Lead a progressive multi-disciplinary Housing Development Team in providing the development of new homes for the local authority Transforming Bristol’s housing. Regularly voted to be one of the best places to live in the UK, Bristol is celebrated as one of the most liveable cities in the country with excellent green credentials, access to open space and a vibrant cultural scene. With a population of nearly 500,000 people and growing, Bristol City Council is determined to make sure this prosperity and the opportunities that come with it benefit everyone, through the provision of new homes and business opportunities in sustainable mixed-use communities. Bristol City Council is currently undertaking its biggest affordable housing delivery drive for decades. We are delivering the https://www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/9040-homes-for-bristol-interim-affordable-housing-delivery-plan-2025-27/file which is targeted to deliver over 3000 new council homes over the next 5 years. This is additional to the affordable Homes being delivery through our Registered Provider Partners and own housing development company, Goram Homes. What will I be doing? You’ll enjoy a variety of responsibilities leading a housing development team to support the delivery of the Council New Build Housing Programme. Your role will focus leading a small team through the direct delivery of sites through feasibility studies, option appraisals, planning applications, detailed design, procurement, legals, construction, and acquisitions of properties from other providers and the market through to the successful handover of the homes to the client delivering the development of new council homes across the city, ensuring policies, procedures, budgets and timescales are adhered too. This will include producing regular programme and project progress reports. You will be involved in commissioning project work to support the delivery of new affordable housing developments, helping develop policies and procedures that underpin delivery, as well as planning and leading community consultation events. You will create and maintain strong working relationships with a range of internal and external partners including the Council’s Development Management, Legal, Highways and Finance teams, other Council services; Homes West Registered Provider Partners; Housing Organisations; Homes England and community anchor organisations and will take relevant reports to senior management and the Policy committees. What do I need to have? If you have a passion for housing development and construction and experience of working in a project delivery environment and leading a development team, we would welcome an application from you. Ideally, you’ll have a relevant professional qualification along with the demonstrable housing development, construction, acquisition and project management experience required to successfully manage a multi-million-pound Housing Delivery programme. You will be experienced in preparing, maintaining and updating project documentation such as business cases, development appraisals, cost benefit plans, managing large multi-million-pound budgets, risk logs and highlight reports to successfully support the Housing Development Team in the delivery of capital projects. You will also have experience of managing a small team of technical and non-technical officers and working with external development specialists. Why Bristol City Council? At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working. Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future. How do I apply? To apply, please submit your CV along with a supporting statement that details how you meet the criteria within the Person Specification. To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your covering letter. We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career. For further details please contact Martyn Pursey, Lead for the Council House Delivery Programme martyn.pursey@bristol.gov.uk At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black and racially minoritised, Disabled, LGBTQ candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit. Closing date: 8 June 2025.