Location
Hybrid/London

Hours
36 hours per week

Salary
£48,987 - £61,234 plus £5,000 car allowance per annum

Contract Type
Permanent

About the Role
This is a great opportunity to join our team - Employer of the Year Housing Heroes awards 2025, and one of LinkedIn’s Top Companies 2024. We’re looking for an Assistant Development Manager (Major Projects) to assist in the Development Management of one of our major residentially led new settlement projects undertaken by Clarion Housing Group. You'll ensure the commercial objectives defined in the relevant approvals/business plan are met and work closely with and report to the Senior Development Manager and other Development Functions. The role has a primary focus, from post-site acquisition through to successful planning permission, across a range of scales, including initial outline consent and subsequent reserved matters applications. Using your good people management skills, we’ll look to you to respond to personal objectives and utilise performance management systems to improve individual performance or monitor team performance, allocate work, and review completion. You’ll take appropriate corrective action to ensure timeliness and quality and contribute to formal individual performance management and appraisal. With excellent presentation and communication skills, you’ll translate business objectives into clearly defined business cases, costs, and schedules to support growth in the business. Delivering required outcomes by coordinating activities of subcontractors and suppliers, you’ll act as a primary point of contact for them while working within an established contract management plan. With hybrid working and flexible working arrangements, this could be the opportunity you’ve been looking for!

Experience
Demonstrable residential projects experience is essential. Good commercial acumen and negotiation skills are required.

About you
You are a proactive individual with excellent presentation and communication skills. You have the ability to translate business objectives into clearly defined business cases, costs, and schedules.

Qualifications
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK; Clarion are not able to offer visa sponsorship. You are required to reside in England or Wales for the duration of your employment.

Diversity and Inclusion
We want Clarion to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, can be themselves and know they can reach their full potential. We embrace and celebrate our differences through various initiatives and support colleagues through a number of staff networks. We’re committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Clarion an inclusive place to work.