Liverpool or Manchester

Assistant Director – Regional - North West

Salary: £85,862 - £100,140
Working Pattern: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 35
Closing Date: Mon 14 Sep 2026 - 10:59 pm UTC
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Assistant Director – Regional - North West

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Assistant Director – Regional - North West

Closing Date: 14/9/2026

Interviews will take place week commencing 28/9/2026

You will be required to complete an online Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ) prior to final stage interview as well as preparing a presentation. 

 

About the role...

 

This is an opportunity to join at a very exciting time. Homes England is the Government’s housing and regeneration agency. We are entering an exciting new phase, working through a regional and national operating model that will deliver homes, unlock regeneration and create places that thrive.  To support this, the agency is adapting its operating model, we have established 5 regions alongside the continuation of national activity.  We are evolving as a newly formed Regional Directorate and are embracing change with positivity.  

We have an ambitious agenda to deliver and we work at pace. The roles are central to the Agency’s mission, and we are key in supporting the delivery of the devolution agenda for the government and new Prime Minister. 

The Assistant Director - Regional plays a central role in driving housing and economic growth, building propositions for innovative funding and delivery models, leading teams providing technical advice that draws on Homes England’s and the National Housing Bank’s range of expertise, and holding key relationship accountabilities with senior local partners. You will lead Homes England's mission, through its place-based approach to delivering shared objectives with local leaders and senior stakeholders; across mayoral combined authorities and core cities. You will act as part of the front door to the agency for partners in these markets. We want you to lead and enable housing growth by unlocking land and enabling investment that encourages the delivery of housing across a large geographical area that would not otherwise happen.  You’ll help to shape some of the organisation's largest and most complex potential projects to unlock and accelerate the delivery of strategic projects.  Working with key stakeholders and professional multi-disciplinary teams you will have the opportunity to help create thriving communities to be proud of.

This Assistant – Regional Director will be based in the North West region so you will need to ensure that you are embedded in one of our regional offices in Liverpool or Manchester. Understandably, you’ll need to be on sites frequently, do be expected to regularly travel in this role. 

 

About you…

 

You’ll have extensive demonstrable experience leading multi-disciplinary teams to deliver our objectives.  For us, your leadership behaviours are as important as your experience as you’ll embed the values and behaviours in daily work, contributing to a positive and inclusive culture.

You’ll be contributing to the Agency’s mission through place-based working with partners and stakeholders, you will therefore have experience developing designing and implementing strategies to drive delivery of development and urban growth and have exceptional technical skills to align public and private sector interests in a project.  You’ll also have senior level experience in housing policy or development, property development, town planning, or economic development sectors, which will equip you to be successful in this role.  

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 local requirements and operational impact of what we do as the role guides a team to deliver and maximise housing growth.

 

Who are we? 

 

Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency

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.

We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector. 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. Homes England are a geographically diverse community, and we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working model.

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.

Employee assistance programme offering a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

A 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.

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 Homes England equality, diversity and inclusion reports - 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.

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Assistant Director – Regional - North West
Salary: £85,862 - £100,140
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