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
Job Summary
Working with the Chief Property Office, National Development Director and Development SLT, this national role leads improvements to process, systems and capability, with a direct focus on the process to dispose land.
A key part of this role will be to act as senior disposals manager on Homes England projects; essential to maintaining first hand experience of the current disposal process.
Leadership as national disposal co-ordinator where a number of disposals are planned with the same counterparty to ensure consistency across regional teams.
Job Description
The role will be responsible for taking forward assigned delivery initiatives that will influence, enable, and deliver structural change in the housing sector with respect to how the Development Directorate contributes to the Agency's strategic objectives, KPIs and PIs.
As these projects will be cross-cutting in nature, the role holder will be confident in collaborating and seeking feedback across the Agency and market, while taking initiative to achieve ambitious results.
To successfully deliver the Agency's mission, the Development Directorate must continuously improve the way it operates and engages the market to drive up land supply, enabling the delivery of thousands of new homes and creation of new, thriving communities.
Person Specification
The role holder must have a good understanding of the property market and sector, ability to engage and collate market feedback on their interaction with Homes England’s process to dispose land, and to identify barriers.
Degree level or equivalent academic qualifications with relevant membership or chartership required, such as MRICS.
They must be an excellent communicator and confident project manager, with experience in being able to set out and present the case for change, uniting others to work collaboratively in task and finish groups, communicating the results across all levels and stakeholder groups.
Experience of both freehold and leasehold land disposals essential with working knowledge of the Agency’s tendering process, agreement for lease and building lease structure desirable.
Act as a recognised expert within Development, with highly developed analytical and strategy creation skills to understand and resolve process and system issues, contributing to the promotion of a continuous improvement culture.
You will also understand the importance of people, how to efficiently manage and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, equitable and inclusive way.
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:
1. Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
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.
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.
Contact Point for Applicants
Name: Recruitment Team
Email: recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
Job Contact
Name: Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
Email: Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
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