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Project Officer

Salary £40,453 + discretionary bonus
Location Portsmouth (Hybrid)
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This is a {Advertised Permanent / Temporary}, {Advertised Full Time / Part Time} vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

We’re VIVID! –We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!  

We’re recruiting for a Project Officer to join our Development Team! This is a permanent, full-time position working 37 hours a week, with 20% of this to be spent in the office to allow collaboration within the Development team and with other teams across the business. While contractually based out of our Portsmouth office, the role includes regular travel throughout our operating area in Hampshire, Berkshire, West Sussex and Surrey.


Want to know what we can offer you?

  • 26 days holiday pro rata (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave  
  • A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home  
  • A generous contributory pension of 6%. We’ll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%  
  • Private medical insurance   
  • Health care cash plan called Medicash  
  • Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave  
  • Access to counselling, legal and financial information  
  • Electric car scheme  
  • Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes  


Here’s the facts about the role:

We’re looking for a proactive and detail‑driven Project Officer to assist in the delivery of projects within VIVID’s development programme, ensuring that our new homes delivery objectives are achieved in accordance with our financial plans and targets. In this role, you’ll assist with on‑site projects, attend site meetings, carry out snagging and end‑of‑defects inspections, and ensure every home is handed over to other teams within the business to the highest quality standards. You’ll maintain accurate certificates and documentation, build strong relationships with contractors and stakeholders, and play a key part in delivering homes on time, within budget and fully compliant with requirements.


Working closely with the Project Manager, you’ll help assess, quantify and mitigate risks associated with new builds, contributing to a culture where risk identification and control are embedded in day‑to‑day operations. You’ll support in the delivery of a robust defects and aftersales process, ensuring issues are resolved quickly and customers receive an exceptional experience in line with our values. With a focus on quality, you’ll be part of a team directly supporting our sales & lettings teams by ensuring our homes meet the standards expected.


You’ll play an important role in financial awareness and programme success, escalating any budget or performance concerns appropriately. With a strong eye for detail, strong administration & coordination skills, excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships, you’ll help ensure our development projects run smoothly from start to finish!


As this role involves travel, a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use is a requirement. Business mileage will be paid.

Interviews are due to take place WC 2 February (subject to change).

We're a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home, and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home we’re here to help with that and more.

Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long-term, and this means in the quality, safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods, with a firm focus on improving services so they’re easy to use and access by our customers.

We’re addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south, building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. We’re the sixth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England, having built over 1,500 last year.

This is summed up in our vision “More homes, bright futures”.

As a ‘people’ business, we work hard to create a high-performing and fun working environment. We invest in our people’s development, whilst looking after their wellbeing with our award-winning initiatives.

Buy / sell
annual leave

Pension
scheme

Smart
working

From 26 days holiday per year

Private medical / medicash benefits

Enhanced
paternity / maternity leave

Qualification funding support

Electric car scheme

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion, and want people from all walks of life to apply for our vacancies.

We’re a disability confident leader with disabled-friendly offices and we’ll make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to help you; please note your needs on your application form.

If you need additional support with your application, please get in touch with us
on 02392 896758 or email HRrecruitment@vividhomes.co.uk. We’ll be happy to help. 

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