Senior Development Manager

Senior Development Manager

Closing Date: 08/02/2026

Interviews will take place week commencing: 23/02/2026

A bit about the role...

Working in a team of nine led by Ian Knight, our Head of Disposals, as a Senior Development Manager you will have lead responsibility for a portfolio of development and regeneration projects. You will play a critical role in preparing and releasing residential and mixed-use development sites onto the open market to select development partners and secure best value. 

You will be joining our dedicated team of development and regeneration professionals, who are committed to making positive change in how Homes England brings forward land for development. We are committed to high quality placemaking and the creation of balanced communities, including the provision of a wide range of housing tenures, including affordable housing.

We are committed to delivering our targets with a commercial approach whilst adopting innovative and creative approaches to solving delivery issues. We place a key emphasis on strong team working, genuinely collaborative shared effort with colleagues and Ian is personally committed to valuing diversity in the workplace and working flexibly with colleagues.  

This is a rare chance to shape the future work of Homes England in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional development and regeneration team you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective resolution of development issues and the have the opportunity to help create major new residential and mixed-use developments to be proud of.

A bit about you…

Whilst our day job is to deliver new homes on the land that Homes England owns and controls, you will be used to managing a dynamic portfolio of projects and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.

You will have experience of managing development and regeneration projects, including an understanding of good design, town planning and infrastructure delivery. The role will focus on bringing our sites forward via open competitive disposal processes to select development partners who are themselves committed to high quality design and pro-active approaches to good placemaking. You will be expected to be able to adopt good commercial knowledge in the appraisal of financial submissions and the ability to deal with complex legal agreements. 

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders 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.

As a Development 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 and inclusive way.

Ideally, you will be educated to Degree level and we favour professional qualification of an appropriate professional body. For this role we will consider candidates who are in the process of seeking professional qualification and have an excellent track record of providing the necessary mentoring and support.

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. 

We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.

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.

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