Market Researcher

Salary Circa £32,000 + car allowance

Location Chipping Sodbury or Tewkesbury

The vacancy

We’re looking for a market researcher who can spot opportunities, shape decisions and help us deliver the right homes in the right places. If you’re sharp with data, confident analysing markets and want your insights to make a real difference, we want to hear from you.

Join Bromford, part of Bromford Flagship, and become part of a leading housing provider delivering community-focused services across the Midlands and South West, backed by the scale and ambition of the Bromford Flagship group.

We believe everyone deserves a safe, secure and warm home, and our aim is to provide places customers are proud of - homes that remove barriers and help people thrive. As part of the land and new business team, you will support decisions on land, package andS106 purchases and influence how our new homes take shape.

You will collect and analyse customer, competitor and local market data, using tools such as Oxford Economics and Realyse to produce clear and actionable insight. You will review market activity including pricing, sales rates, house types, layouts and specification options, offering recommendations that support both customer needs and commercial performance. You will also design and deliver research to understand prospective buyers and track trends as developments progress.

The role will include preparing high-quality reports, presenting findings to colleagues across sales, marketing and new business, and highlighting market hotspots and emerging opportunities including planning applications and emerging planning policy.

You will build strong internal and external relationships, working with lenders, local authorities, developers and partners to ensure our market knowledge remains current and robust.

This role permanent and full time. You can be based from either of our main offices in Chipping Sodbury or Tewkesbury regular travel required. Hybrid working is available.

You will have:

Experience within the housing market
Strong analytical skills and confidence working with large datasets and market research tools
A degree in a relevant subject or significant related experience
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
The ability to work flexibly and manage multiple priorities
A full UK driving licence and the ability to travel
Able to complete a basic DBS check
Willingness to work occasionally outside of core hours.

The closing date is 4 January with first stage interviews taking place 9 January at our Chipping Sodbury office.

If you’re curious, data-driven and ready to shape the future of our homes, we’d love you to apply.

About us

We’re part of one of the biggest housing associations in the country, Bromford Flagship. As Bromford, our purpose is simple and honest: we invest in homes and relationships so that people can thrive.

We provide over 47,000 homes in the West Midlands and West of England; we have relationships with more than 112,000 customers; we have a strong balance sheet and we plan to deliver 11,000 more homes by 2032.

But we’re only just getting started.

Through place-based working, our people build progress from the ground up. You’ll find us at the heart of the communities we serve, forging stronger neighbourhood relationships, reacting faster to shifting needs, and planning smarter.

And we’ve created a thriving place of our own – giving brilliant people like you the tools and opportunities to build a future.

With development that helps you grow in your role, build future-ready skills, and perform at your best. All within a vibrant and inclusive culture guided by our DNA (https://www.bromford.co.uk/careers/working-for-bromford/).

We’re a place for people determined to make a difference.

Bromford. A place to make your own.

Diversity Statement
We are committed to recruiting, developing and retaining colleagues who are representative of the diverse communities we work with. This commitment is embedded in our DNA, and we are striving to build an inclusive workplace culture where all colleagues feel valued and respected, and individuality is celebrated. We are a proud "Disability Confident" (Level 2) and Menopause Friendly employer and have signed the Armed Forces covenant to support those who serve.

We encourage people from all sections of our community to apply for jobs with us. Particularly, we welcome those who have been historically underrepresented in areas of our workforce including people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Great Place To Work Certified
Bromford have once again been certified as a Great Place To Work (Nov 24 – Nov 25). The 2024 Great Place to Work Trust Index Survey highlighted that our employees believe we have an amazing company culture and that 91% of our employees were made to feel welcome when they joined us. We are also proud to have been named as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women for two years running (2023 and 2024) demonstrating that all colleagues, regardless of gender, can thrive at Bromford.