Affordable Housing Investment Delivery Officer in Glasgow

Expression of Interest (EOI) opportunity, available on a lateral move basis only. Applications are open to Core Scottish Government employees only.

Job Title – Affordable Housing Investment Delivery Officer

Working Arrangement – Staff in roles compatible with hybrid working should aim to spend 40% of their contracted working time working in person at their contractual workplace. More information can be found within Hybrid Working Policy .

Grade – B2

Advert type – level transfer

Duration – Permanent

Eligibility - Expressions of interest are invited from substantive colleagues on level transfer from Core SG only.

Skilled Worker Sponsorship not being offered

Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result, we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.

Overview

Are you looking for a new and challenging role which will see you working in a fast-moving, high profile and impactful Ministerial priority area to deliver 110,000 affordable homes by 2032?
This is an exciting and rewarding time to join More Homes Division as we plan, develop and manage delivery of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) across Scotland. Critical to delivery of Ministers target is the role played by the 5 Area Teams in the Division. Each of them has responsibility for ensuring that a strategic approach is taken towards the delivery of affordable housing across specific local authority areas, along with implementing and delivering on an agreed set of affordable supply targets.

You will be part of the Glasgow & Clyde Area Team, which has direct responsibility for planning, managing, and delivering the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) across Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, and West Dunbartonshire. It is also responsible for the strategic management of the Transfer of the Management of Development Funding (TMDF) arrangement in Glasgow, including day to day contact with officials in Glasgow City Council.

The team oversees the strategic management of funding arrangements throughout the region and maintains day-to-day engagement with local authority officials, including the review of Local Housing Strategies and Strategic Housing Investment Plan.

The large and complex area covered by the team ensures a varied workload – issues across both urban and rural areas include both matters of supply imbalance and regeneration needs as well as the challenges associated with developing in remote rural and island locations.

The role will involve working closely with both internal and external stakeholders to deliver the local AHSP, ensuring that strong programme management and monitoring processes are consistently applied. You may also be asked to contribute to wider More Homes divisional work and provide support to other AHSP teams- working flexibly across team boundaries to ensure shared outcomes are achieved.

The postholder will also play an active role in supporting the creation ofthe national housing agencyMore Homes Scotland,due to be operational from 1 April 2027, contributing to divisional transformation activities, working groups and collaborative projects. This will include helping to shape new ways of working, sharing learning and best practice, and supporting delivery of the Division's longer-term strategic objectives.

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