Projects Director

This is an opportunity to join at a very exciting time. Homes England is the Government’s housing and regeneration agency. We are entering an exciting new phase, working through a regional and national operating model that will deliver homes, unlock regeneration and create places that thrive. To support this, the agency is adapting its operating model, we have established 5 regions alongside the continuation of national activity. We are evolving as a newly formed Regional Directorate and are embracing change with positivity.

We have an ambitious agenda to deliver and we work at pace. The roles are central to the Agency’s mission to unlock and accelerate the delivery of strategic projects including as a master developer, driving the acquisition, de-risking, and disposal of land assets in line with strategic masterplans and local and national place priorities.

Homes England works in partnership to deliver some of the country’s largest and most complex housing and mixed-use sites. Whether they are large new settlements, extensions or repurposing of urban areas, or the Government’s New Towns Programme, our enabling role from inception to completion will be key to country’s housing delivery over the next 10 years

Specifically, the development of New Towns will underpin the largest housebuilding programme since the post-war period. The programme of new towns will create large-scale communities of at least 10,000 new homes each, with many significantly larger, and could deliver hundreds of thousands of affordable and high-quality homes in the coming decades.

We are looking to recruit the following:

• 5 Project Directors for the following regions: South; London and East; North West (x2); Midlands
• 3 Projects Director New Towns for the following regions; South; London and East; North East Yorkshire and Humber

Please stipulate in your application which one/s you are applying for. You’ll need to decide which region and office location is best for you to ensure that you are embedded in the region. Understandably, you’ll need to be on sites frequently, do be expected to regularly travel in this role.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Selection process details

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:

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Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information

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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.