About the job

Job summary

Working in a dynamic and supportive team led by Angela Kiwanuka, Head of Infrastructure Grant Transactions in the south and Nick Kelly, Head of Infrastructure Grant Transactions in the north you will play a critical role in developing our pipeline of transactions and supporting senior managers with the contracting process for grant funded residential development projects across the country. You will be part of our experienced Infrastructure Grant Transactions team, led by Duncan Innes, within the wider Infrastructure Funding team, headed by Pauline Schaffer, that is committed to making a positive impact across the country by funding infrastructure delivery to unlock new homes and support growth and regeneration. 

Job description

The role offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to meeting housing need by unlocking homes through funding important infrastructure projects in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a multi-skilled professional team you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective progression of projects through approval stages and support in the agreement of grant funding agreements with partner organisations. 

 

The Infrastructure Grants Transactions team is dedicated to delivering a considered and measured approach to projects, applying innovation and creativity to infrastructure grant issues. The team values diversity in experience and perspective in order to foster good decision making and problem solving. 

 

The role will support the design and delivery of key strategic projects around England. There are some ambitious projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to the infrastructure grant offering. 

Person specification

Whilst our day job is to deliver first class service to our stakeholders and partners, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate. 

 

You'll be comfortable travelling and supporting the development of a pipeline of projects, working in close collaboration with other departments within Homes England and externally, supporting the preparation of business cases and approvals and assisting with contracting grant opportunities. 

 

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable engaging with external stakeholders and partners.  Your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as an infrastructure grant transactions team. You will enjoy working across the Agency, be innovative, creative, fun and engaging and be able to negotiate and execute transactions. 

 

As an experienced Surveyor, Planner or a similar professional with experience of residential or mixed use development, project viability and cashflows, cost analysis and deliverability you’ll understand how to collaborate with colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work with partner organisations in a collaborative, 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:

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

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:  recruitmentinfo@homesengland.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.