Development Manager

Our vision is New Futures for Young People. We support young people and their children who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness, to secure and maintain housing, address physical and mental health challenges, establish successful relationships and support networks, and access pathways to education and employment. Find out more at Brisbane Youth Service.

Are you an experienced Development Manager who would love to be involved in delivering a unique social housing project?

The Development Manager provides dedicated internal project management and coordination, governance, and oversight of BYS property and infrastructure projects, with an initial focus on the Haven House Brisbane development.

This part-time, 2-year contract role supports effective project planning, risk management, stakeholder coordination, and reporting to ensure projects are delivered in line with BYS strategic objectives, governance requirements, and funding obligations. Reporting to the CEO, the position works across BYS and with external partners to support informed decision-making and successful housing outcomes for young people and young families.

You’ll be a great candidate for this role if you:

• Have a tertiary qualification in project management, construction, property, engineering, business or a related discipline.
• Can demonstrate proven success leading complex social, affordable and residential housing projects from concept to completion, ensuring delivery against scope, timelines, budgets, quality standards and strategic objectives.
• Have strong expertise in project governance, risk management, budgeting, reporting and stakeholder engagement, with the ability to balance competing priorities and drive multiple project streams simultaneously.
• Can demonstrate the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal teams, external partners, consultants and contractors to achieve project goals and deliver successful outcomes.
• Have extensive hands-on experience across the full residential development lifecycle, including feasibility assessment, planning, design, funding acquisition, construction management and project delivery.
• Possess highly developed communication skills, with experience preparing executive, Board and project reports, coupled with the ability to work independently, exercise sound judgement and contribute to collaborative teams.

Given the work that we do there will be a few non-negotiables. You’ll need to be able to have, or obtain prior to commencement:

• A Working with Children Suitability Card [Blue Card].
• A National Coordinated Criminal History Check [Police Check].
• Evidence of vaccination, immunity, or medical exemption for the following preventable diseases - Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella [Chicken Pox], and Pertussis [Whooping Cough].

If you would like the full position description, please reach out to [email protected]

Our people enjoy benefits including salary packaging, flexible working arrangements, and additional annual leave per year (depending on your role).

We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and encourage and celebrate diversity. So, even if you don’t think you quite meet all of the skills listed or tick all the boxes, we’d still love to hear from you!

If this sounds interesting, submit your cover letter telling us why you are the right person for this role, along with your resume. If you would like to discuss this position further or would like to view the full position description, please contact BYS directly on 3620 2471 or via [email protected].

Applications for this position close at 8:30am on Tuesday 15 September 2026. We may start interviewing for this role prior to the closing date, so don’t delay your application.