Manager – Operational Risk

Manager – Operational Risk

Closing Date: 12/04/2026 at 23:59

Internal job title: Manager - Enterprise and Operational Risk

A bit about the role...

Working in the Risk team, you will play a key role in strengthening and embedding effective risk management across the Agency. The Risk team focuses on proactive engagement with colleagues, building strong partnerships, and supporting risk‑aware decision making. You will join a skilled team committed to driving meaningful improvement in the application of risk policies, processes, and frameworks.

The team believes in delivering first-class risk management support to frontline colleagues and encourages innovative, creative approaches to problem‑solving. Diversity of experience and perspective is valued, helping the team make balanced, informed decisions.

This is a rare chance to help shape the future direction of the operational risk team in a fast-growing organisation with real social purpose. 

You will contribute to a range of impactful projects and play a central part in advancing our operational risk capabilities through both day‑to‑day delivery and innovative solutions. You will work closely with Senior Risk Leaders, delivering business support for financial management, business planning, action tracking and compliance monitoring and continuous improvement initiatives across the Risk team.

A bit about you…

The key accountabilities and responsibilities associated with this post are varied. In summary, you will be comfortable in:

• Playing a key role in our Operational Risk function, providing high quality Second Line review and challenge of risks, incidents and controls.
• Coordinating business planning and provide administrative and organisational support to the wider Risk Team.
• Contributing to the development, maintenance and continuous improvement of risk policies, procedures, frameworks and guidance.
• Helping raise risk awareness across the organisation, supporting the ongoing improvement of risk culture and behaviours.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at all levels, and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as an operational risk team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.

As an experienced risk professional, you’ll understand how to manage colleague expectations and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.

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.

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