Why now?
This is an exciting time to join Homes England, the government’s housing delivery Agency. We have the resources, influence, and diverse expertise to drive positive market change through our significant investment activity. The government has put housing at the heart of its agenda and the Agency is at the forefront of that commitment with a mission to intervene in the market to ensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need to improve affordability. To help achieve this aim, government has committed over £20 billion of capital to be invested and managed through Homes England. This includes direct lending, equity investment, guarantees, land assembly and the biggest affordable home building programme in a generation.
The role of the Loans team is to assist in the development of residential housing through the deployment of development debt across the risk spectrum in order to deliver high quality homes in well-designed places. This team has the appetite and resources to shape the future of housing investment in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose.
Working in a team with the Head of Transaction Execution, the Senior Manager role will play a critical role in helping to deliver residential development transactions across the debt teams in the Investments division. You will be joining our highly skilled team of banking and real estate specialists, who are committed to making positive change in how we support the delivery of new housing.
This is a rare chance to shape the future of housing delivery in England in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders in a professional Transaction Execution team you will help ensure efficient, consistent and effective delivery of residential development finance.
There are some exciting and ambitious projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to the Loans offering.
You'll be comfortable supporting the Loan Team (both the origination and the transaction execution teams) with your real estate expertise, helping to ensure that real estate due diligence for our transactions is correctly prepared and executed. Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a Loans team. As an experienced real estate professional, you will need to engage with colleagues in a deal environement and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.
We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.
How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.
Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.
As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.
Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay controls and pay policy. You can find these on the recruitment pages of the intranet.
If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.
Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.
If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.
Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.
We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.
We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme.
If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at this stage.