Projects Director

Job summary

This is an opportunity to join at a very exciting time. Homes England is the Government’s housing and regeneration agency. We are entering an exciting new phase, working through a regional and national operating model that will deliver homes, unlock regeneration and create places that thrive. To support this, the agency is adapting its operating model, we have established 5 regions alongside the continuation of national activity. We are evolving as a newly formed Regional Directorate and are embracing change with positivity.

Job description

We have an ambitious agenda to deliver and we work at pace. The roles are central to the Agency’s mission to unlock and accelerate the delivery of strategic projects including as a master developer, driving the acquisition, de-risking, and disposal of land assets in line with strategic masterplans and local and national place priorities.

Homes England works in partnership to deliver some of the country’s largest and most complex housing and mixed-use sites. Whether they are large new settlements, extensions or repurposing of urban areas, or the Government’s New Towns Programme, our enabling role from inception to completion will be key to country’s housing delivery over the next 10 years

Specifically, the development of New Towns will underpin the largest housebuilding programme since the post-war period. The programme of new towns will create large-scale communities of at least 10,000 new homes each, with many significantly larger, and could deliver hundreds of thousands of affordable and high-quality homes in the coming decades.

We are looking to recruit the following:

- 5 Project Directors for the following regions: South; London and East; North West (x2); Midlands

- 3 Projects Director New Towns for the following regions; South; London and East; North East Yorkshire and Humber

Please stipulate in your application which one/s you are applying for. You’ll need to decide which region and office location is best for you to ensure that you are embedded in the region. Understandably, you’ll need to be on sites frequently, do be expected to regularly travel in this role.

Person specification

You’ll have extensive demonstrable experience leading multi-disciplinary teams to deliver large-scale residential or land generation projects. For us, your leadership behaviours are as important as your experience as you’ll embed the values and behaviours in daily work, contributing to a positive and inclusive culture. We need you to have a degree or a relevant professional qualification or significant senior level experience in the housing, development, town planning or regeneration sectors is essential along with a commitment to maintaining professional development.

This role leads the delivery of a portfolio of nationally significant, large-scale development projects that create vibrant new communities with homes, schools, retail and amenities. You’ll be front and centre taking forward large-scale projects, participating in delivery partnerships to provide increased capacity and capability to localities. You’ll be representing the Agency at senior-level meetings and in the media too, therefore we’ll need you to be confident in your engagement skills.

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 the role guides a team to deliver on time and within budget.

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,