Strategic Housing Delivery Officer in Derby

Job Description

Join Our Team as a: Strategic Housing Delivery Officer
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 Hours Per Week - Monday to Friday, flexible between the hours of 7:30am – 6:30pm
Worker Type: Hybrid worker
Salary: Grade G - starting salary of £37,563 per annum (Level one) rising to £40,444 per annum (Level four)
Location: Loxley House, NG2 3NG

Make a Real Difference – Work with Nottingham City Council Housing Services

At Nottingham City Council, we're one of Nottingham's largest employers, offering a wide range of roles across diverse services. But here in Housing Services, your work goes beyond a job – it changes lives.

What We Offer

• A professional, inclusive, and supportive working environment where your skills are valued and your contribution makes a meaningful difference
• A comprehensive benefits package that promotes wellbeing, flexibility, and a healthy work-life balance
• A strong commitment to learning and development, including a full induction, e-learning and classroom-based training, and fully funded professional qualifications

Benefits of joining our team

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

About The Role

We are looking for a motivated and collaborative Strategic Housing Delivery Officer to help deliver Nottingham City Council's housing regeneration and development ambitions. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in projects that create high-quality homes, strengthen communities, and support inclusive growth across Nottingham.

Working within Housing Services, you will support the planning, coordination, and delivery of regeneration and development projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards. You will work with a wide range of colleagues, elected members, developers, community representatives, and other stakeholders to bring projects forward from concept through to implementation.

The role involves monitoring project performance, supporting funding applications and financial management, contributing to development viability assessments, and preparing reports and briefings for senior leaders and councillors. You will also help secure investment opportunities and contribute to shaping inclusive regeneration approaches that reflect the needs of local communities.

This role would suit someone with strong organisational skills, a proactive approach to problem solving, and a passion for delivering positive outcomes through housing, regeneration, and partnership working. Nottingham City Council is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and make a difference.

About You

What we're looking for:

The ideal candidate will have:

• Degree/higher level qualification or equivalent experience in affordable housing, regeneration, surveying, housing development, or related discipline.
• Knowledge of current housing, regeneration and development policies, procedures and practices.
• Experience of project management techniques.
• Experience of supporting development projects ensuring agreed deadlines, costs and outcomes are realised in line with current project management principles.
• Experience of working with a range of stakeholders and partners, to efficiently deliver a range planning and development projects that meet customer needs.
• Ability to provide concise and accurate written technical advice and recommendations to support service development proposals.

Closing Date: Sunday 18th October 2026 (11:59pm) - Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date, and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interview date(s): w/c 9th November 2026 – Please note, this is subject to change

We bring together talent, celebrate diversity, and create lasting value for the communities we serve. As a fair and inclusive employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.

We recognise that artificial intelligence (AI) can be a helpful tool when preparing your application. AI can guide you, but only your own words and experiences truly matter – we want to see the real you. All examples and statements must be your own, accurate, and reflect your true experience and values. AI tools do not understand context, think critically, or assess the reliability of information, which means AI-generated responses can feel generic and may not accurately represent who you are. We recruit fairly and inclusively – showing your real self is what helps you succeed

We welcome applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK. Please note that we are currently unable to provide visa sponsorship.

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