Job Description

Assistant Project Manager

Full Time Salary

46,000

Employment Type

Full time

Hours Per Week

35

Region

Merseyside

Location

Watson Building 4 Renshaw St, Liverpool L1 2SA

Contract Type

Permanent

Job Type

Growth and Development

Closing Date

07/10/2025

Ref No

2578

What you can expect from us

We offer a competitive salary of 46,000 per annum. 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks. Salary Finance - access both short and long terms loans, plus provides access to a savings facility. Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or though the holiday purchase scheme. Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%) A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family.
Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave. Access of up to 150 annually through the 'Learning for life' scheme Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme. Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.

About the role

What you can expect from us

We offer a competitive salary of 42,950 per annum. 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks. Salary Finance - access both short and long terms loans, plus provides access to a savings facility. Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or though the holiday purchase scheme. Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%) A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family.
Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave. Access of up to 150 annually through the 'Learning for life' scheme Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme. Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.

About the role

We are looking for an

Assistant Project Manager

to join our Growth and Development Team on a permanent basis. This role can be based at any of our three offices: Liverpool, Didsbury, Accrington.



The purpose of the role is to assist and support the growth team to review and appraise new development opportunities in line with the organisation's development and growth strategies to contribute to the delivery of the organisation's development programme targets.

Job Responsibilities

Development Appraisals


To prepare appraisals of new development opportunities across multiple tenures using ProVal software, within the agreed financial parameters. Including local market analysis and taking account of housing policy, strategy, neighbourhood planning and localised demand.

Project Initiation


Work with external agents, contractors and developers to gather all required information on potential new opportunities. Co-ordinating internal feedback on new opportunities and supporting effective progress through the feasibility stage to internal approval. Providing all required and accurate information to internal and external partners and delivering a quality service to our customers.

Finance


Payment of invoices and assisting with monitoring abortive spend to ensure it remains within approved budgets.

Programme Management


To keep accurate file records to ensure all projects comply with internal and external compliance audit requirements and Homes England capital funding guidance from the acquisition stage. To provide forecast dates for handovers and completions to delivery colleagues.

Regulation and Risk


To assist with the monitoring and reporting of the risks associated with schemes at the feasibility and initiation stages and to keep risk registers up to date.

Reports


To keep accurate records and data on all new opportunities at the feasibility and initiation stages and to report on unsuccessful bids. To assist with the preparation of written reports for information and for approval by Executive Committee, Development Committee or Board.

Skills/Experience

Essential

Knowledge of development appraisals and associated software. Knowledge of housing, property development or sales. Knowledge of Homes England requirements. Experience of following processes and a proven track record of problem solving and multi-tasking. Experience of liaising and building positive relationships with other departments and external consultants. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal. Experience of producing accurate and concise reports in Word, Excel and from software tools. Experience of accurate record keeping, administration and time management. Excellent customer service skills.

Qualifications

Essential

A-Level standard qualification, or equivalent.

Desirable

Project Management qualification Degree qualified in a relevant property related discipline

About Onward Homes

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the North West, with 35,000 properties across the region.



We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we're committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers' heads, we're here to make a real difference.



In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.



We embrace diversity and strive for diverse teams to create an inclusive culture which enables Onward to thrive and be representative of the communities that we serve. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to be part of our recruitment processes and will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with our recruitment process via the email address below.



If candidates have any questions in relation to the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on

HumanResourcesTeam@onward.co.uk

and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early prior to the closing date.

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