About the job

Job summary

Housing is one of the defining issues of our time and Homes England, as the Government's housing delivery agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. 

 

At the centre of the agency is our Market Engagement team, you will be joining this high performing team of six people to lead and support colleagues to engage with and understand our partners in a strategic and coordinated way to deliver Homes England's mission. 

Job description

Within the team you will support in the gathering and analysis of quantitative and qualitative insight from partners and the wider built environment to inform Agency-wide decision making. 

 

You will work with colleagues to develop and deliver bespoke engagement strategies for key partners and sector cohorts, including a Key Account Manager programme, to ensure that these drive business development at both a national and a regional level.

 

You will lead on analysis of Homes England’s CRM system, helping to understand our relationships with partners and identify opportunities for improvements and closer working. You will support in future system development, analysis and adoption to ensure the wider Agency can benefit from this resource.

 

You will work closely with colleagues across Homes England, at all levels, providing presentations, analysis and briefing materials to support work with and understanding of Homes England’s partners.

 

The Market Engagement team is ambitious and continually seeking to improve. You will be able to spot areas for improvement and work with colleagues to drive these forward.

 

You will work alongside other teams to design and deliver stakeholder events that make best use of thought-leadership and innovation within the housing sector.

 

Person specification

We are looking for a creative and strategic thinker, who can work at pace and build strong relationships to deliver results collaboratively. You will be someone who can think outside of the box and bring an ambitious and innovative approach to your work.

 

Our work depends upon collaboration with colleagues and you will be comfortable working proactively and in multi-functional teams to deliver results.

 

You will understands how to influence partners and stakeholders and able to build strong and effective relationships. You will be comfortable working with senior stakeholders to collaborate to get results.

 

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.