Development Assurance Officer Fixed Term

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Development Assurance Officer to join our Development Delivery team in our West region, on a fixed term basis until August 2025. You'll be based from our office in Bristol, combining office and home working to ensure a positive work/life balance.

It's a really exciting time to join us as Sovereign have joined forces with Network Homes to form SNG (Sovereign Network Group). Together we provide over 84,000 homes and invest in communities across London and the South of England – our purpose being to provide quality affordable homes and places that people love for generations.

Our Development team is entering a new era, with an ambitious Investment Strategy that targets more homes, and better places. This year SNG will deliver c.2000 new homes across our three regions - with plans to build over 24,000 new homes over the next 10 years. 

The Role

Reporting into the Assistant Director of Development Delivery, you'll be working with Development delivery teams and other stakeholders, both internally and externally, to enable the smooth transition of new build homes into the business. Responsibilities will include:

• Creating New Property Information Packs (NPIPs) to provide comprehensive scheme information and documentation on all new developments as it becomes available, including legal documents, site plans, HSE compliance, warranties, shared ownership/sales etc.
• Monitoring and reviewing incoming documentation in preparation for handovers of units, proactively highlighting missing information to our external and internal teams and distributing to relevant teams
• Monitoring legal portals for incoming information, uploading this to our local files and folders as it becomes available
• Updating the SEMS system at the start of each new development with site outline and any other relevant details
• Assisting Project Managers and the Charging Officer with the creation of Charging Packs to ensure they are available to Treasury team within agreed timescales
• Assisting with compiling information required for internal and external audits including those for Homes England

What we need from you

Ideally, you'll have previous experience in a similar role with an understanding of the development process of new homes, or experience within a technical administrative role. You'll also need:

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• To be well organised with an excellent attention to detail
• The ability to work to strict deadlines and to prioritise work effectively         
• Strong IT skills, including MS Excel and MS Word
• Any experience using SDS Sequel would be advantageous

Your benefits

We have some great benefits at Sovereign, including: 

• £450 yearly flexible benefit pot to use against benefits of your choice
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary 
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover
• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at Sovereign. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.

If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you