Development Programme Manager
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The Vacancy
Help Shape the Future of Affordable Housing
Join our supportive, ambitious and successful Development team as our Development Programme Manager.
Do you have strong experience managing complex development programmes, grant funding, and financial assurance within a housing or regulated environment? Are you confident leading people, systems, and stakeholders to ensure development programmes are delivered compliantly and effectively? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Our Ambition
“We’re committed to tackling the housing crisis and protecting our planet by designing and building homes that are sustainable, energy efficient and ready for the future strategy”
The Role
As our Development Programme Manager, you will lead and manage the development financial service, ensuring the effective planning, funding, reporting, assurance and delivery of NCHA’s development programme across the organisation, subsidiaries and external clients.
You will provide management information to the Assistant Director of Development and Sales, supporting informed decision-making and ensuring compliance with regulatory, funder and governance requirements. You will work closely with colleagues across the Development Delivery team, Finance, Treasury, Asset Management and Governance, acting as a trusted expert on development finance and programme management.
We work collaboratively to ensure developments are financially sustainable, compliant and aligned with NCHA’s strategic objectives. The Development team plays a vital role in delivering new homes and investment that supports people to live better lives.
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Lead the management of Homes England capital funding, including Strategic Partnership and Continuous Market Engagement bids on behalf of NCHA and external clients
- Oversee development programme forecasting, cashflow planning and grant drawdown, ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Provide clear, timely programme data, reporting and assurance to support business planning, treasury and regulatory requirements
- Ensure strong financial governance and audit compliance across the development programme
- Oversee development appraisal models, assumptions and core programme systems, driving continuous improvement and data integrity
- Work collaboratively across Development, Finance, Treasury, Asset Management and Governance teams to maintain programme integrity
- Represent NCHA with funders, regulators, lenders and external partners
- Provide line management and professional leadership to the Development Finance & Programme Management team
Please refer to the Role Profile attached at the bottom of the page for information about the role.
Working Hours
Full‑time hours apply, Monday to Friday. This role follows a partially agile working model, offering a blend of office and home‑based work to support flexibility and work‑life balance, with an expectation that 3 days are worked from our Head Office, Clifton Place.
About you
We would like to hear from you if you are an experienced development finance professional with a strong background in managing large and complex financial and programme datasets within a housing environment. You will have proven experience working with Homes England, including a solid understanding of the Capital Funding Guide and audit and compliance requirements.
You must be confident managing capital programmes with multiple workstreams and producing clear, accurate reporting for a range of audiences, including senior leaders, funders and auditors. You will bring strong experience in business planning, forecasting and cashflow management, and understand how development programmes link to wider financial and treasury planning.
You should be highly organised, analytical and proactive, with a track record of independently implementing new processes and driving continuous improvement. Experience of working with IMS is desirable, as is line management experience, with the ability to support and develop others within a collaborative team.
Useful Tips
- All correspondence will be via your registered email address.
- View the full Role Profile in the document tab at the top of the page and refer to the Person Specification section to complete your application.
- Interviews will be held on 29 May 2026. Shortlisted candidates will complete a presentation as part of their interview process.
- For more information about NCHA, please refer to the attached ‘Helping Our Customers’ document.
Benefits of working at NCHA
We were proudly certified as one of the UK’s best places to work by Great Place to Work UK. We were also classed as one of the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing™, and the Best Workplaces for Women™ of 2024. Take a look at our working life, benefits, and values, to see why 77% of our colleagues say it is a great place to work.
NCHA strives to be a welcoming and inclusive employer as such we particularly welcome applicants from ethnic minority communities, LGBTQ+ communities, candidates with disabilities, as they are currently under-represented within our workforce principally in our people manager roles.
The Company
We’re Nottingham Community Housing Association, known to many as NCHA. We’ve been around since 1973, and we're really proud of that. We're more than just a housing association: we deliver care and support to people all over the East Midlands. Read our story to find out more about us.
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