Development Manager Birmingham, England
Lloyds Banking Group
Full Time
Birmingham, England
61340 - 87649 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
End Date
Thursday 29 June 2023
Salary Range
£0 - £0Agile Working Options
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Job Description
JOB TITLE: Development Manager
LOCATION: Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: travel required across sites
About this opportunity:
We’re supporting the Group’s Strategy of ‘helping Britain recover’ through the provisions of quality homes.
Citra Living is an exciting, new standalone company, with a new brand, as part of Lloyds Banking Group, which will focus solely on the private rental market. The move builds on the Group’s existing support for the housing market as one of the biggest mortgage lenders to first-time buyers, home movers and private landlords. Since 2018, Lloyds Banking Group has provided almost £40bn of mortgages in the UK, and helped one in four first time buyers to get onto the housing ladder.
The intention is to work with leading house builders, and other participants, through strategic partnerships to identify sites and support the building of additional housing, with Citra Living buying the rental element of these new developments. The properties then being let to customers. As well as ensuring continued support for the house building sector this will also help to address the continued increase in demand for rental properties at the same time. The properties, which will be incremental stock to the UK, will provide modern, good quality homes to meet the demands of a growing rental market, and they will be within easy reach of local transport, amenities and leisure facilities
Within our newly created team, we’re looking for a Development Manager to work alongside and report into the Development Director where you’ll be responsible for the successful delivery of new privately rented homes for Citra Living. You’ll have the best
interests of our customers at heart in ensuring that homes and places are built to the highest standards and maintained to the required quality and standards, whilst monitoring costs.
As a Development Manager within Citra, you’ll be involved in key stages of the project cycle…
- General responsibilities; drive the use of Modern Methods of Construction and innovation to deliver the Future Homes Standards, develop Citra’s Minimum Viable Product, including house types, specification and Employers Requirements, assist with incorporation of new/changing Government Policy, Health & Safety Building Regulations etc and ensure that project costs are rigorously managed and expenditure is always recorded.
- Transaction Stage; supporting the site feasibility analysis of potential new projects, collaborating with internal Citra stakeholders, lead on technical due diligence processes, manage and monitor the performance of external Health & Safety experts and ensure adherence to quality standards and review project deliverables.
- Development Stage; general responsibility for project stage delivery, serve as the link between members of the Commercial and Operations team, report into the Development Director in regard to program updates, provide financial updates and all matters of Health and Safety, ESG and key deliverable and in general be responsible for on-going project performance.
- Operational Phase; maintain responsibility for development related issues during the defect liability period, working with the Operations Team, third parties and the Customers as necessary, liaise with the Operations Team on the reporting, rectifying and monitoring of defects and agreeing proactive measures to ensure defects are rectified within our service level
About us;
From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose.
What you’ll need:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent on the job experience
- Member of a professional body desirable
- Knowledge of construction in the residential housing sector
- Experience in leading and successful delivery of multiple projects across a wide area
- Financial and programme management of multiple development projects
- Consistent track record and experience in Project Management, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying and acting Clerk of Works.
- Track record in learning and continual improvement.
About working for us:
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive?
Apply today and find out more.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
