, maintaining good working relationships with local councillors, planning officers, and funders such as Homes England.
- Ensure that housing projects support the City Mayor's priorities and embed social value into contracts.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Proven experience in managing housing development projects, ideally via the public sector.
- Ability to identify and assess development opportunities and experience in assembling and managing sites for development.
- Skilled in preparing funding applications and developing project budgets.
- Knowledge of CDM regulations and client obligations.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
To apply for the Housing Project Manager position, please submit your CV and a consultant will be in touch to provide a full job description and details of next steps.