Development Manager

Job summary

Working in a team with our Head of Disposals North West and other Disposal Team members, the, the Development Manager will play a critical role in providing commercial and technical expertise to ensure publicly owned land is de-risked appropriately and taken to market in a way that maximises the potential for early delivery of homes and ensures a good return for Homes England whilst meeting wider policy objectives.

In addition, as part of our North West Regional Delivery Directorate, you will also have the opportunity to support place-based partnerships - we work with local leaders and industry to turn national housing ambition into local housing delivery by bringing together land, funding and partners.

You will be joining our friendly and experienced North West Disposals team, who are committed to making positive change in accelerating housing delivery by providing input into acquisition strategies; commercially testing the deliverability of planning strategies; engaging with development partners; disposing of sites; and monitoring the delivery of new homes on site.

Job description

The team are committed to delivering a first-class customer service, taking an innovative and creative approach to the disposal of Homes England’s land. We believe in working in a collaborative and flexible way, and value diversity in experience and perspective to foster good decision making and problem solving within the team.

This is a rare chance to join a national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and multi-disciplinary professional teams, you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective problem solving and have the opportunity to deliver the housing and communities that England needs.

The role will support the delivery of key strategic priorities around design, pace and modern methods of construction along with working with a range of developer partners, small to large. There are some exciting and ambitious projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to the disposal of public sector land.

Person specification

Whilst our day job is to deliver first class customer service to our stakeholders, you will be used to multitasking and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.

You will be comfortable supporting the disposal team, and wider organisation, with complex land issues. You will use your technical, professional and commercial acumen, skills and experience of working in the local market to accelerate the delivery of new homes through a number of mechanisms.

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 commercial and operational impact of what we do as a disposal team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, friendly and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.

You will be able to work in an agile way supporting the mission-based approach of Homes England. This will involve working in a collaborative and inclusive way across multifunctional teams.

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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Selection process details

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Security

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.

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Nationality requirements

Open to UK,