Head of Planned Investment Support

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Job description

We are Places for People; we are placemakers; our work impacts on the lives of people across the U.K. - providing homes to live in, communities to retire to, spaces to stay active, supported homes for independent living, and student accommodation. Our places work when they work for everyone.How do we do all this? By surrounding ourselves with customer focused people, solution focused people and attention to detail people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.So, we want you to join us and the 12,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped us create places, maintain 209,000 homes, manage £4.5 billion of assets, deliver £87.9m social value and teach 80,000 children to swim each week.More about your roleYou will be responsible for leading the support team to ensure the preparation, specification, procurement and contract management of investment programmes is in accordance with the contract and Group requirements.The Planned Investment Support Team forms part of the Planned Investment Team and is responsible for the successful delivery of the Group's Asset Investment Programme and providing effective project, programme and contract management services relating to the Affordable Housing stock.This is an Agile/home based role; however given that you have national responsibility there will be the occasional requirement to go to one of our offices/sites as and when required.For more information please download our job profile available on our website.More about youYou will be an effective and inspiring leader with strong project, programme, contract, safety, cost and change management skills. You'll have extensive experience of successfully implementing large scale planned works programmes. You will be an experienced Technical Manager with membership of a related Chartered Body or holding a relevant technical/building qualification to degree level or equivalent.You'll possess in-depth knowledge of CDM 2015 Regulations and related construction Health and Safety and risk management matters. You will have sound knowledge of related contract law and statutory requirements. Furthermore you'll be customer focused and care about the customer experience and journey. The benefitsOur ambition gives you all the challenge you could wish for and that's why we can offer you tangible and exciting career progression in a diverse and pioneering business.Here people can flourish, thrive, better themselves and work in fantastic communities with inspirational colleagues and customers.We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to help colleagues save money or make their lives a little bit easier; from a pension, generous holiday pay, training, sick pay, and free or discounted gym membership - to a wealth of extra perks including discounts and offers on thousands of retailers, restaurants and leisure outlets and much more.What's next?If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.