Assistant Director - Investment Risk

Assistant Director - Investment Risk

Application closing date: 09/03/2025 at 23:59

Internal job title : Assistant Director - Lending Products Risk

A bit about the role...

You will be responsible for leading and developing a specialist risk team which provides lending decisions, governance, risk and assurance advice and support to the first line teams responsible for managing our Development Finance, Structured Real Estate, Equity and Guarantees programmes and activities.

You will be accountable for the provision of a risk service in an agile and collaborative way to CEO, Chief Officers, and SROs  to support the delivery of a range of complex market support interventions within the Agency’s risk appetite

Reporting directly to the Deputy CRO/Director of Transaction Risk, you will be expected to introduce and embed best practice risk disciplines and processes across the Agency and government, playing an important role in building knowledge, skills, capacity, and a risk culture.

You will be a key member of the Risk Leadership Team which is collectively responsible for ensuring that the Risk function is effectively managed and supported, including oversight of the flexible deployment of team resources, to deliver business plan targets. 

The role will support investment/ lending decision making, including financial investment structuring for the delivery of key strategic projects and the successful deployment and recovery of capital.

A bit about you…

You will be educated to degree level or will have significant and broad ranging equivalent experience and you are likely to hold a relevant post-graduate or professional qualification. You will have significant leadership experience and credibility to lead and manage a high output team of risk management professionals dealing with diverse and complex risk matters across multiple activities and funding programmes.

You will have significant experience of promoting sound and commercially focussed risk management judgement, principles and practices within a public/ private sector environment. You will have strong communications skills and are able to influence and negotiate with a wide range of senior internal and external stakeholders with conflicting agendas and priorities.

You will be able to solve problems and provide practical solutions and approaches to politically sensitive and complex issues across multiple programmes and scenarios. You can make strong and robust decisions under pressure and are experienced in leading a team that is required to deliver a high-quality output to tight deadlines.

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 plus Bank Holidays, 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.