SBHA
Development Assistant
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Salary: c£29k - £32k per annum (pay award pending)
Location: Selkirk, Scottish Borders
Hours and terms: Full time, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, permanent
Closing Date: 8 October 2026
The Role
We're looking for a Development Assistant to support the delivery of new affordable homes across the Scottish Borders by providing high-quality administration and coordination support to SBHA’s Development Team.
As Development Assistant, you will help keep the development programme well organised, accurately recorded and progressing in line with internal governance, funding, and customer service requirements. You will maintain project records, action logs, consultant and contractor information, payment and cashflow records, HARP grant administration, customer communications, handover records, and defects tracking.
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You will work closely with Development colleagues, internal teams, consultants, contractors, and customers, acting as a professional first point of contact for development-related enquiries and ensuring matters are recorded, progressed, or escalated where required.
What we're looking for
You will have:
- Education to Standard Grade level or equivalent (including English and Maths).
- Experience of working in a dynamic team in a fast-paced customer-facing office environment.
- Knowledge and understanding of best practice in administration and the ability to apply this.
- Excellent people skills with a proven ability to interact effectively with customers and colleagues positively and sensitively.
- Demonstrated commitment to achieving excellence in customer service.
- Excellent numeracy, communication, and IT skills experienced in the use of Microsoft Office packages - Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
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Being part of the SBHA team, you will enjoy a fantastic range of benefits including a competitive salary, flexible working, generous annual leave, stability of employment, and a good pension scheme. You will be part of a team that is interested in your wellbeing and development, and work in an environment where you can flourish.
If you are interested in working for SBHA and being part of a team providing a first-class service to the Association’s owned homes and properties in the area, please view the job description and person specification before completing your application, and ensure your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria for the role.
Important Notice
Scottish Borders Housing Association is not a licensed sponsor under the appropriate UK Government regulations and as such, does not invite applications from, nor engage in sponsoring, overseas applicants who do not already have the right to live and/or work in the UK. The Association will not engage in any enquiries or enter into negotiations from individuals or Agents in this regard.
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