National Senior Manager - New Initiatives and Engagement

We have one permanent opportunity and one fixed term / secondment opportunity for 2 years.

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

You will be part of a team working closely with government and sector partners to deliver this ambitious programme. We are looking for individuals who are motivated by the opportunity to shape how we deliver, as Homes England moves towards a more regional, place-based approach. A new national Growth team has been created to help us achieve a locally-led and nationally enabled SAHP.

Working closely with the Head of New Initiatives in the National Growth team, you will play a key role in increasing affordable housing supply by coordinating multiple workstreams and projects that are in different stages of maturity.

Youll coordinate our affordable housing offer across multiple regions to balance flexibility with consistency when working with internal and external stakeholders. You will help embed affordable housing into national programmes and projects from an early stage. You will be part of an affordable housing team at the forefront of designing and then implementing new initiatives within Homes England and with external partners, for example the Council Housing Support Fund.

You will lead national engagement with key sector bodies to exchange affordable housing delivery insights that are then used to inform new initiatives. As well as providing technical affordable housing expertise.

This role suits someone who thrives on navigating through ambiguity, who can translate strategies into practical delivery and is comfortable moving across multiple workstreams simultaneously.

You will play a key role in increasing affordable housing supply, with a strong focus on investment decision-making. You will ensure a consistent and high-quality approach to new initiatives within the Social and Affordable Homes Programme, leading the assessment and approval of initiatives within agreed governance and delegated authority.

You will provide clear, evidence-based recommendations to senior leaders, including the Director of Affordable Housing, helping to shape investment decisions that deliver value for money and maximise impact. Your role will be critical in ensuring funding is directed towards the right opportunities to accelerate delivery and meet regional and strategic priorities.

This is a fairly new team within a highly experienced Affordable Housing directorate who are committed to making positive change in peoples lives. The team believes in working in a collaborative way to foster good decision making and problem solving within their team as well as the ability to adapt to meet shifting priorities and take on new challenges

You should excel at partnership working and collaboration, be an excellent communicator, and have an extensive network of industry leads across the sector with an understanding of funding models and delivery of affordable housing.

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 partners.

You will need to demonstrate extensive knowledge of the affordable housing sector, understanding of development and viability appraisals as well as regional and local housing markets.

Partnership working will be a key requirement in this role alongside creative thinking to help develop and roll out new initiatives via good project management and clear communications.