Assistant Manager, Infrastructure Grants Project Management

Assistant Manager, Infrastructure Grants Project Management

A bit about the role

Closing date 27/11/2025

Interviews w/c 01/12/2025

Working in a team with Louise Gemmill (Senior Manager – Infrastructure Grants Project Management, IGPM), the Assistant Project Manager of Infrastructure grants will play a critical role in managing a range of small to medium grant investments and supporting team members on some of the larger and more complex grant investments under agreed assurance frameworks and Grant Determination Agreements . You will be joining our experienced, multi-disciplinary team, who are committed to making positive change in supporting infrastructure delivery and unlocking hundreds of thousands of homes across England.

The IGPM team looks after a range of infrastructure grant investments, from small grants to some of the largest most complex investments that Homes England makes (up to £250 million+ at project level). This role will include working on schemes funded by the Housing Infrastructure Fund and the Brownfield Infrastructure Land Fund, which cover the breadth of the country and vary in scale and complexity from project to project. These investments come with significant political and stakeholder interest and are subject to regular monitoring, reporting and assurance reviews. We are looking for a mixture of strong administrative, analytical and communication skills combined with the ability to prioritise tasks in response to urgent requests for information within tight timescales.

We believe in delivering first-class customer service, resolving project delivery issues informally wherever possible by taking an innovative and creative approach. The team highly values and encourages working in a collaborative and flexible way to foster good decision making and problem solving.

The Assistant Project Manager of Infrastructure Grants will have responsibility for managing a portfolio of grants at various stages in their life cycle (from preliminary works, through infrastructure delivery to the completion of housing units) requiring site visits to a range of geographic locations across England as well as supporting our Managers and Senior Managers with some of the more complex infrastructure schemes. There are some ambitious initiatives to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to the infrastructure funding offering.

This is a rare chance to shape the future of infrastructure and housing delivery in a national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional team you will have the opportunity to help create new communities and places within the country.

A bit about you…

Whilst our day job is to deliver first class customer service to our stakeholders, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.

You'll be comfortable supporting the IGPM team with a wide range of complex funding and programme issues, ensuring that projects are performing in line with expectations. You will be proficient in project management, assurance and monitoring in the built environment with a desire to continue to develop professionally.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at every level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.

With some experience of working as part of a dynamic team, you’ll be able to demonstrate that you can work with others in a collaborative, inclusive way. You will have a range of technical skills, experience, a calm professional approach to getting work done, tenacity in problem solving and a willingness to learn. You will be happy travelling to team meetings and wider Homes England events around the country.

Having knowledge of the UK housing market, grant-based public sector programmes, property / infrastructure projects, contract management or analysis of project cashflows and appraisals would be very beneficial for the role.

If you've got the relevant skills or experience and a passion for how housing delivery can improve lives, then we would like to learn more about you. 

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, a wide range of healthcare plans, 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.

Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 to 2025 — Second Edition - GOV.UK

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.