Job Introduction
Do you have a solid background in affordable housing development and the drive and commitment to be part of a team making a significant contribution to meeting housing need in London?
Notting Hill Genesis is one of the largest housing associations in the UK with annual turnover of £837m, £22bn of assets and over 66,000 homes in management, of which 61,300 are in London. We provide homes for around 170,000 people. We aim to do more for our customers and make a bigger difference for those in housing need. Part of our Development and Sales Directorate, the New Business Team plays a critical and exciting role in delivering our objectives by seeking out new partnership opportunities in London to deliver a pipeline of 1,400 new homes annually. We are seeking a new team member to help us achieve our objectives.
Main Responsibility
Our Business Development Managers are responsible for building networks and relationships with developers, housebuilders, public and private sector land owners and others to secure the delivery of new homes. For the most part, these will be affordable homes but NHG also develops homes for sale and market rent to support our social purpose. As well as financial appraisal and contract negotiation, you will need to work closely with internal technical, finance and operational colleagues, obtaining their support and input to secure approvals and funding to ensure delivery. You will also work as part of a team assembling bids in response to public sector tenders for development partnerships, often to challenging deadlines.
The Ideal Candidate
You will be confident and motivated, with a proven track record of delivery of affordable homes through partnership arrangements, such as joint ventures and S106 affordable housing acquisitions, and a solid understanding of the London housing market. You will have experience of procuring and managing potentially large teams of external consultants and communicating effectively with internal and external audiences at a variety of levels. Good organisational and project management skills will be required with an emphasis on ensuring the homes we deliver provide a great customer experience. You will be familiar with financial appraisal software such as Pamwin and Argus Developer and have strong numeracy and problem solving skills.
We require you to be onsite a minimum of 3 days per week.
Benefits
In return we offer:
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay - we offer enhanced maternity and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations
- Health cash plan
- Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance and much more
- Interest free loans: season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan and training loan
- Cycle to work scheme
How to apply
- Applications close at 23:59 on 9 March 2023
Please apply for this role with us online. If you are not able to apply online, please contact our HR team via jobs@nhg.org.uk to discuss your requirements.
About the Company
Notting Hill Genesis is now one of the largest housing associations in London and the south east. We own and manage more than 66,000 homes and employ around 2,000 staff. We provide homes across a range of tenures and are committed to continuing to deliver housing that is affordable to all. Our roots reach back to the 1960s when our legacy organisations were established by local people who shared a similar vision – to house west London’s working poor, providing them a home from which to build themselves and their families a secure future.
Our people
We value our people and both respect and celebrate their differences. We’re proud to say that our colleagues come from different backgrounds, with varied outlooks and are from all over the world. We encourage and are committed to diversity. We know that when people with varied experiences and unique points of view come together, it makes us a stronger organisation and more able to help the wide range of residents that we serve. We want all our colleagues to bring their full selves to work in a culture and environment based on respect and fairness, regardless of role, background or ability.
Our pledges
We are proud signatories of the G15 group’s diversity pledge to encourage more diversity in the boardroom and at senior level. The pledge on Black, Asian and minority ethnic diversity commits NHG to reflect the ethnic diversity of the communities we work in at all levels and particularly at senior managerial, leadership and board levels.
We have under-representation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic colleagues at this level and are keen to fill this gap. We welcome applications from everyone. For this role, we especially encourage Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates to join us and be part of an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity, equality of opportunity and provides a place for you to grow your career.
We are also a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer and have signed up to Harry’s Pledge. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation.
To find out more about Diversity and inclusion at NHG, please visit our website.
