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Reporting into David Bridges, our Interim Chief Investment Officer, this role is an opportunity to help overall housing regeneration in England; to be an ambassador and advocate for a vital sector; ensure the interplay of decency, safety, net zero and additionality are optimised, and meaningfully contribute to future policy development at a critical moment.
The role will shape, participate and engage in the successful execution of Homes Englands strategic direction, the development of new affordable housing funds and approaches and influencing and delivering the Governments strategy and policy objectives in the Affordable sector. An in depth understanding of the affordable housing sector, housing development and financing as well as large-scale programme management will be critical.
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The Director will work collaboratively with colleagues and partners to maximise our Agency investment and support the creation of vibrant and successful places, raising awareness and understanding of how Homes England can partner with the private sector and how they in turn, can support our ambitions.
They will be able to demonstrate their experience both as an expert within the housing sector and as an inspirational and engaging leader. They will play an important role in our Senior Leadership Team, leading the Affordable Housing team of c125 colleagues who are responsible for a significant affordable delivery agenda that underpins Homes Englands ability to deliver our mission and strategic objectives. They will play a critical part in ensuring a collaborative approach, bringing together teams and interventions to ensure our partners see us working more closely with priority places, and in a more joined-up way.
They will be respected across the affordable housing sector and will be able to influence, engage with and gain confidence of key partners including Housing Associations, Local Authorities, Strategic Partners, Regulators and trade bodies and associations, utilising these relationships to ensure delivery of affordable housing and leverage wider housing supply to deliver the homes and places that our communities need, and to support the regeneration of our towns, cities and rural communities.
Benefits
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.
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To apply please follow the links to our careers page.
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Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Selection process details
For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.
Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.
Please note Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.
Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter
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Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.
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Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Job contact :
- Name : Recruitment team
- Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
