THE ESSENTIALS THE BENEFITS:
Platform: PPHA 25 holiday days per year;
Status: Full time, permanent. 4 ‘Me Days’ per year (take a Me Day – focus on you);
Salary: £80-90k Team social events and trips;
Bonus: TBD Wellness allowance of £70 per month to be used for gym,
Working arrangement: We typically work 4 days in the office, classes, physio or other wellness costs;
1 day from home. Private healthcare with Vitality;
Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Mintago financial platform;
Start: March/April 2026 Drive Electric salary sacrifice;
Enhanced maternity, paternity and parental leave;
Employee referral scheme: £2,000 towards a getaway of your
choice
HSPG: A social impact real estate company
Our mission is simple: Building partnerships, creating homes, developing communities.
There is a critical lack of affordable housing across the UK, affecting the most vulnerable people in our community.
We build long-term partnerships with Local Authorities to acquire and manage demand-driven social and affordable housing across
various tenures, as per the image below.
Across HSPG’s Living Sector platforms, we are actively acquiring 2,500 high-quality homes from national housebuilders and
developers by the end of 2025. These properties are managed by our experienced team, grouped into portfolios, and funded by our
institutional investment partners.
HSPG aims to positively impacts our residents’ lives, while providing long-term, sustainable returns for our investment partners.
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Core Behaviours:
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Core mission:
As Senior Acquisitions Manager, your mission is to acquire £100m of high-quality housing for PPHA, ensuring every home is of a
quality that you’d be happy to move your own family (or yourself) into, and that delivers strong returns for PPHA.
You are responsible for executing the strategic growth of PPHA’s affordable housing portfolio, influencing our acquisitions
approach, mentoring your analysts, and ensuring every transaction contributes to our mission: building partnerships, creating
homes, developing communities.
You will contribute evenly to the acquisition target (£400m pa) and ensure that you transact according to our buy box and
specifications. You should treat every acquisition and scheme as if it were your own business, aiming to achieve the best metrics,
quality and overall service for PPHA and our customers.
You will source new deal opportunities nationwide through a network of housebuilders, developers and agents and personally manage
the deal process from site identification through to legal exchange/completion. You will have detailed knowledge of the
contractual and legal processes involved, and will be able to oversee it to completion, ensuring the deal achieves all commercial
objectives.
You will be a trusted voice in the Investment Committee, using your expertise to influence decisions and drive value. You will
ensure our acquisitions pipeline is diverse, resilient, and forward-looking
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Obsess: These points get you out of bed in the morning and keep you up at night! If you’re not obsessed with these, the role isn’t
for you.
- Pipeline powerhouse: you live and breathe your pipeline. You know exactly where every opportunity sits, what’s next to convert,
and how to remove obstacles that slow momentum. You ensure the team’s pipeline aligns with PPHA’s strategy and supports our
£400m+ annual target.
- Relationships that deliver: you nurture long-term, trusted relationships with developers, housebuilders, investors and agents.
You’re not chasing deals, you’re building partnerships that create repeat, high-quality deal flow.
- Flawless execution: you ensure every deal is watertight: commercially sound, legally clean, and aligned with our buy box. You
take pride in the detail because you know precision is what keeps deals alive.
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Excel: You are excellent at these areas: an expert.
- Strategic deal leadership: you can quickly assess whether a site fits PPHA’s commercial and social objectives. You understand
how yield, tenure mix, and location affect long-term performance for both investors and residents. You are comfortable
challenging assumptions and guiding the team toward optimal deal structures.
- Financial and commercial acumen: you can lead detailed appraisals, stress-test returns, and translate complex financial
outcomes into clear strategic recommendations. You anticipate how variables (grant, programme, OMV, rent levels) impact NIY and
investor appetite. You understand the levers that influence value across the full transaction lifecycle.
- Building relationships: you are a senior relationship owner with developers, funders, and local authorities. You negotiate
confidently to secure the best commercial and quality outcomes. You represent PPHA with professionalism and authority in all
interactions, ensuring we are the preferred partner of choice.
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Specific experience:
- Led transactions totaling £200m+ in aggregate GDV across affordable housing, build-to-rent, or mixed-tenure residential
schemes.
- Strong command of investment appraisal and financial modelling, with the ability to interpret outputs and drive strategic
recommendations.
- Exposure to institutional or fund-backed investment partners, and experience preparing and presenting at Investment Committees
or similar governance forums.
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Outcomes & Metrics: the desired result and how we measure it
Months Outcomes: the desired result Metrics: how we measure it
0-3 Establish yourself as a visible leader within the Feedback from direct reports, peers, and department heads
acquisitions and wider PPHA team. via pulse survey or informal review.
Gain a comprehensive understanding of PPHA’s investment Demonstrated application of criteria within IC submissions
criteria, funding structures, and governance framework. and internal discussions.
Review and refine the current acquisitions pipeline and Completion of formal pipeline review report and presentation
prioritisation, identifying quick wins and high-potential to Head of Acquisitions.
opportunities.
Develop a 12-month acquisition strategy outline for your Draft completed and approved by end of month 3.
region or portfolio, aligned with business targets and
investor objectives.
Reconnect with existing developer, agent, and investment Pipeline tracker updated; meetings logged and summarised.
relationships, ensuring continuity and confidence in
leadership transition.
Introduce at least 5–10 new developer or intermediary New contacts recorded in tracker with meeting notes or
relationships, expanding deal flow potential. proposals logged.
Attend key industry events or meetings to represent PPHA as Attendance log; event summary or post-meeting action notes.
a senior acquisitions lead.
Identify and implement one improvement in the acquisition Documented improvement proposal with measurable impact (e.g.
process or Investment Committee workflow that increases reduced IC turnaround time, enhanced data accuracy).
speed or quality.
Personally lead at least two schemes through to Investment 2 IC approvals led by role-holder with positive quality
Committee approval, ensuring robust commercial rationale and feedback.
presentation quality.
Ensure at least one scheme progresses to legal heads of 1 scheme at HoTs or exchange-ready stage by month 3.
terms or exchange readiness within this period.
Deliver accurate, insightful monthly acquisition reports to Reports submitted on schedule and rated as accurate and
the Head of Acquisitions. actionable by line manager.
3-6 Own a defined regional or tenure-based acquisition portfolio Portfolio ownership agreed; clear financial and volume
with accountability for delivery against target. targets established.
Lead the acquisition of multiple schemes, demonstrating Number of deals under heads of terms, exchanged, or at IC
command of deal structures, negotiation, and execution. stage.
Drive measurable improvement in the quality, pace, or 10–15% faster IC-to-exchange timeline or improved yield
profitability of the acquisition process. margins demonstrated.
Personally lead at least ten new schemes through to 10+ IC approvals led by role-holder with positive quality
Investment Committee approval, ensuring robust commercial feedback.
rationale and presentation quality.
Demonstrate full-cycle deal leadership from origination to Minimum of 8+ schemes completed through full cycle with
legal completion and handover. clean internal handovers.
Present with confidence and authority at Investment 90% IC approval rate on presented deals; positive commentary
Committee, representing PPHA’s commercial objectives. on clarity and rationale.
6-12 Deliver sustained acquisition performance across portfolio, Delivery of £100m+ GDV within portfolio, achieving target
achieving annualised contribution targets. yield and margin parameters.
Collaborate with the Investments and Sales teams to inform Cross-departmental input into investment strategy, sales
portfolio strategy and product mix. feedback loops.
Represent PPHA at senior forums and external stakeholder Active representation at 2 senior forums or public sector
meetings, positioning the brand as a trusted delivery partnership groups.
partner.