Senior Strategy Manager

Senior Strategy Manager

Closing Date: 7/7/2025

Interviews will take place week commencing 21/7/2025

Please submit a concise CV that is no longer than 2 pages. As part of your application you will be asked to provide a statement of suitability of no more than 500 words.

A bit about the role...

The Senior Strategy Manager will join a small, expert Strategy Team, at the centre of the Agency and its future thinking on the built environment. The team undertakes analysis and explores the evidence on what works (and what does not), tests hypotheses and designs new concepts and solutions to policy and delivery challenges. The team is at the heart of the Agency’s role in translating Government policy and ambition into clear delivery strategies working with our Board and Executive Team on some of the Agency’s biggest priorities.

Recently this has included setting the Agency’s 5-year strategic direction via the Strategic Plan, preparing the Board and Agency for the policy themes of the new Government and driving the successful agreement of a comprehensive multi-year Spending Review settlement that will ensure the Agency is equipped to revolutionise its efforts to tackle the country’s housing crisis.  

The team is led by Kris Krasnowski (Assistant Director Strategy and Head of the Policy Profession) and provides a rare chance to play a leading role in designing tomorrow’s innovations and setting future direction on housing and regeneration in a newly empowered Agency with real social purpose.

The role will support the design and delivery of key strategic projects across the agency, as well as offer a unique opportunity to lead and execute new approaches and initiatives. There are some exciting projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery with long-term strategic insight, cutting-edge practice to deliver lasting change.

A bit about you…

Whilst our day job is to deliver insight, analysis and first class support to key stakeholders on agency-wide housing delivery strategies, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve,  innovate and add value.

You'll be comfortable collaborating with Senior Leaders on complex strategic issues, aiming to find creative and innovative solutions to support the delivery of Homes England's mission and objectives.

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 Strategy team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.

As an experienced professional you’ll understand how to manage colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.

Who are we? 

Homes England : The Housing and Regeneration Agency

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.

What we offer... 

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.