Business Manager

Job summary

Working with Head of COO Operations, you will provide support to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and the senior leadership team in meeting the directorate's business plan and the wider Agency's strategic objectives. You will be joining our small but experienced team, who are committed to making positive changes in how we operate.

Job description

We are an ambitious team that understands the needs of the business and our colleagues, providing support and challenge to help all of us deliver the Agency's strategic ambitions.

The directorate is the operational engine room of Homes England, supporting frontline delivery. We work together, and across the Agency, to build capability and capacity to drive an effective and efficient operation. Our colleagues are based across all locations in Homes England, ensuring we are embedded and available across all functions and driving the delivery of a consistent Homes England culture.

Person specification

You will possess a wide range of expertise and be responsible for a variety of activities, including recruitment, budgeting, governance, contract management, procurement, and colleague communications. As an excellent project manager, you will also be responsible for coordinating, supporting, and contributing to the delivery of several directorate change projects that will influence and enable how the directorate contributes to the Agency's strategic objectives, KPIs, and PIs.

As an excellent networker and communicator, you will be an important component in linking the directorate with other functions. You will build close collaborative relationships with key stakeholders within the Agency to help shape future operations.

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

In order to be considered for this role, you must be able to demonstrate that you can operate in a fast-changing and dynamic environment, as well as demonstrating experience in optimizing workforce capability, ensuring fair and transparent approaches to talent management and resourcing decisions that promote diversity and inclusion. You will also possess a good understanding of contract management and procurement in a government agency and be able to provide evidence of how you have developed robust and efficient corporate governance that is supported by clear and easy-to-understand structures.

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.

Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:

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