Principal Housing Development Officer, Headquarters/Hybrid Working - HGH19990
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £55,983.00 to £61,243.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 December 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week |
| Company: | Highland Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | HGH19990 |
Summary
Job Description
Post Title: Principal Housing Development Officer
Location: HC Headquarters/Hybrid Working
Hours: 35 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £55,983 - £61,243 p.a.
Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.
Contact Person: Helen Cameron Tel: 07554 434838 E-mail: helen.cameron3@highland.gov.uk
Job Purpose: Sitting within the Housing and Communities Service, this role will manage the delivery of the agreed housing development programme in the Highland area, meeting the objectives of the Local Housing Strategy, the Strategic Housing Investment Plan and the Highland Housing Challenge. The post holder will ensure effective governance and implementation across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and work closely with private land agents.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Housing Development team as a Principal Housing Development Officer to manage the delivery of the affordable housing programme. This post presents an excellent opportunity for a focused and driven individual to use their existing skills and experience and apply them across the Highlands to deliver a development programme to meet both current and future housing needs in both urban and rural areas.
For further information, please refer to the job and person specification document below.
Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions Team, T: 01955 608279 (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.
Please find the Job Description below.
The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.
As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.
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Requirements
Education & Qualifications
- Educated to degree level or relevant professional qualification
OR
- Demonstrate evidence of degree level of educational ability through experience of working in an equivalent job role
Essential Attributes
- Significant experience of managing multiple complex projects
- Experience of partnership working across the public and private sectors.
- Experience of leading and managing high performing teams or collaborative partnerships.
- Experience of negotiating complex land, acquisitions and/or major building contracts
- Driving licence and/or access to personal transport and be willing to be flexible about travel for work and training purposes.
- Experience of budget/resource management.
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