Project Manager

Job summary

There has never been a more exciting time to join Homes England’s Affordable Housing team. Following the recent Spending Review, a £39bn, 10-year Social and Affordable Homes Programme is now underway—creating a significant opportunity to shape housing delivery at scale.

Job description

You will be part of a team working closely with government and wider Affordable Housing to deliver this ambitious programme. We are looking for individuals who are motivated by the opportunity to support leadership and shape strong programme management.

Working closely with the Senior Manager Business Development, you will play a key role in supporting Affordable Housing’s Senior Leadership Team, delivering on a range of activities including key strategic projects, business planning and briefings around social and affordable housing.

You will provide clear, evidence-based insight to senior leaders, including the Director of Affordable Housing, helping to shape decisions that deliver the strategic priorities and programme ambitions.

You will ensure a consistent and high-quality approach to the team’s resourcing workplan, involving the co-ordination and facilitation of recruitment.

The role includes working closely with colleagues across Affordable Housing and the wider Agency, building strong relationships with senior leaders. We value strong collaboration, diversity in experience and perspective, with the aim to foster good decision making and problem solving within the team.

Person specification

It is essential that you can work collaboratively and develop effective relationships both internally and externally, work within a political environment and adapt your style to maximise contributions from a diverse range of stakeholders.

You will have strong communications skills and an eye for detail and be confident at juggling multiple projects and tasks. You’ll be comfortable leading or contributing to operational and strategic tasks through clear action or advice, working at managerial level.

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 an Affordable Housing team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.

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.

Things you need to know

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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, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available