Project Director

Homes England

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Reference number

351292

Salary

£78,361 - £92,189

Job grade

Other

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Property

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

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Bristol, Guildford

Job summary

Working in a team with Kate McBride our Regional Director for the South Development Team and the other Director of Projects alongside the Heads will play a critical role in the Development South Directorate. You will be joining our friendly highly experienced and skilled team, who are committed to making positive change in how we deliver homes and communities

Job description

Kate is dedicated to deliver a first-class customer service, resolving the issues informally wherever possible, taking an innovative and creative approach to the variety of challenges. Kate strongly believes in working in a collaborative way and values diversity in experience and perspective to foster good decision making and problem solving within their team.

This is a rare chance to shape the future communities in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and professional multi-disciplinary teams you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective resolution of and the have the opportunity to help create thriving communities to be proud of.

The role will support the design and delivery of key strategic projects across the Southern region. There are some exciting and ambitious projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to the future offering.

Person specification

Whilst our day job is to deliver first class customer service to our key partners and stakeholders , you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.

You'll be comfortable supporting the Regional Development Director with complex strategic, technical and delivery issues. You will be proficient in delivering innovative and commercial solutions.

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

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

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

Two 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 Team
  • Email : recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
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