Trainee Partnerships Officer

Role overview

• ID: 2024-5413
• Entity: Vistry
• Region: Vistry Division
• Department: Company Secretariat, Legal, Audit & Risk
• Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Job Location: Coleshill, Warwickshire / Bristol, Avon / Brentwood Essex
• Date Posted: 15.03.2024

We have a exciting opportunity for a Trainee Partnerships Officer to join Vistry Group at one of the following offices; Bristol, Coleshill & Brentwood. As our Trainee Partnerships Officer you will provide support to the wider Affordable Housing team and gain experience across an array of partnership activities and practice whilst gaining experience, training and relevant qualifications to further your professional career. Working with internal and external stakeholders to deliver new homes and building strong communities.

• Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
  • Completion of a Business Administration Apprenticeship Level 3
  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Agile working possible (dependent on role)
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Private Healthcare and Dental Insurance
  • Competitive contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary
  • Share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
• In return, what we would like from you...
  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • 4 GCSEs A-C/4-9. Two of these should be Maths and English.
  • A minimum of a Level 3/BTEC Diploma/2 A Levels
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Confident at engaging with our stakeholders with a professional communication style
  • Able to build and maintain relationships with both internal and external partners
  • Strong IT skills and experience of using computers, preferably Excel, Power Projects & Word
  • Able to work on your own initiative
  • Full UK driving licence (desirable)
• More about the Trainee Partnerships Officer role...
  • Provide administrative support to the Affordable Housing department
  • Liaise with partners to obtain offers on new homes
  • Maintaining schedules and assist with reporting processes
  • Carry out general administrative duties
  • Working across internal stakeholders including Planning and Technical Teams
  • Proactively engage in stakeholder relationships with local external stakeholders, resident representatives and others to understand local challenges, emerging issues in project design and development.
  • Maintain relationships with local and regional bodies and support the Affordable Housing Team
  • Support the Affordable Housing Team in potential opportunities, developing proposals for new projects and build related partnerships.
  • Manage and monitor the efficacy of projects to ensure that outcomes are met and impact evidenced

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

At Vistry Group, we build more than homes. We develop sustainable communities across all sectors of the UK housing market through our leading housing brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Delivered through Vistry Housebuilding, Countryside Partnerships and Vistry Works with the support of Vistry Services, our values of integrity, caring, and quality continue to shape all we do.

We’re proud that our UK Green Building Council membership, 2021 Large Housebuilder of the Year award and status as a UK top-five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating allows us to transform land into thriving spaces. We’re also proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. From memories and communities to worthwhile careers, we’re making Vistry.

Benefits

Agile Working

Offers a flexible way of working.

Annual Leave

Enjoy 28 days’ holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.

Pension with Legal & General

Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.

Volunteer Days

With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.

Why Vistry

Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.