About the role
Are you passionate about delivering high-quality, affordable housing and driving forward innovative development projects? North Northamptonshire Council is seeking a dynamic and experienced Housing Development and Acquisitions Manager to lead our housing investment programme and shape the future of housing across the region.
This is a pivotal role responsible for managing all aspects of our housing development and acquisitions strategy — from affordable housing data management and council owned land optimisation to ensuring a pipeline of appropriately adapted homes for our tenants.
What will you be doing?
- Lead the delivery of the Council’s housing development and acquisitions investment programme.
- Maintain an accurate and up-to-date register of affordable housing across North Northamptonshire.
- Oversee the optimisation of garage sites and the supply of newly adapted homes.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, including the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and the Housing Act 2004.
- Manage procurement processes to ensure financial compliance and value for money.
- Lead and support teams based at Robinson Way and Fleming Road Depots.
- Provide expert advice on the impact of new legislation and support service transformation.
- Deputise for the Head of Housing Maintenance and Development when required.
About you
- Proven experience in housing development, acquisitions, or property investment.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- In-depth knowledge of housing legislation, planning, and development frameworks.
- Excellent project management and procurement expertise.
- Ability to drive innovation and transformational change in service delivery.
- A collaborative and strategic thinker with a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for residents.
Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our Key Commitments
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
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