Application closing date: 03/08/25 at 23:59
Interviews will take place: Week commencing 11/08/25
Working in a team with our hiring manager Assistant Director Legal, Equity and Joint Ventures, the Head of Legal, Equity and Joint Ventures will play a critical role in delivering and managing the provision of an innovative, proactive, professional legal service to the Homes and Communities Agency.
You will be joining our small but highly skilled and experienced General Counsel team. Homes England’s General Counsel Office (GCO) team is dedicated to delivering a first-class customer service in leading and managing equity finance and joint venture transactions, fund investments and lending frameworks.
Homes England believes in working in a collaborative way and values diversity in experience and perspective to foster good decision making and problem solving within his team. This is a rare chance to work with key stakeholders at the Homes England and a professional GCO team.
The role will support the design and delivery of key strategic projects around England. This is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day management of legal risks whilst bringing innovative solutions to the GCO offering.
You'll be comfortable supporting the Assistant Director Legal, Equity and Joint Ventures with complex issues. You will be proficient in providing professional services in relation to all aspects of the Homes and Communities Agency's remit and provide legal advice and support to the Agency's Investments Products and Markets function and other functions/programmes from time to time.
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 your specialist legal knowledge.
You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade. As an experienced legal 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.
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.
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 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.