Job Introduction
Here at Yorkshire Housing, we’re on an ambitious journey to deliver 8,000 new homes by 2030—and we’re looking for a proactive and detail-focused Development Assistant to help us get there. In this fast-moving role, you’ll support the Land and Development teams, handling shifting deadlines, managing key data, and helping to progress sites from acquisition through to delivery. If you’re ready to be part of something big and make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.
We believe work is something you do, not somewhere you go so if you want to work for a company who are truly flexible and where you are valued then this could be just what you are looking for.
What we’re all about
You might think of Yorkshire Housing as ‘just’ a housing provider, but we’re so much more than that. Yes, we own and manage nearly 20,000 homes (and counting) across Yorkshire and make it possible for current and future customers to have a place they’re proud to call home, but we’re also all about making a positive difference in people’s lives.
We’ve got big plans to overhaul the traditional customer service offer, build new homes that are truly future-proof and empower our people through flexibility and freedom to do their best work.
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What will you be doing?
As a Development Assistant, you’ll be at the heart of our development process, providing essential support to ensure everything runs smoothly. You’ll be responsible for setting up and maintaining scheme files and checklists in line with internal and Homes England audit requirements. Working closely with Project Managers, you’ll help coordinate information across multiple schemes and ensure key updates are shared with teams like Customer Delivery, Property Services, and Space Homes—especially at critical stages such as planning submissions.
Reporting into our Land Manager, you’ll also play a key role in preparing financial appraisal documents, processing invoices, and monitoring payments. From administering the appointment of consultants and constructors to managing legal documentation and contracts, your attention to detail will be vital. You’ll support the organisation of publicity events in collaboration with our Communications Team and Space Homes, attend scheme-related meetings, and provide general administrative support to the Head of Services and wider team whenever needed.
As part of the role, there will be occasional travel across Yorkshire for site visits. For this reason, having access to your own transport will be highly beneficial.
Already feel this is the role for you? There’s much more useful information you can read in the Role Profile!
Who are we looking for?
We’re looking for someone who’s highly organised, a great communicator, and eager to make a difference. You’ll need to be confident managing priorities, building strong relationships, and keeping projects on track with precision and care. This is a great opportunity for someone to build a career within Development!
To thrive in this role, you’ll need to have:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- A basic understanding of the housing development process and the housing market.
- Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to managing information.
- The ability to influence and collaborate with a range of stakeholders, even when priorities differ.
- Experience in organising and distributing information, and navigating internal filing systems.
- A track record of building effective internal relationships and working in partnership with external organisations.
- The ability to plan, prioritise and manage a busy workload under pressure.
- Confidence in learning and using internal systems.
- Solid MS Office skills, especially in Word and Excel.
What’s in it for you…
This a full-time permanent role with a salary of £30,218.12 per annum, for a 35 hour week plus 26 days annual leave (rising annually to 31 days) plus Bank Holidays.
We offer a reward package to suit everyone. At YH, you can claim back for prescriptions, eye tests and more with our cash plan, make the most of a variety of retail discounts and take advantage of our pension scheme where we’ll match your contributions up to 9%, just to name a few.
Our people’s health and wellbeing are one of our top priorities, and you can make the most of our readily available wellbeing support package. This includes access to a library of free fitness classes, as well as an instant My GP service and free counselling sessions with a trained professional.
Find out more about our employment perks here!
Now you’re really interested?
At YH, we’re actively building a working environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse, where everyone can contribute their best work and be themselves. We believe difference is what makes us stronger and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting communities we serve, so we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds for this role.
We know that not all candidates will meet every single requirement. If you’re experience looks a little different from what we’re looking for and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you so please apply!
If you require any additional support with your application, or have any further questions please contact our fab recruitment team via email at recruitment@yorkshirehousing.co.uk
The fine print
The closing date for applications will be 11th July 2025, but we might close it early if we get lots of great candidates, so don’t hang around.
Interviews will take place w/c 14th July 2025.
