Senior Planning and Enabling Manager (E1764N)

You will play a critical role in the provision of planning and enabling expertise to help de-risk and unlock a variety of delivery obstacles, in order to increase and accelerate the supply of new homes across Homes England’s land portfolio in the South of England.

You will be responsible for the delivery of a range of projects and sites, that are at various stages of the planning process (pre-allocation, allocated, already consented), in order to provide technical knowledge and expertise to de-risk land and secure planning certainty. Your role may include, for example: preparing planning and technical briefs to instruct consultants; preparing representations and promoting sites through the Local Plan process; project managing technical inhouse and consultant inputs in order to prepare and submit planning applications.  The ability to technically appraise this information prior to submission, as well as positively engaging with Local Planning Authorities to negotiate proportionate planning conditions and s106 Agreements is key to effective deliverability.

You will also be required to provide technical and planning strategy advice when working with colleagues leading potential acquisitions.  The role requires close working with colleagues in our disposal team to ensure de-risking work and planning permissions are viable, deliverable and attractive to the market.  An ability to work collaboratively with others is key to success in this role.  You will also be required to prepare and present de-risking and planning strategies, through the execution of high quality approval papers.

You will be joining our experienced and growing team Southern Development team, that is committed to the delivery of Homes England’s mission and objectives.

This is a rare chance to shape the future delivery of often complex and interesting sites in the South of England in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. 

As a creative and collaborative property professional, with significant experience within the planning industry of securing planning permissions and de-risking sites for residential development purposes, and of working with public and private sector partners in order to do so, you’ll be used to managing multiple projects and prioritising work whilst always looking for ways to improve and innovate.

Educated to degree level or equivalent with significant experience within the property development industry and desirably with a recognised professional qualification (e.g., MRICS, MRTPI), you will possess excellent knowledge of the development process, pre-acquisition, land transactions, de-risking, development economics and viability appraisals, as well as an in depth knowledge of the planning process and related policy and legislation.

You will have an excellent insight of the marketplace and of the house builder sector and a thorough understanding of the components of high-quality development and detailed knowledge of the planning process, and related policy and legislation with a focus on accelerated delivery.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will have excellent communication skills and be resilient and comfortable in managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a strong understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a team.  You will have the ability to mediate and negotiate outcomes between parties to resolve difficult issues, displaying an influential & assertive approach whilst maintaining positive working relationships with internal and external partners. 

You will be ambitious, striving to exceed targets and continually improve. You will be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way whilst seeking to inspire and encourage team members and nurture junior staff.

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:

Holiday – Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly – At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

Health and Wellbeing – We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development – At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk