Senior Development Manager (Northstowe)

Senior Development Manager (Northstowe)

Application closing date: 16/03/2025

We expect to hold interviews in person week commencing: 24/03/2025

A bit about the role...

Working alongside Matthew Brown, our Head of Development, the Senior Development Manager will be pivotal in bringing Northstowe to life – a sustainable, 21st Century New Town in Cambridgeshire, and the largest development of its kind in the region.

Northstowe is central to the Government's mission to provide affordable homes within vibrant communities where they are needed most. You will be joining our small but highly skilled team, who are directly responsible for the success of this scheme. Our goal is to deliver well-designed homes, a new town centre, and a range of community facilities.

Matthew values diversity in experience and perspective to foster good decision making and problem solving within the team. Homes England champions an innovative, creative approach to development, seeking optimal solutions to drive quality and value for money, all within the context of exceptional placemaking, sustainability, and biodiversity net gain.

This is a rare chance to shape the housing and growth agenda in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional team you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective scheme delivery and have the opportunity to help create something truly unique.

Supporting the design and delivery of this ambitious project, this position is an incredibly exciting opportunity to balance day-to-day delivery with bringing innovative solutions to large-scale development.

A bit about you…

Whilst our day job is to support the deliver the homes people need, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.

You'll be comfortable supporting the team with complex land and development issues, aiming to accelerate delivery and drive quality. You will be proficient and able to demonstrate extensive experience in a range of property matters, land disposal contracts, development appraisals and commercial negotiation. 

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.

As an experienced land and development professional you’ll understand how to manage colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.

Who are we? 

Homes England : The Housing and Regeneration Agency

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.

How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.

Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.

What we offer... 

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you. 

Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay controls and pay policy. You can find these on the recruitment pages of the intranet.

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names. 

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future. 

As a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go. 

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way. We have a modern, dedicated office at Northstowe which will enable you to drive the development on site. 

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.  

We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme. 

If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at this stage.