Regeneration and Strategy Manager

Wheatley Solutions

Job title: Regeneration and Strategy Manager

Salary: £70,908 - £76,082 per annum (SCP 57-60)

Contract: Permanent

Work pattern: Full Time

Location: Agile Home working, travel across Central and South Scotland

Do you want to work with a values-driven organisation that makes a difference to people’s lives? Come and join Wheatley Solutions as Regeneration Manager.

About the role

What is the definition of regeneration? For some, it’s bringing swathes of neglected land back into use; for others, it’s building attractive buildings for people to live and work in.

For Wheatley, our imaginations are wider and greater, our ambition much deeper, as we work with partners to improve and sustain entire communities.

Physical regeneration is a golden opportunity to drive real economic and social benefit through communities, often providing a springboard to transform people’s lives.

The role will be drive be instrumental in driving Wheatley’s involvement across Scotland.  The role will focus on key regeneration programmes and projects, including Wheatley Homes Glasgow’s Transforming Communities Programme, Red Road, Govan/Ibrox, Wyndford, as well as Wheatley Homes South’s Lochside, Dumfries and other emerging projects.

All this will help us achieve our vision of ‘Making Homes and Lives Better’.

Who are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will want to deliver complex and challenging projects, keeping the community and tenant at the heart of everything we do.  Developing strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and funders, project will progress from RIBA stage 0 through to RIBA 4.

The ideal candidate will coordinate the strategic aims and briefs, appoint consultancy teams, coordinate design development, undertake viability assessments, secure funding packages and create deliverable housing led regeneration projects through the planning process.

The benefits we offer

We offer a sector-leading benefits package.

The successful candidate will receive:

• a rewarding career with a competitive salary;
• access to a contributory pension scheme;
• excellent leave entitlements;
• enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave;
• contributions towards dental, optical, driving lessons and more;
• access to staff inclusion networks promoting an inclusive workplace; and
• 24/7 access to our employee assistance programme.

Committed to inclusion

At Wheatley, are always looking to improve diversity within our teams. We want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute their best work and achieve their full potential.

We actively celebrate our individual differences and recognise the collective strength this brings our organisation. It’s important our teams represent the communities we serve, and we welcome applications from any under-represented groups.

Closing date: Midnight on 28^th September

For an application pack and detailed job profile, please click here.

For a chat about the role, please contact Head of Regeneration, Owain Roberts on 07880 143 787  or Owain.Roberts@wheatley-group.com

We want all our candidates to shine. If you need any reasonable adjustments to help you feel more comfortable during the recruitment process, please contact Rachel Young on 07867291367 or rachel.young@wheatley-group.com.