Job Introduction
What you’ll do
As a Retrofit Project Manager, you’ll lead our retrofit programme within the Planned Investment Department, ensuring that improvement works across our homes are delivered effectively, meet high performance standards, and comply with funding requirements. Working closely with colleagues responsible for pre‑works and delivery, you’ll help ensure our programmes align with strategic objectives and support our commitment to improving energy efficiency and long‑term sustainability across our homes.
How you’ll do it
- Support the delivery of an annually rolling retrofit programme, identifying homes to be upgraded and ensuring performance targets are met.
- Manage programme alignment across retrofit and cyclical works to maximise efficiencies and minimise disruption to residents.
- Lead on planning and preparation phases, from property identification through to detailed design, scoping, and pricing.
- Administer grant funding, including processing claims, managing drawdowns, and maintaining accurate scheme information.
- Oversee programme reporting and ensure accurate data is maintained for monitoring, evaluation, forecasting, and wider grant compliance.
- Support project managers and external partners during the preparation stages, contributing to scope development, design briefs, and technical support.
- Lead the loft insulation programme, ensuring compliance with standards, high‑quality delivery, and effective contractor performance.
- Provide insights and feedback to strengthen retrofit delivery, support appraisals, and contribute commercial understanding across the programme.
- Oversee commercial activity, working with project managers and cost consultants to ensure budgets are controlled and grant value is maximised.
- Identify and manage risks across pre‑works and delivery phases, escalating issues where needed.
The ideal candidate
We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.
Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.
Essential:
- Qualification or experience in a relevant discipline, with a project management or retrofit qualification (Level 2, 3, or 5) or willingness to complete one.
- Strong project management experience within construction, with the ability to deliver work to agreed timescales and targets
- Excellent communication and engagement skills, with confidence presenting to a variety of audiences.
- Ability to analyse information, interpret challenges from multiple viewpoints, and develop creative, workable solutions.
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Project and Excel.
- Experience planning and managing priorities, risks, and structured workflows.
- Proven ability to work effectively with a range of colleagues, residents, and external partners.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams, consultants, and contractors.
- Commitment to equality, inclusion, and serving diverse communities.
- Good understanding of sustainability, funding streams, net zero carbon goals, and environmental challenges in the housing sector.
This role is subject to an enhanced criminal record check (CRB) issued by the disclosure and barring service (DBS).
Hybrid arrangements - at least three days a week in an office or in a community/site based/partnership setting. On other days, working from home may be possible, depending on the work needed and the interaction required.
What’s in it for you?
Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.
Benefits include:
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, 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
- Life Assurance x 4 annual salary
All about us
Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 65,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,800 employees.
For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/
We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.
To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/
Selection Process
Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 5 April.
Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessment
Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview
Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via jobs@nhg.org.uk.
Should a redeployee apply for this role, their application will be considered before any others.
NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.
