A bit about the role...

This is an exciting time to join the National team in the Markets, Partners & Places Directorate as we play a pivotal role in Homes England in supporting delivery of the Government’s drive to deliver 1.5m homes. The Regeneration and New Settlements function of the national team work on all types of large-scale strategic housing led projects to support our regional colleagues. We also play a leading role in national programmes including the Garden Communities programme, New Towns emerging concepts, Advisory Team for Large Applications (ATLAS) ensuring key objectives related to pace of delivery, design, quality of place and social value are achieved.

You will be joining a friendly, experienced and highly skilled team, who are committed to making positive change and supporting Homes England in delivering its overarching mission.

You will assist us with analysing progress, diagnosing challenges to delivery and providing enabling support to a portfolio of complex large scale development projects, taking an innovative and creative approach to implement deliverable solutions working collaboratively alongside regional teams, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and external partners.

As part of the team, you will be involved in important and varied pieces of work. These might include:

• Provision of thematic expertise on pan-geographical and sector partnership projects that align with MPP National Team priorities.

• Supporting large-scale placemaking by helping to operationalise programmes of activity, large scale projects and strategic portfolios.

• Helping to develop, maintain and drive strategies to support the regeneration of places and development of sustainable housing markets; identifying blockers and constraints and developing strategies to overcome them, utilising the full range of Homes England skills, resources and products.

• Working on a wide range of major strategic, complex and innovative projects, adding value through expert commercial and development knowledge.

• Providing leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, drawing relevant skills and expertise from across the agency to drive progress in complex, long term projects and enable development in priority places.

• Helping to continue to develop a high performing team, driving forward Homes England’s missions and objectives, exemplifying the Homes England Way.

• Supporting the Agency’s ambitious programme of change, with a focus on enabling our transition to a more regional and place-based operating model.

• Bringing together senior colleagues from across Homes England to coordinate priorities, encouraging and enabling collaborative and multi-agency working, in partnership with other government departments and delivery bodies to ensure opportunities are exploited.

Across these and other workstreams, you’ll be working with influential stakeholders, experienced leaders and technical experts to drive lasting change – as part of an organisation with real social purpose which is uniquely positioned to shape the future of place-based housing delivery and regeneration.

A bit about you…

You’ll be an experienced professional who holds a relevant degree level qualification or equivalent experience as a Chartered Town Planner (RTPI) or a Surveyor (RICS), Chartered Transport Planner, urban regeneration specialist or development finance expert.

You will be interested and experienced in researching, gathering and analysing complex information relating to large scale projects and proficient in producing high quality and insightful reports for senior leaders. You will be experienced in project management governance and delivery, and have a good knowledge of development delivery matters, as well as experience in collaborative and inclusive working across different disciplines.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing a range of stakeholders and public and private sector partners including other government bodies and developers. Your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as the government’s housing delivery agency. You will enjoy working in an innovative and engaging way and be able to influence, negotiate and persuade.

We are looking for someone to join our team who understands and is passionate about the delivery of complex large scale and ambitious projects, understands the barriers faced in delivering them, and is used to working in a fast-paced environment.

You will enjoy working as part of multi-disciplinary team to resolve complex issues, drawing on the skills and experience of others and challenging yourself to expand your knowledge and understanding of large-scale projects.

You’ll have a strong understanding of the development delivery process and the ability to influence projects at various stages of delivery, including the land assembly, design, planning and funding.

You will be motivated by the transformative impact of housing and regeneration and recognise the ability of a development led response to tackle social deprivation and economic underperformance.

As a senior manager you will be asked to support on projects that require various property development skills and knowledge. We appreciate you may not have all of the skills/experience listed in the job description. This shouldn’t be seen as a barrier to applying if you think you fit the overall role profile, and there will be opportunities for development in the role.

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.

Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.

Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.

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.

You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. 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.

Your application needs to be in your own words, reflect your personal understanding and experience, and must not have been generated by AI tools such as ChatGPT.

Senior Partnership & Business Development Manager

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