Partnership & Business Development Manager

Partnership & Business Development Manager

Closing Date: 28/02/2025

Interviews will take place week commencing 17/03/2025

A bit about the role...

The Markets Partners & Places (MPP) North Team is looking for a Project Manager to join our experienced team. We do this by supporting the coordination and delivery of complex, large-scale new settlement and regeneration projects.  We work collaboratively with local authorities, combined authorities, central Government and leading private sector partners. This is an exciting role offering the opportunity to participate in the region’s most transformational projects and work in partnership to meet housing need. 

The team work on long term projects requiring complex or multiple interventions to unlock and drive housing delivery forward. We also coordinate a range of interventions offered by Homes England meaning you will be at the heart of the Agency’s ability to support housing and regeneration, including through loan finance. We coordinate partnerships between the public and private sectors to bring the required mix of capital, land, and delivery expertise to each project. 

In line with our place-based working practices, we focus on locations where housing delivery is most needed to address acute social challenges including affordability, housing supply and tenure mix. Our mission is to accelerate the delivery of high-quality homes and places in these locations, whilst also supporting economic growth through regeneration.

This is a rare chance to work for an organisation with real social purpose, one which is uniquely positioned to shape the future of place-based housing delivery and regeneration across the North. Working with influential stakeholders, you will support our experienced team in driving delivery of a range of complex workstreams.

This role is dependant on engagement with external partners, therefore, you will need to have the ability to travel within the region as and when is required for the role.

A bit about you…

We are looking for someone to join our Team who understands and is passionate about the delivery of quality homes, placemaking and regeneration and wants to work in an inclusive, supportive and driven team. You will be motivated by the transformative impact of placemaking and understand the ability of a development led response to tackle social deprivation and economic underperformance.

You’ll understand the development delivery process and have experience of working in development, preferably in the land assembly, design, planning, funding or delivery stage, in either the public or private sector. You’ll understand the importance of building and maintaining relationships with internal and external partners to foster collaborative, results driven working. 

You’ll have the ability to learn quickly on complex projects, undertake analysis and input into reports for internal and external readership. You’ll have worked in environments and on projects where attention to detail is of paramount importance.

This role is a hybrid position and requires presence in our Leeds or Newcastle office 50% of your time per week to meet the needs of the role. You will also be required to travel across the region to meet with partners. 

Key Skills & Experience

- Planning, Development or Housing Experience - Experience of working on development or complex projects, with an understanding of the factors that drive development, planning and regeneration. 

- Relationship Management – Effectively managing internal and external professional relationships is a core activity of the role, to act as a conduit between Homes England and external partners and manage internal multi-functional teams to lead or support problem solving and interventions. 

- Report Writing – preparing reports for internal and external readership is a core part of the role. The reports produced by our team may include briefing papers for our CEO, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) Secretary of State, Project Concept papers for our internal decision-making boards and Full Business, MHCLG and HM Treasury.

Essential criteria:

- Project and programme management experience, ideally across complex projects.

- degree level qualification or equivalent experience as a: Chartered Surveyor (MRICS), Town Planner (RTPI), Engineer, Urban Regeneration Specialist or in Development Finance. 

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. 

Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.

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 details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.

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.