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Managing Director

Regeneration & Commercial Development

Salary £90k plus attractive package including Final Salary Pension

Based Liverpool / Cheshire

plus dane group has over 15,000 homes in ownership and management across Merseyside and Cheshire. We employ over 450 people, have an asset value in excess of £500m, a development fund in excess of £220m and a turnover of over £50m. As an employer of choice, we offer a range of flexible benefits, attractive pay and great office locations. Our colleagues make a big difference to people's lives every day.

Following a restructure of our top team, this new Managing Director role will be critical to delivering our vision and values in our present neighbourhoods and beyond. We seek an entrepreneurial development professional with a track record of developing high quality mixed property portfolios. Your experience may well come from both the not-for-profit and commercial sectors.

The successful candidate will:

• develop and deliver our ambitious business development and growth strategy;
• lead Plus Harvest Developments, our HCA development partnership of 16 housing associations across the North West;
• use their commercial acumen to deliver new models of development, creating and sustaining partnerships to provide a further pipeline of new affordable homes;
• generate income via our subsidiary Three60, which invests in and develops high value residential and commercial property;
• have excellent leadership and strategic management skills to be able to contribute effectively as a member of the Group.

For an informal discussion, please contact Sue Goodrich of Campbell Tickell on 07980 822 515 or .

How to apply

Full details of the application process can be found in the recruitment pack. Please download and review the recruitment pack and associated documents below:

• the recruitment pack (.pdf file, 1.1MB)
• the plus dane Annual Report 2008 - 2009 (.pdf file, 2MB)
• the plus dane Values booklet (.pdf file, 140KB)
• the equal opportunities form (.doc file, 65KB)
• the compliance form (.doc file, 100KB)

To request a copy by email, please send your request to: .

Send an up to date CV and supporting statement, detailing how you meet the criteria for this role using the person specification, along with your completed compliance and equal opportunities forms.

We advise that your supporting statement is no longer than 3 pages long, and that your CV is no more than 3 pages long. Your CV must contain dates worked and a brief description of your key responsibilities for each role including consultancy / project work.

If you require a CV template, you can request one from .

Once complete, please send your application in MS Word format by email to or by post to:

Campbell Tickell (CT Recruitment)
Ground Floor,
Olympic Office Centre,
8 Fulton Road
Wembley
Middlesex HA9 0NU

Due to current postal disruptions we would recommend you e-mail your application to us wherever possible to avoid delivery delays.

Key dates

Closing date: Friday 12 February 2009 - 12 noon
First interview: Tuesday 23 February 2010
Psychometric tests online: Wednesday 24 February 2010
Final interview: week commencing 8 March 2010

Equal opportunities

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. We are an equal opportunities employer.