Strategic Housing Development Enabling Officer

Strategic Housing Development Enabling Officer focuses on review and implementation of housing and affordable housing policies, ensuring they reflect local need, national policy and funding frameworks.

What the role involves

• Review and implementation of housing and affordable housing policies, ensuring they reflect local need, national policy and funding frameworks.
• To support continuous improvement in the supply of affordable homes by identifying risks, opportunities and emerging trends affecting delivery across the district.
• Secure the delivery of affordable homes by maximising opportunities through the planning process, Council-led development and partnership working.
• Provide specialist affordable housing advice on pre-application proposals and planning applications, informing decision-making, negotiations and committee reporting.
• Supporting the negotiation and implementation of Section 106 agreements, nomination agreements and related mechanisms to secure the delivery of affordable homes in line with policy.
• Maintaining oversight of affordable housing schemes, monitoring delivery, tenure mix and compliance with agreed obligations and funding conditions.

Skills and requirements

• Educated to degree level in a relevant subject, or equivalent professional experience (e.g. Housing, Environmental Health, Public Protection, Regulatory Services or similar).
• Experience of supporting or securing affordable housing through the planning process, including engagement with planning applications and development proposals.

Confirmed role details

• In addition to a competitive salary, you will be entitled to a range of benefits, including.
• The Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Generous holiday entitlement.
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme.

Additional role context

• Check out Maldon's careers page to see what it's like to work for Maldon.
• To act as the Council's specialist officer on the delivery of affordable homes, providing expert advice on planning applications, viability, Section 106 agreements and funding oppo.
• Assess development proposals to optimise the provision of affordable homes, considering tenure mix, unit size, layout, funding availability and viability constraints.