Closing Date: 18/10/2026
Interviews will take place in person week commencing 02/11/2026
You will be required to complete an online Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ) prior to your final stage interview.
This is an opportunity to join the Chief Regional Delivery Office 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. 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 Assistant Director role is central to the support the Chief Regional Delivery Officer to enable delivery of the Agency’s mission to unlock and accelerate the delivery of strategic projects in line with strategic masterplans, local and national place priorities.
The Assistant Director is responsible for overseeing the efficiency and effectiveness of strategic and daily operations of the Directorate. Leading a team that delivers key operational activity within the Private Office and Operational Support, as well as providing comprehensive support, the Chief Regional Delivery Officer and Executive Directors.
The role will significantly influence the planning and implementation of strategies aligned to agreed Directorate goals and objectives. The role will be responsible for implementing strategies, development of oversight of Chief Regional Delivery Support and ensuring commissions, with Homes England and external partners delivered. Lead on key cross-cutting project work and ensuring where to focus energy, manage interdependencies and working with stakeholders to ensure effective communication of key messages.
You’ll need support the Chief Regional Delivery Officer who may frequently be around the country, therefore do be expect to regularly travel in this role.
It is essential that you have extensive demonstrable senior level experience in housing policy or operational development, property development, town planning, and economic development sectors. Specific knowledge of property and housing with demonstrable experience supporting senior leaders with extensive knowledge and experience of working across all operational aspects of a business.
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. We need you to have a degree or a relevant professional qualification or significant senior level experience in the housing, development, town planning or regeneration sectors is essential. You’ll be representing the Agency at senior-level meetings and in the media too, therefore we’ll need you to be confident in your engagement skills.
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 strategic and operational impact of what we do, as the role leads a team to deliver.
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.
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.
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