About the job

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual, committed to delivering quality service provision and best practice, to work within a team of like-minded risk, control, governance, and project management professionals - in accordance with the values within the Homes England Way.

Job description

You will work within the DES Delivery Control Performance service provision; utilising risk and control intelligence to enhance and embed risk management activities, highlight inconsistent application of the Risk Management Framework, and support continuous improvement across the three delivery directorates of Development, Investments and MPP. 

 

Working closely with Delivery Control Frameworks, you’ll support with translating complex risk and control anomalies into practical control environment solutions which enable Chief Officers and SROs to meet their risk management and assurance obligations, whilst promoting effective delivery.

 

Supporting the Agency's first line of defence, you’ll work collaboratively with key stakeholders at a senior level across the three delivery directorates to develop, update and maintain risk documentation, create risk profile Management Information and facilitate regular risk-focussed fora.

 

In a role that offers diversity and creativity, there are some exciting projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions and continuous improvement to control environment activity that directly supports the achievement of delivery targets, strategic plan objectives and Agency priorities.

Person specification

Whilst your day job is to deliver first class delivery enabling service provision to Development, Investment and MPP directorates, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.

 

You will be part of the DES function and responsible for contributing towards the provision of the Delivery Control Performance service to the delivery directorates - growing and embedding the service offering, making improvements where necessary to reflect user feedback and changing circumstances, and working in collaboration with colleagues in DES and across the wider Agency.

 

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn't always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable working within a diverse, high performing, multi-disciplined team and managing stakeholders at a senior level. You will be comfortable supporting with complex issues and developing insight and reporting from technical management information; framed by strong risk, control, project management and governance expertise. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade across all levels in an inclusive way.

 

Things change fast! You will be tenacious enough to keep going and to evolve with the team. We see issues and challenges as learning opportunities, so we expect you to be able to embrace this to overcome challenges, support quality delivery and strengthen the overall control environment.

 

Skills Required...

- Growth mindset and emotional Intelligence.

- Expert knowledge of risk management, control environment and project management best practice.

- Stakeholder and relationship management.

- Working knowledge of the DIMPP delivery directorates.

- Innovative / creative thinking and problem solving.

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?

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.

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.