Assistant Director Chief Regional Delivery Office

Homes England; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Hybrid working model (50/50)

Pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Professional body membership paid

Job summary

Homes England is seeking an Assistant Director to lead the Regional Delivery Office, shaping housing, regeneration and place strategies across the UK. You will oversee operational delivery, manage a senior team and work with Executive Directors to unlock homes and accelerate regeneration.

You will engage with partners and government, travel across the country, and embed inclusive leadership while delivering priority projects in line with masterplans.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior level experience in housing policy, operational development and related sectors.
• Degree or professional qualification or significant senior level experience required.
• Strong engagement and representation skills for senior meetings and media.

Responsibilities

• Oversee efficiency and effectiveness of Directorate operations.
• Lead a team delivering operational activity for Private Office and Executive Directors.
• Develop and implement strategies aligned to Directorate goals and objectives.
• Manage cross-cutting project work and stakeholder communications.
• Travel across the country as the role requires.
• Provide comprehensive support to the Chief Regional Delivery Officer and Directors.

Skills

Senior leadership

Housing policy

Operational development

Town planning

Economic development

Education

Degree or equivalent

Job description

Closing Date: 18/10/2026

Interviews will take place in person week commencing 02/11/2026

You will be required to complete an online Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ) prior to your final stage interview.

A bit about the role...

This is an opportunity to join the Chief Regional Delivery Office 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. 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 Assistant Director role is central to the support the Chief Regional Delivery Officer to enable delivery of the Agency’s mission to unlock and accelerate the delivery of strategic projects in line with strategic masterplans, local and national place priorities.

The Assistant Director is responsible for overseeing the efficiency and effectiveness of strategic and daily operations of the Directorate. Leading a team that delivers key operational activity within the Private Office and Operational Support, as well as providing comprehensive support, the Chief Regional Delivery Officer and Executive Directors.

The role will significantly influence the planning and implementation of strategies aligned to agreed Directorate goals and objectives. The role will be responsible for implementing strategies, development of oversight of Chief Residential Delivery Support and ensuring commissions, with Homes England and external partners delivered. Lead on key cross-cutting project work and ensuring where to focus energy, manage interdependencies and working with stakeholders to ensure effective communication of key messages.

You’ll need support the Chief Regional Delivery Officer who may frequently be around the country, therefore do be expect to regularly travel in this role.

A bit about you…

It is essential that you have extensive demonstrable senior level experience in housing policy or operational development, property development, town planning, and economic development sectors. Specific knowledge of property and housing with demonstrable experience supporting senior leaders with extensive knowledge and experience of working across all operational aspects of a business.

For us, your leadership behaviours are as important as your experience as you’ll embed the values and behaviours in daily work, contributing to a positive and inclusive culture. We need you to have a degree or a relevant professional qualification or significant senior level experience in the housing, development, town planning or regeneration sectors is essential. You’ll be representing the Agency at senior-level meetings and in the media too, therefore we’ll need you to be confident in your engagement skills.

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 strategic and operational impact of what we do, as the role leads a team to deliver.

Who are we?

Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency

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.

We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector. 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. Homes England are a geographically diverse community, and we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working model.

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.

Employee assistance programme offering a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

A 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.

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 - 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.