Strategic Housing at Rochdale Council has undertaken a customer-focused transformation program, which has included the creation of two new service areas: ‘People’ and ‘Property’. Both services work together to deliver housing solutions across the Borough, including through our new customer delivery office in Rochdale town center. We require experienced housing professionals who are passionate about the real-life difference that quality housing makes in our community and who will want to be integral to that delivery.
We have an exciting vacancy for a Housing Supply Officer (Growth) to help contribute towards our vision for excellent strategic housing within the Borough. We require an individual who is passionate about the real-life difference that quality housing makes in our community and you will want to be a pro-active part of our service achieving that aim.
You will be working on the development and delivery of homes across the Borough and across all tenures of housing stock, including procuring and commissioning works to bring forward affordable housing on a portfolio of Council owned brownfield sites. You will ideally be experienced in the development and delivery of build programs, including the planning and procurement processes & procedures.
You will relish the challenge of engaging with property owners, colleagues, developers, Registered Providers of Social Housing, customers and third sector partners. You will be capable of prioritising tasks, delivering on set timetables and ensuring timely completion of project commitments. You will be capable of maintaining case files, spreadsheets and engaging with relevant parties both in person and via office-based means.
You will work to support the responsible Housing Team Lead (Growth) and you will relish working together as part of a small team to deliver on key Council priorities. You should have a strong background relating to the person specification and be able to demonstrate relevant experience. You will have an ability to develop, manage and maintain a multi-priority workload, progressing various ideas and plans concurrently to achieve effective delivery.
Casual User Car Allowance is payable.
To apply for this job role please upload your CV with a supporting statement that provides evidence of how you meet the specification criteria of the job role. You must meet all essential criteria to be shortlisted (CV Application Form).
If you are interested in what we are offering and have the skills we are looking for we want to hear from you.
Shortlisting will take place 21st January 2026 and interviews will be held on 4th February 2026.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role