Senior Manager - Portfolio

Job summary

The National Housing Bank (NHB) is a new government-backed financial institution, operating as a subsidiary of Homes England. Established to unlock investment and accelerate housing delivery across England, NHB will play a pivotal role in tackling the country's housing challenges.

We're looking for a Senior Portfolio Manager to join our Lending Alliances Portfolio Management Team and help shape one of the UK's most significant housing finance platforms.

Reporting to: Sheena Zwicky-Ross, Head of Lending Alliances Portfolio Management

Job description

As Senior Portfolio Manager, you will play a leading role in managing a portfolio of complex Lending Alliances loan partnerships with private sector funders. These recoverable finance arrangements extend NHB's market reach, leverage partner expertise and accelerate housing delivery at scale. Typical loan facilities range from £10m to £100m+.

Working within a small but highly experienced team, you will collaborate closely with lending partners, senior leaders and internal stakeholders to ensure the effective management of a diverse loan portfolio. You will identify, assess and resolve emerging issues, balancing commercial objectives with risk management and delivering excellent customer outcomes.

Portfolio Management is delivery-focused, innovative and collaborative. We pride ourselves on providing first-class service, finding practical solutions to complex challenges and creating an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives drive better decision-making.

The role offers a unique opportunity to combine day-to-day portfolio management with the design and delivery of debt funding solutions that support strategically important housing projects across England.

Person specification

You will be an experienced real estate finance or banking professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously.

You will bring:

• Strong commercial lending, portfolio management and risk management expertise.

• Experience of managing complex structured debt transactions within the real estate sector.

• A sound understanding of LMA lending principles and loan documentation.

• Strong analytical, financial modelling and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and report-writing abilities.

• The confidence to engage and influence senior borrowers, lenders and internal stakeholders.

You will be resilient, organised and solutions-focused, with a strong understanding of how portfolio decisions align with strategic priorities, risk appetite and operational delivery. Most importantly, you will be a collaborative team player who values building trusted relationships and delivering positive outcomes.

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?

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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. Furth