Adoptions Manager

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity?
Join Persimmon Homes as a Adoptions Manager
and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

At Persimmon, we don’t just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Adoptions Manager, you’ll benefit from:

• Bonus
• 5
  * house builder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high‑street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

The purpose of the role is to manage the adoptions process, including overseeing all civil engineering works and infrastructure works, to enable timely achievement of Bond Reductions and Road and Sewer Adoptions.

• Manage the overall bond liability process, including reviewing existing liability and identifying key triggers to facilitate reduction, while ensuring achievement of the build programme.
• Ensure all infrastructure inspections meet public adoption standards are carried out in accordance with Group guidelines.
• Maintain accurate management information, such as the regional adoption schedule, completed estates and progress reports, to ensure bond limits are adhered to, while enabling the formulation of the appropriate company strategy.
• Manage all communication and administration associated with the adoption process, including liaising with Local Authorities, Solicitors, Estate Agents and Financial Institutions to ensure required documentation is provided and the adoption is achieved.
• Work cohesively with other departments across the Operating Company such as Technical and commercial to ensure timely issue of maintenance certificates for roads and sewers, allowing achievement of completion targets.
• Advocate the Group Health, Safety and Environment Policy while ensuring compliance throughout the team to ensure health and safety standards are met.

• Experience in estates roads and sewer design, construction and inspection
• Experience with in a similar role is required
• A good understanding of bonds, certificates and title deeds
• A good understanding of Microsoft Package, including Outlook, Excel and Word
• Thorough understanding of section agreements S38, S278 and S104
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Full UK Driving Licence is required
• Qualified to HNC or NVQ level is preferred