Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Birmingham, West Midlands (England), B1 2AX : Bristol, South West England, BS1 6EH : Longstanton, East of England, CB24 3EN : Liverpool, North West England, L3 1BP : Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS11 9AT : Manchester, North West England, M1 6EU : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE4 5BZ About the job Job summary You will be responsible for managing and developing a specialist risk team which provides governance, risk and assurance advice and support to the first line teams responsible for managing our Development, Infrastructure Grants and Loans, and Building Safety programmes and activities. You will also help to develop and implement a risk management framework for our place-based interventions. You will be accountable to the Chief Executive Officer, Executive Directors and Senior Responsible Owners across the Agency for the provision of an agile and collaborative risk service which supports the delivery of a range of complex interventions within the Agencys risk appetite. Reporting directly to the Assistant Director of Development and Infrastructure Risk, you will be expected to introduce and embed best practice risk disciplines and processes across the Agency and Government, playing an important role in building knowledge, skills, capacity, and a risk culture. You will be a key member of the wider Risk Leadership Team which is collectively responsible for ensuring that the Risk function is effectively managed and supported, including oversight of the flexible deployment of team resources, to deliver business plan targets. Job description You will be educated to degree level or will have significant and broad ranging equivalent experience, and you are likely to hold a relevant post-graduate or professional qualification. You will have leadership experience and credibility to lead and manage a high output team of risk management professionals dealing with diverse and complex risk matters across multiple activities and funding programmes. You will have significant experience of promoting sound and commercially focussed risk management principles and practices within a public/ private sector environment. You will have strong communications skills and are able to influence and negotiate with a wide range of senior internal and external stakeholders with conflicting agendas and priorities. You will be able to solve problems and provide practical solutions and approaches to politically sensitive and complex issues across multiple programmes and scenarios. You can make strong and robust decisions under pressure and are experienced in leading a team that is required to deliver a high-quality output to tight deadlines. Person specification Degree level qualification or significant and broad ranging equivalent experience. Desirable to hold a post-graduate qualification/ professional qualification. Leadership experience and credibility to lead and manage a high output team of risk management professionals dealing with diverse and complex risk matters across multiple activities and funding programmes and in high pressure situations. Able to demonstrate a deep and detailed knowledge of own area of specialism combined with a broad knowledge of risk and financial matters, honed from previous roles and prior experience. Experience and familiarity of promoting sound and commercially focussed risk management principles and practices within a public/ private sector environment. Able to solve problems and provide practical solutions and approaches to politically sensitive and complex issues across multiple programmes and scenarios. Experience in influencing and negotiating with a wide range of senior internal and external stakeholders who may have conflicting agendas and priorities. Ability to concisely and clearly present complex information and scenarios to Senior Management, Board members within the Agency, and DLUHC and HMT in both written and verbal format. Ability to make strong and robust decisions under the pressure of short timescales and external and internal expectations. Evidence of leading and managing a team required to work, negotiate, and deliver to tight deadlines, whilst ensuring that a high-quality output is delivered. 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 Selection process details Things you need to know 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 here. Working for the Civil Service Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. Further information Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Name: Recruitment Team Email: recruitmentinfohomesengland.gov.uk Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window). Apply and further information The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window). Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. 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