Assistant Director - Development Finance

Homes England

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Details

Reference number

351091

Salary

£78,361 - £105,000

Job grade

Other

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Analytical

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

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Birmingham, Bristol, Coventry, Guildford, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Job summary

The Assistant Director Development Finance will report to the Director of Loans and will be part of the Loans senior team, originating transactions from the Levelling Up Home Building Fund (LUHBF).  

 

Job description

They will play a critical role in leading and managing a team of enthusiastic and experienced lenders and surveyors focusing on providing residential development finance loans to SME developers and house builders. This is part of our mission to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector and helping new entrants in the market. 

 

The Director of Loans believes in working in a collaborative, flexible way and as part of the Loans senior team you will have the chance to shape Loans strategy and future funding programmes. There are some ambitious and exciting projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to the Loans offering. 

Person specification

You'll likely be from a debt finance or surveying background.  

 

You’ll have extensive experience in assessing, structuring, and pricing property development proposals, optimising risk and reward, and mitigating risks from a lender’s perspective.  

 

You will have successfully led and managed a team of individuals involved in the provision of lending products to the house-building and residential development sector.  You will be comfortable deputising for the Director of Loans when required. 

 

As a strong communicator, both orally and written you will demonstrate a track record of building external professional networks. You will have the ability to work to tight deadlines and will be used to "spinning several plates" at once.  

 

You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade. 

 

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 a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a Loans team.  

 

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits.

Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

These need to be balanced with business needs so they will vary from job to job. If you would like to know more please speak to the Recruiting Manager.

Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

If anyone has any queries on any of these terms and conditions, please get in touch for further information.

Selection process details

2 stage interview process

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

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
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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : Resourcing
  • Email : recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
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