Senior Manager - Valuation and Appraisal

Senior Manager - Valuation and Appraisals

Application closing date: 02/02/2025

We expect to hold interviews in person week commencing: 10/02/2025

A bit about the role...

Working in a team with Martin Howard, Head of Valuation and Appraisals, the Senior Manager – Valuation and Appraisals will play a critical role in providing specialist technical advice to colleagues working to deliver housing and regeneration projects across England. You will be joining our small but highly skilled team, who are committed to making positive change in how valuation and appraisal work is undertaken as part of the delivery process.

As part of the agency’s wider Technical Services offer, the team strives to deliver commercial outcomes and takes an innovative and creative approach to resolving issues. Martin believes in working in a collaborative/flexible way foster good decision making and problem solving within the team.

This is a rare chance to shape the future of valuation and appraisal activity in an influential, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders as part of a professional team you will ensure efficient, consistent, and effective resolution of valuation and appraisal related queries and will have the opportunity to help create new tools to support delivery.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to support the design and delivery of key strategic projects across England and to play a leading role in managing the annual asset valuations for our c£1.5bn portfolio of development land. 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 Homes England offering.

The team also supports Homes England community of Surveying professionals in sharing best practice and fostering relationships with industry bodies such as the RICS and the Government Property Profession.

A bit about you…

Whilst our day job is to deliver first class service to colleagues and wider stakeholders delivering projects, 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 supporting the Head of Valuation and Appraisals with complex issues, aiming to devise solutions that secure delivery whilst maintaining value for money. You will be proficient in development word

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a technical team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.

As an experienced surveying professional you’ll understand how to manage colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.

Who are we? 

Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is to ensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability and create a sustainable housing market. 

Following the publication of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper, Homes England has also been tasked with a core role in spearheading regeneration, partnering with places to reduce economic disparity, empower local leaders and create equal opportunities across the country to ensure communities reach their full potential.

What we offer... 

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you. 

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names. 

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future. 

If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go. 

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We were all working from home during the pandemic and have since moved to a hybrid model, moving back into our office environments and utilising our space and time together in the most conducive way. 

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme. 

If your application is shortlisted to interview, we will require you to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at that stage.