Partnership and Business Development Officer

Job summary

The North East, Yorkshire and Humber regional team leads Homes England’s delivery of major projects in priority places alongside overseeing the development of new opportunities and projects.

We are the ‘front door’ to the agency; developing and maintaining relationships across the housing and regeneration sector and building pipelines of investable opportunities including larger, transformational interventions in towns and cities across our extensive geography.

Owing to an internal promotions, we have a vacancy for a full time Partnership and Business Development Officer working predominantly in the West and North Yorkshire team.

Job description

You will be part of a team that works with partners throughout the region playing a leading role in promoting the Agency and the work we do. Our partners include local authorities, combined authorities, developers, major housebuilders, SMEs among others. You will work closely with a range of internal colleagues on all aspects of project development assisting with internal systems and processes and acting as a way finder on project administration.

We encourage officers to be involved with projects and lead their own housing and regeneration projects with the support of the wider team. Previous role holders have worked on discreet pieces of work on their own initiative building core workstreams across the region.

Please note the job title of this role internally is Analyst - Partnership and Business Development

Person specification

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy.

You will be a people person who is resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at all levels, you may have some existing knowledge of the housing and regeneration sector.

Our officers are a core support for team members. They are ‘can do’ people who are naturally curious about how housing and regeneration can change places and change lives. They undertake research, analysis, administration and project management. It is a varied role – one day you could be tasked with a time-sensitive data administration task; the next you could be working as part of the team making the case for a major regeneration project.

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

Artificial intelligence

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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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https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter

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