Senior Manager - Growth

Senior Manager - Growth

Vacancy Close date - 12th May 2025

Interviews week commencing - 19th May 2025

A bit about the role... 

We are looking for a great candidate to join the Affordable Housing Growth - North team as a Senior Growth Manager.  

Our team works with housing associations, Mayoral Strategic Authorities, Local Authorities and developers to understand their plans for new affordable homes that need grant funding support from the Affordable Homes Programme.  

You will make a vital contribution to efficient, consistent and compliant affordable housing grant bids being assessed and approved through our allocation route.  

You will focus on developing effective relationships with our partners (strategic partners, housing associations, combined authorities, local authorities, developers and investors). This is to identify new opportunities for investment, develop investment propositions and work strategically to plan and implement interventions in markets and places to best meet local housing need and demand.   

You will provide co-ordination of our affordable housing CME growth grant allocation programme at a national level, supported by our team of Analysts. You will work strategically to ensure our pipeline of new schemes seeking investment is being proactively managed to maximise our ability to achieve our annual targets. You will provide the leadership, co-ordination and structure to the programme analysis and reporting ensuring clear feedback is achieved.  

This role is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of an incredibly busy fast-paced organisation and make a real difference to the lives of people and to communities.  

The team works in a collaborative way, valuing diversity in backgrounds and experience to enable good decision making and problem solving.  

This is a rare chance to help shape the future of affordable housing delivery in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose.  

A bit about you… 

We’re looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic candidates who can / have: 

Lead, build and strengthen effective relationships with partners who want to build more affordable housing. 

Provide leadership and line management support to colleagues. 

Lead innovative ways of working and support to internal and external partners to enable more affordable homes to be built. 

Support the development of our pipeline of affordable housing schemes across our regions, working closely with colleagues in other teams.  

Collate and present complex information clearly both in writing and verbally. 

Experience in housing development with a good understanding of the affordable housing sector including funding models. 

Work flexibly and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.  

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

Who are we?  

Homes England : The Housing and Regeneration Agency 

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built. 

How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety. 

Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come. 

What we offer...  

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.  

Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay controls and pay policy. You can find these on the recruitment pages of the intranet. 

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 work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative 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 this stage.