Senior Manager - Development Finance (Origination Development)

Senior Manager - Development Finance

Closing Date - 7/8/2026

Interview dates to be confirmed

As we are headquartered in Leeds our preference is to appoint to this location and priority will be given to applicants based within commuting distance of the Leeds office

About the role... 

Working within a team managed and led by Brian Burt MCIBS, Head of Development Finance (Midlands & North West), the Senior Transaction Manager Development Finance will play a pivotal role in supporting and working with SME housebuilders across the Midlands and North West. You will help originate, structure and deliver residential development finance loans to SMEs through the newly formed National Housing Delivery Fund (“NHDF”), provided by the National Housing Bank (“NHB”). 

You will be joining a friendly, talented and highly experienced team committed to driving positive change, supporting the diversification, quality and delivery of homes across England. 

This role can be based in either our Birmingham, Leeds or Liverpool offices.

This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future of SME housebuilding and housing delivery at a transformational time. Following the launch of the National Housing Bank (part of Homes England) you will be joining a purpose driven organisation focused on delivering impact led residential development finance to accelerate housing supply and regeneration of places. 

We are an ambitious and rapidly growing national organisation with a clear social purpose: breaking down barriers to investment, accelerating and unlocking  development at scale, supporting the creation of sustainable communities. 

Working closely with key stakeholders, delivery partners and professional bodies, you will help ensure effective, consistent and commercially sound solutions to address current housing market challenges, while contributing directly to the Agency’s mission to increase housing delivery across England. 

We have recently launched our 5 year strategic plan & investment prospectus, click on link to access:

Homes England strategic plan 2025 to 2030 

Homes England and National Housing Bank — investment prospectus 2026 

The purpose of the Senior Transaction Manager Development Finance role is to successfully originate and structure residential development finance transactions through to formal credit approval. This includes ensuring that all transactions are viable, deliverable and appropriately structured to mitigate risk and safeguard Homes England’s investment. Transactions must demonstrate value for money and meet the required rate of return criteria for Homes England’s investments. 

The post holder will engage with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, building and maintaining strong relationships with key partners across housing and regeneration. The role will focus primarily on supporting SME developers and new market entrants, contributing to greater market diversification and resilience. 

Following credit approval and acceptance of Heads of Terms, responsibility for transaction delivery will transfer to the dedicated Transaction Execution Team for fulfilment. 

A key aspect of the role is to undertake proactive and targeted business development to generate new opportunities and build a sustainable, high-quality pipeline of convertible transactions. The post holder will require to: 

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with market participants (including investors, lenders, advisers, housebuilders, and sector bodies) to support the origination of a robust pipeline of deliverable work in progress transactions for the NHDF. 
• Support and represent the NHB at external events, promoting its products and objectives, while using marketing channels and social media effectively to showcase transaction activity. 
• Identify and bring forward funding  intervention opportunities that enable both new entrants and existing developers to grow and deliver projects sustainably. 

Please check out Brian’s LinkedIn (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/brianburt2) profile where he has shared a number of articles showcasing examples of SME developers we have supported, including positive testimonials highlighting their experience of working with Homes England as a funding partner. 

About you… 

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

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

As an experienced senior transaction manager, 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. 

About the National Housing Bank  

Homes England is strengthening UK Government’s ambitions for housing and regeneration through the introduction of the National Housing Bank (NHB). The NHB is a new financial organisation designed to unlock investment at scale and accelerate the delivery of more homes, stronger places and thriving communities across the country. Backed with £16bn in new financial capacity, alongside £6bn already committed this Parliament, the NHB represents one of the most significant new interventions in the housing sector in a generation.  

The NHB, operating as a subsidiary of Homes England, exists to unlock investment at scale and connect capital with capability. We use our financial capacity and deep local relationships to drive regeneration, enable innovation and create the conditions for sustainable growth. By pairing government-backed finance with solutions that the market needs, we help partners bring forward the homes, infrastructure and long-term development that transform places and support people to live well.  

Purpose-driven and built for impact, the NHB provides its partners the confidence and financial firepower to innovate and unlock complex sites, scale up investment and deliver at pace. Offering custom-built finance, strong partnerships and a commitment to shaping better futures, the NHB enables investment that would not otherwise happen- accelerating growth and creating the conditions for communities to flourish.  

Joining the National Housing Bank offers a rare and exciting opportunity to help shape this new national organisation from the ground up; influencing how we operate, how we partner, and how we deliver impact across the country.  

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. 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 Homes England equality, diversity and inclusion reports - 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. 

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use. 

How to apply? 

Internal applicants: 

Any applicants who already work for Homes England please apply through this advert on the Homes England careers website. 

External applicants: 

Our recruitment partner PSR is supporting us with our external recruitment campaign for this role – therefore if you don’t already work for Homes England, please apply for this role through their advert which is listed – here.