Development Assistant

Govanhill Housing Association provides a comprehensive range of services focused on the needs of tenants and owner occupiers in the Govanhill and Merrylee communities. We carry out acquisition and improvement of tenemental stock as well as delivering a new build programme. We work closely with our subsidiary company, Govanhill Community Development Trust, whose community development and regeneration services complement our own role as a social landlord.

We are seeking to recruit a Development Assistant to provide support to our well established Asset Team. The vacancy is as a result of the current Assistant being recruited to a promoted post within the Association.

You will be an efficient administrator and effective communicator with previous experience of supporting the delivery of a project or service to customers. You will act as a first point of contact for service users, both on the telephone and in person. You will be committed to excellence in customer care and in working with tenants, contractors and other partners to seek solutions and resolve issues. You will have experience of and be confident in dealing with other partner agencies, consultants and contractors.

If you share our commitment to providing excellent services to our customers in Govanhill and Merrylee and would enjoy working within this diverse community, you can find further information in the Application Pack which can be obtained from our website or by contacting:

Govanhill Housing Association
Samaritan House,
79 Coplaw St,
Glasgow, G42 7JG

Telephone: 0141 636 3626
Email: recruitment@govanhillha.org

EVH conditions of service will apply.

Closing Date: 10am on Tuesday 3^rd November 2026.

Interview Date: Tuesday 10^th November 2026.

If a disabled applicant meets the minimum criteria for the role they may be given the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities at interview. There may be occasions however where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations, such as high number of applications for a role, we may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. We will do this through scoring against both the essential and desirable criteria which are noted in the person specification for the role.

Govanhill Housing Association is committed to Equality of Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.