Senior Manager - Affordable Housing Grant

Senior Manager - Affordable Housing Grant

Closing Date - 27/8/2026

Interviews will be held week commencing 7/9/2026

About the role...

Working in the Affordable Housing Grants directorate, you will join a team led by Caroline Cormack, Assistant Director, Client Management. You will play a key role in improving the systems and processes that support Affordable Housing Grants, working closely with agile, multi-disciplinary project and Digital support teams.

With a particular focus on Strategic Partnerships and the wider grant management lifecycle, you will work with internal and external users to understand challenges, develop practical solutions and contribute to the design of improvements and new features. Using your knowledge and experience, you will help ensure solutions are realistic, effective and aligned to business needs.  

You will be joining a friendly, talented team dedicated to improving systems and streamlining business processes to drive transformation across Affordable Housing Grants. Your work will contribute directly to the successful delivery of the new £27bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP), helping Homes England to manage grant funding effectively, improve user experience and strengthen oversight across current and historical grant funding. 

Working collaboratively across all parts of the Agency and with external stakeholders, you will bring together diverse perspectives and experience to continuously improve processes, influence system design, and help foster a positive, inclusive culture. 

This role will also be responsible for keeping relevant colleagues across Affordable Housing Grants, regional teams and the wider agency informed and engaged in this process to ensure that solutions take into account, and benefit from diverse perspectives. 

About you…

You will use your experience and knowledge of affordable housing grant funding systems and processes to provide a valuable contribution the delivery of affordable housing now and for the future. 

You will be able to understand how digital solutions affect the business, particularly the impact of any new systems or processes on Affordable Housing Grants colleagues. 

In addition, you will be able to offer the benefit of your experience when exploring solutions to any issues raised by users or through the development of new functionality.

You will have project management and collaborative working skills and an ability to establish productive relationships quickly, whilst maintaining existing key relationships within the business.  

Caroline values respect, honesty, and high quality communication, believing these are essential to building strong relationships and resolving issues quickly when they arise. She is committed to collaborative ways of working and values diversity of experience and perspective to foster good decision making and problem solving within the team. 

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 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.

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