Professional, Accountable
PACE
Collaborative, Evolving

Senior Development Officer

Vacancy Salary £41,042.93 per annum
Vacancy Location Long Stratton, Norwich, Norfolk
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This is a Temporary, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

Fulltime: 37hrs per week – Fixed Term Contract (12 Months)
Proposed Interview Date: TBC 
Hybrid Working

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Development Officer to deliver services related to Development of new homes. To provide construction project management and senior officer level assistance across our business. To support the team and assist with all aspects of site activities to deliver exceptional quality on time and in budget.

Key Responsibilities Include:

  • Assist with the management and delivery of targeted outcomes of construction activities including JCT Contracts, securing the construction works, to ensure full compliance with drawings, current legislation, specification and technical standards (NHBC, Building Control, Planning Conditions etc), in terms of cost, time and performance criteria.
  • Project Management of ‘extra care’ and ‘land led’ schemes including management, liaison and coordination of Employers agents, contractors, consultants and other third parties connected with the Projects.
  • Provide general support to development team as directed and using your own initiative to benefit others. This will include circulation of technical information, dealing with third party queries, proof reading and formatting documents, collating, organising and issuing Home User Guides
  • To carry out visual inspections to ensure the quality of materials and workmanship on site is in accordance with quality standards, specification and design information.
  • Manage the process for ensuring that customers are provided with the correct information/documentation, including Resident Packs at handover/legal completion.

For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached Role Profile

Our Ideal Candidate Will Have:

Educations and Qualifications:

  • Educated to HNC or similar level
  • Holds a current, valid UK driving licence

Experience:

  • Experience of new build property ideally with knowledge of regulations, construction techniques and standards and specifications, development delivery process and knowledge of project management techniques to enable effective management of complex schemes.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

  • Ability to provide a high-quality service with a ‘can do attitude’ and is driven by a positive commitment to delivery and customer satisfaction.
  • Possess sound knowledge of the end-to-end Development process, with experience of working with Employers agents, solicitors, Quantity Surveyors, other construction consultants and Contractors using a collaborative approach.
  • Understanding of planning process, an aptitude for budgetary control.
  • Able to work as part of a team and also be pro-active with the ability to self-direct and use your initiative.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, possessing the ability to liaise with various audiences both in writing and verbally, to explain complex issues.
  • Ability to work effectively on a number of complex projects simultaneously.
  • Possess a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Evidence of strong project and time management skills, and good IT skills to include Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams

Personal Attributes:

  • Well organised, calm and methodical with the ability to prioritise to meet delivery targets to support the development delivery pipeline.

Please note this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check

The Company

We are a housing association based in Norfolk providing quality homes and services to people across the county and in Suffolk.

We manage over 6,000 homes including affordable homes for those in housing need who cannot afford to rent or buy in the open market.

We offer specialist homes for older and vulnerable adults and are committed to providing new homes to help solve the housing crisis.


At Saffron

We have a huge commitment to our employees. We want the team at Saffron to be happy, empowered, motivated and feel proud to be part of the Saffron community. We know by having great people we can do a great job for our tenants. We trust our colleagues to do the right thing and we are looking for people whose values are aligned with ours (PACE – Professional, Accountable, Collaborative and Evolving).

You will have the freedom to learn and grow. We are passionate about investing in our people, providing them with the skills they need now, and for their future aspirations. We do this by offering a blend of learning opportunities, including our innovative e-learning platform where learning is self-directed allowing people to learn what they want, when they want to.

We work with and support our people to work in an agile way to ensure that have the right work/life balance. They have the choice to work in the office, work from home, coffee shop, park or a combination of all. We have recently refurbished our offices to encourage collaborative, agile working.

As an inclusive employer, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and have a zero tolerance policy relating to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Saffron Community.

Our Strategy

Inspiring Organisation:
Outstanding colleague engagement

Inspiring Organisation sets out the path to outstanding colleague engagement which we believe necessary to achieve 90% tenant satisfaction, and the actions we will take over the next year.

Inspiring Communities:
90% customer satisfaction

Inspiring Community sets out the path to increasing tenant satisfaction from 74% to 90%, and the actions we will take over the next year.

Inspiring Innovation:
Creating £3m of capacity to invest

Inspiring Innovation sets out the path to freeing up a further £3m per year that we believe necessary to invest in providing the best possible home, service and workplace, and the actions we will take over the next year.

Governance

We will operate in a culture where strong governance, compliance and risk assessment is business as usual.

Homes

We will actively manage our existing homes, and deliver new affordable housing to provide quality homes for current and future customers.

Our Benefits

Learning And Development

Covers the membership fee of one professional body relevant to your job role, and excellent opportunities for training & courses

Time Off

Generous holiday entitlement, Holiday Trading, Volunteer and study days, and Enhanced Family Leave

Prioritising Mental Health

Access to our Employee Assistance Program, trained Mental Health First Aiders and wellbeing check-ins

Aviva Pension Scheme

Choose your contribution and Saffron match up to 10%, and we offer Life Assurance cover

Health Schemes

Bupa Private Medical Insurance, Medicash Cashback Plan [eligible after probation completion]

Salary Sacrifice Schemes

Cycle to work, and Tusker Car Scheme

Shopping discounts

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

staff recognition awards

Support for your qualifications

Pension

Access to our mental health first aiders

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