Director of Business Development (Social Housing)
Peterborough, Boston, Nottingham, Rushden or Lincoln
Up to £95,000 per annum (starting salary subject to qualifications and skills) plus a company car provision of up to £6,350 and additional benefits package
Full time - 36.25 hours per week

Do you want to work for a company where you can make a difference?

Business Development builds our client’s organisation by creating valuable partnerships, enabling them to build great homes, provide great services, and ultimately filters into what they stand for, “making a difference” and “improving lives”. 

The role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a high performing and experienced individual to lead their new Land & Planning and New Business & Partnerships department, as Director of Business Development, during a period of organisational change and growth.

As a social housing provider, their successful Director of Business Development will lead the procurement of new property and land opportunities for the Group, ensuring that they successfully secure development opportunities to meet their corporate plan targets. Their new leader will be a values-driven, yet commercially minded leader who can combine these attributes to lead the management of new property developments, create partnerships and provide the homes that will help solve the housing crisis. In a new strategic operation for the Group, their new Director will be accountable for building, leading and managing the property business development service arm for the business, working with their leadership team to add to the outline and delivery of the housing aspect of their annual operations plans.

About You:

As their ideal candidate you will be a values driven, innovative and creative leader who will champion commercial awareness, change and collaborative working to ensure strategic objectives and performance targets in relation to property acquisition and development are met and risks are managed across the group. You will have worked within a similar role within social housing and/or commercial property development so will be able to demonstrate success at a senior management level with managing residential property, budgets, project planning and developing partnerships. You will have a good understanding of housing associations and the related funding, legislative and regulatory framework.

Educated to degree level or equivalent, you will ideally hold a relevant professional qualification or an equivalent leadership qualification. However, this is not essential for the right candidate, above all they are looking for an inspirational leader who will be able to successfully deliver significant development and regeneration opportunities.

About our client:

They are one of the UK’s leading housing providers, providing more than 22,500 homes across the Midlands and the East of England, and is a leading independent provider of care and support services. Passionate about people and committed to their vision of ‘Improving Lives’, they do not stand still and have an exciting future ahead with ambitious growth plans for housing, care, support and community investment. Everything they do is about helping people, enhancing their wellbeing and improving lives.

In return for your hard work and commitment, you’ll enjoy excellent employee benefits including
A competitive salary
Company car provision
A contributory average salary pension scheme
Generous paid annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays and 3 additional concessionary days.
A commitment to learning and development
Cycle to work scheme
Free onsite parking at majority of sites

Equal Opportunities:

They value and respect their people. They recognise that their success rests on the shoulders of committed staff and board members so they want to make sure that everyone feel supported and appreciated. Being part of the Group means living their values. In it together, Heartfelt Service, Own it, Push the Boundaries and Fun and Fair. It is through their values they will continue to shape the future making a positive difference within their local communities, creating places where people want to live.

They are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applicants from minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities and invite applicants to contact the employer to identify any additional support they may need during the recruitment process.

Closing date: Friday 24th May 2019
Interview date: Wednesday 5th June 2019