Job Introduction
Job Title: Housing & Development Programme Manager
Starting Salary: £61,443 progressing to £68,775 per annum
Hours: 37 per week
Location: Farnham House, Stevenage/Hybrid working model
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services
Our ambition is providing the right housing and accommodation for the people we support, enabling our residents to live independently at home for longer through better environments.
About the team
Our team is looking for a Housing & Development Programme Manager to join us to support the progression of our Ten Year Accommodation Strategy in Hertfordshire alongside the management of a small team, specialist care consultancy frameworks, while bringing housing development expertise and experience.
This will include the delivery of housing for people supported by Adult Care Services, directly or through development partners, attracting external funding to deliver better outcomes in line with the Care Act, prevent and delay interventions and increase the wellbeing of the people we support.
About the role
You will play a key role in delivering the 10‑Year Accommodation Strategy by developing strong strategic partnerships and driving investment in supported housing across the county. Working closely with programme sponsors, you’ll help define programme scope, outcomes, governance and business justification for major strategies including Extra Care, Adult Disability Services, and Nursing Accommodation.
You’ll build effective relationships with housing partners, developers and registered providers to deliver new supported housing schemes, securing capital funding from a range of internal and external sources. This includes preparing high‑quality business cases and reports for senior leaders and members.
The role involves leading cross‑organisational project teams, providing strategic direction for project managers, and ensuring programmes are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed quality standards. You will oversee benefits management and support the delivery of compliant schemes under the Supported Housing Regulatory Oversight Act.
You will also represent Adult Care Services at District Supported Accommodation Boards, influencing internal colleagues, district councils, and regional partners to support the aims of the strategy.
This role offers the chance to shape both development programmes and construction projects—from early business cases to opening new supported accommodation. You’ll work closely with stakeholders through coproduction and ensure value for money in a challenging economic climate. Creativity, innovation and new ways of working are strongly encouraged as you help secure competitive funding and deliver high‑quality outcomes.
About you
Essential:
- Demonstrable skills in housing development, delivery and construction
- Evidence knowledge of supported housing
- Experience of leading and motivating a small team
- Adept at building and maintaining relationships with a range of stakeholders
- Demonstrable skills in communicating and influencing peers, stakeholders and members
- Experience in financial analysis of a large individual project/programme
Desirable:
- Demonstrable experience of working with housing associations and developers to provide social/supported housing
- Chartered Institute of Housing
We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.
This job role is within the Project & Programme, Level 14 job profile. Please locate this via: Job profiles: Project & programme
Every week is different and an opportunity to learn. Our team is involved in a hugely diverse set of services and initiatives, with opportunities to build new relationships and understand the important services we deliver to residents of Hertfordshire. Change is a fundamental part of the team’s role. The challenges are many, the reward of opening a new home or service for the people that we support and seeing the changes that come from that make the efforts worthwhile.
To hear more about this opportunity please contact Tarn Gascoyne (tarn.gascoyne@hertfordshire.gov.uk) for an informal discussion about the role.
Interview Date: 30th April (AM) & 1st May (PM) - Face to Face, Stevenage office.
How to apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Additional information
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.