Senior Manager – Planning & insight

Senior Manager – Planning & insight

Closing Date: 8th October

Interviews from week commencing 2nd November

2 year Fixed Term Contract/Secondment

About the role.

As part of the wider Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) team, this role sits within the Business Planning and Strategic Management function and works closely with our newly created Head of Data & Insight to drive excellence in data, forecasting, modelling and reporting. This is a key role that will take an innovative and creative approach to developing high-quality forecasts, informed by policy, ministerial and budgetary decisions.

You will work with a wide range of partners, including Mayoral Strategic Authorities (MSAs), Fire and Rescue Services (FRS), developers and other sector stakeholders, fostering collaboration and supporting the delivery of positive outcomes. You will be responsible for ensuring accurate, validated and reliable forecasts are produced to support programme and portfolio decision-making, helping to provide a trusted view of CSS delivery performance and future activity.

Joining an experienced and collaborative team, you will contribute to meaningful change and help improve how the sector works together to accelerate building remediation. You will also support the delivery of the National Remediation Database project plan, ensuring key milestones are achieved, dependencies and risks are managed, and resources are aligned to deliver successful outcomes.

As a Senior Manager within CSS, you will play an important role in shaping our collaborative culture, championing our values and fostering an inclusive environment that embraces diverse experiences and perspectives. You will help ensure that data, insight and customer feedback are embedded within continuous improvement activity, supporting CSS's commitment to delivering an excellent service to customers and stakeholders.

This is an exciting opportunity for a talented and innovative individual to contribute to the evolution of CSS's data and insight capabilities and help deliver its strategic ambitions. The role offers a unique balance of day-to-day delivery, strategic influence and the opportunity to develop and implement innovative solutions that enhance our approach to data-driven decision-making.

About you.

You will be a resilient and confident individual, comfortable operating at senior levels and navigating complex discussions across a diverse range of organisations and stakeholders. Highly organised, analytical and detail-oriented, you will be able to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery, working collaboratively across teams to achieve positive outcomes.

You will have a proven track record of using data and insight to support decision-making, identifying opportunities for process improvement, implementing effective solutions, and managing competing priorities within a fast-paced environment. You will be comfortable translating complex information into clear, actionable insights for a range of audiences.

You will be a skilled relationship builder, capable of developing trusted and effective partnerships across government, industry and the wider remediation sector. You will foster collaboration, establish strong feedback mechanisms, and create an environment where continuous learning, innovation and improvement are embedded in the way teams work and deliver outcomes.

This role would suit someone who is naturally curious, solutions-focused and motivated by using data, forecasting and insight to influence decisions, improve performance and support the successful delivery of strategic objectives.

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 Homes England equality, diversity and inclusion reports - 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.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.