Analyst - Core Business Contracting

Analyst - Core Business Contracting

FTC 18 Months

Closing date 2nd April

Interviews week commencing 7th April

A bit about the role...

Working in Affordable Housing with Joanne Hazelton who is the Senior Contracting and Operations Manager (secondment), along with other members of the Contracting Ops team, playing a critical role in the delivery of our multi-billion-pound Affordable Housing fund. You will be joining our small but enthusiastic and friendly team, who are committed to making positive changes in how we deliver affordable housing and progressing our Providers into contract quickly.

Joanne believes in delivering a first-class customer service, taking an innovative and creative approach to contracting issues. The contracting team believes in working in a collaborative and flexible way, fostering good decision making and problem solving within their team, to unlock blockers and progress into contract.

This is a rare chance to shape the future of Affordable Housing delivery in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional team you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective delivery and have the opportunity to be an integral part of creating homes across England.

A bit about you…

Whilst our day job is to deliver first class customer service to our stakeholders on progressing Providers into contract, 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 wider Affordable Housing Grants team with contracting delivery, aiming to enter Providers into contract quickly, to allow payments to be advanced.  You will be proficient in time management and highly organised, having the ability to jump in and out of varying urgent demands.

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 an Affordable Housing Grants 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.