Directorate: Adult Care, Housing and Public Health
Temporary for 1 year, to provide secondment cover, full time, 37 hours per week.
The Council has an ambitious Housing Delivery Programme which will provide hundreds of new council homes by 2026, and which will also contribute to Rotherham’s overall housing delivery targets.
A vacancy has arisen in the Strategic Housing and Development Service to join our existing team of Housing Development Officers. The post is temporary, for one year, to cover a post which has been vacated due to a secondment.
This exciting and challenging post will work closely with our Housing Development Coordinators on the development and delivery of Council-led new build homes as well as the purchase of new homes from the market - do you have the drive and skills we need, to help create new high quality, affordable homes for Rotherham’s people?
Through its multi-faceted Programme, the Council is delivering much needed new homes which directly meet the significant demand from the Council’s Housing register and help to address the shortage of affordable homes nationally. Inside Housing identified Rotherham Council as one of the top 30 Local Authority housebuilders nationally for 2022/23.
As Housing Development Officer, You Will
1. Have considerable experience of working in a housing related environment, preferably within a large multi-functional organisation.
2. Have knowledge of the physical and legal constraints which can affect development and resolving issues to enable sites to be brought forward for development.
3. Have experience of working with technical services, contractors, and utilities companies to resolve site constraints.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of project management techniques and have experience in project support.
5. Experience of managing budgets and having a knowledge of funding initiatives and supporting bid applications.
6. Possess excellent communication skills and the ability to work with a wide range of individuals, teams, and organisations to achieve Rotherham’s housing development targets.
The role will be subject to the Council’s Working Location Policy which enables a mix of face to face working and quiet focus time, to deliver a high performing and collaborative environment that is focused on customers and communities.
If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Nick Ward, Place and Quality Manager, at nick.ward@rotherham.gov.uk.
This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions).
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.
Until 31st March 2026 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a monthly deduction from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded three additional days leave (pro rata for part-time).
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