Director of Investment Operations

Director of Investment Operations

Closing Date: 11/1/2026

First stage interviews will likely take place between 22/1/2025 and 29/1/2025

There will be a two stage interview process and you will be required to complete an online Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ) prior to second stage. The second stage interview will include a focus on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

Expected to launch in April 2026, the National Housing Bank (NHB) will be a subsidiary of Homes England with the existing Homes England Investments team working on behalf of the Bank. It will be publicly owned and backed with £16bn of financial capacity, on top of £6bn of existing finance allocated to this Parliament, to accelerate housebuilding and leverage in £53bn of additional private investment, creating jobs and delivering over 500,000 new homes.    

The trailblazing approach will see Homes England, the national housing and regeneration agency, able to significantly scale highly impactful equity and debt investments, issue government guarantees directly and have greater autonomy and flexibility to make the long-term investments that are needed to reform the housing market and deliver strong returns.    

With long-term, flexible capital, the NHB will act as a consistent partner to the private sector, bringing the stability and certainty that housing developers and investors need to make delivery happen. It will also support SMEs with new lending products and enable developers to unlock large, complex sites through infrastructure finance.

A bit about the role…

We’re looking for a dynamic and strategic leader to take ownership of NHB’s operational delivery and help shape the future of housing investment. In this pivotal role, you’ll design and implement robust operational infrastructure, including systems, reporting frameworks, and investment support functions, ensuring everything we do is efficient, scalable, and aligned with our strategic priorities.

You’ll lead major organisational change programmes whilst driving continuous improvement. Acting as a key liaison across NHB, wider Homes England teams and external partners, you’ll build strong relationships that support capital deployment and cross-functional delivery.

Beyond operations, you’ll champion Homes England’s values and foster a collaborative, high-performing culture. You’ll coach and empower your team, provide thoughtful leadership on organisational design, and ensure we’re ready to meet future challenges. 

With responsibility for performance delivery, accurate reporting, and budget oversight, this is a role where your expertise will directly influence NHB’s success.

If you’re passionate about operational excellence, strategic impact, and creating an environment where people thrive, we’d love to hear from you.

A bit about you…

We’re seeking a highly skilled operational leader with extensive experience in business management and operations, preferably within financial services or investment environments, and a strong grasp of systems and processes that support financial product delivery. 

Strategic thinking is key, along with the ability to interpret complex information and develop innovative solutions. Exceptional stakeholder management, organisational skills, and the ability to lead and develop high-performing teams are essential. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal will enable you to influence senior stakeholders and present ideas clearly across diverse audiences.

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 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, a wide range of healthcare plans, 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. 

We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.

Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 to 2025 — Second Edition - GOV.UK

You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. 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.

Your application needs to be in your own words, reflect your personal understanding and experience, and must not have been generated by AI tools such as ChatGPT.