Chief Executive Officer

Homes England; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Homes England seeks a dynamic Chief Executive Officer to lead transformative changes in housing delivery. This role involves strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and fostering a culture of innovation and inclusion. The successful candidate will drive significant change in the housing sector and ensure the agency meets its ambitious targets.

Benefits

33 days annual leave

Flexible working patterns

Health screening

Professional development support

Qualifications

• Proven track record of driving organisational change.
• Experience working with diverse stakeholders in public and private sectors.

Responsibilities

• Lead Homes England's strategic plan and transformation.
• Cultivate relationships with stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Vision

Stakeholder Engagement

Financial Expertise

Education

Experience in Leadership

Understanding of Housing Sector

Job description

Birmingham, West Midlands (England), B1 2AX : Bristol, South West England, BS1 6EH : Longstanton, East of England, CB24 3EN : London, London (region), E14 4PU : Liverpool, North West England, L3 1BP : Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS11 9AT : Salford, North West England, M3 5AX : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE4 5BZ

Job Summary

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lead Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration Agency at a pivotal time for the housing sector. As Chief Executive Officer and Accounting Officer, you will play a crucial role in transforming housing delivery across the nation, creating more homes and places for people to live and thrive . You will be responsible for ensuring the agency meets its ambitious targets and deliver government priorities. This role offers the chance to influence the housing sector profoundly and drive significant change in how homes are built and regeneration is delivered across the nation.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

As Chief Executive, you will work with the Chair, Board and partners to develop and execute Homes England's strategic plan, ensuring it aligns with government priorities and addresses the pressing challenges in housing delivery and the regeneration of places.

As our new Chief Executive, you will lead a bold and far-reaching transformation of Homes England, ensuring the organisation is agile, regionally responsive, and equipped to meet the evolving demands of the housing sector. Central to this transformation is the implementation of a regional operating model that empowers local delivery and reflects the unique needs of communities across the country. You will work closely with local authorities and mayoral combined authorities to build strong, collaborative partnerships that unlock housing opportunities, support regeneration, and align with place-based priorities. Your leadership will be instrumental in embedding a culture of innovation, inclusion, and accountability across the agency.

A significant part of your role will involve cultivating and managing relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders, including government bodies, and private sector partners, Your ability to engage effectively with these stakeholders will be crucial in ensuring the successful delivery of Homes England's mission and strategic objectives. You will ensure the Agency has the right talent, capability, and resources to successfully deliver on its objectives. This includes safeguarding public funds, ensuring value for money, and promoting the highest standards of financial administration and governance. You will work closely with the Homes England Board, establishing a close working relationship with the Chair and the full Board to set the overall vision and deliver through the Strategic Plan.

Leading Organisational Transformation

As Chief Executive, you will lead a comprehensive organisational transformation. You will shape an organisation that is fit for purpose for the future, both operationally and culturally. This involves pivotal decision-making to ensure the agility and prioritisation of the resources required. You will drive the adoption of a regional model to enhance housing delivery, regeneration and placemaking across different regions, ensuring that the organisation is responsive to local needs and conditions. Your leadership will be instrumental in fostering a culture and values that place diversity and inclusion at the heart of the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

As Chief Executive, you will work with the Chair, Board and partners to develop and execute Homes England's strategic plan, ensuring it aligns with government priorities and addresses the pressing challenges in housing delivery and the regeneration of places.

As our new Chief Executive, you will lead a bold and far-reaching transformation of Homes England, ensuring the organisation is agile, regionally responsive, and equipped to meet the evolving demands of the housing sector. Central to this transformation is the implementation of a regional operating model that empowers local delivery and reflects the unique needs of communities across the country. You will work closely with local authorities and mayoral combined authorities to build strong, collaborative partnerships that unlock housing opportunities, support regeneration, and align with place-based priorities. Your leadership will be instrumental in embedding a culture of innovation, inclusion, and accountability across the agency.

A significant part of your role will involve cultivating and managing relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders, including government bodies, and private sector partners, Your ability to engage effectively with these stakeholders will be crucial in ensuring the successful delivery of Homes England's mission and strategic objectives. You will ensure the Agency has the right talent, capability, and resources to successfully deliver on its objectives. This includes safeguarding public funds, ensuring value for money, and promoting the highest standards of financial administration and governance. You will work closely with the Homes England Board, establishing a close working relationship with the Chair and the full Board to set the overall vision and deliver through the Strategic Plan.

Leading Organisational Transformation

As Chief Executive, you will lead a comprehensive organisational transformation. You will shape an organisation that is fit for purpose for the future, both operationally and culturally. This involves pivotal decision-making to ensure the agility and prioritisation of the resources required. You will drive the adoption of a regional model to enhance housing delivery, regeneration and placemaking across different regions, ensuring that the organisation is responsive to local needs and conditions. Your leadership will be instrumental in fostering a culture and values that place diversity and inclusion at the heart of the organisation.

Person specification

The Candidate

Homes England requires a dynamic leader with a unique blend of strategic vision, operational expertise, and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments. You will bring a wealth of experience in leadership, investment, and development, alongside a proven track record of driving organisational change and fostering effective partnerships.

You should have inspirational leadership credentials within an organisation of scale and complexity, with a strong track record of delivering operational and cultural change. Experience working with a diverse range of stakeholders across both the public and private sectors is essential, as is demonstrable financial expertise, with oversight of significant budgets and major transactions.

A deep understanding of the housing sector, including regeneration and development projects, is crucial. You should also have the ability to confidently advise at the most senior levels of government, demonstrating political acumen and the ability to operate in an environment with a political overlay.

Accountability

The Chief Executive is accountable to the Board for the effective and efficient delivery of the business plan and the day-to-day management of Homes England. Additionally, you will be accountable to the Principal Accounting Officer for oversight and accountability to Parliament for the management and delivery of public money.

For more information on this role, please contact our advisors on:

Marek Dobrowolski,

Partner, Place, Regeneration and Social Housing

[e-mail]

Becky Royle

Partner and UK Head

Central Government & Housing

[e-mail]

Benefits

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, some of the key benefits include:

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.

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.

Selection process details

Key dates

• The deadline for applications is Friday 13 June.
• Preliminary interviews with Odgers will take place in the w/c 23 June.
• The final interviews with Homes England will take place on Tuesday 8/Wednesday 9 July.
  
  

Application process

We are proud to be an inclusive organisation. We encourage applicants from all sections of the community so that we can truly reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work. We are particularly keen to hear from ethnically diverse candidates.

Interested candidates should submit their CV and a cover letter outlining their suitability for the role at

www.berwickpartners.co.uk/93746

If you are unable to apply online please email: [e-mail]

All applications will receive an automated response.

All candidates are also requested to complete an online Diversity Monitoring Form which will be found at the end of the application process. This will assist Homes England in monitoring selection decisions to assess whether equality of opportunity is being achieved. Any information collated from the Diversity Monitoring Forms will not be used as part of the selection process and will be treated as strictly confidential.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

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.

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

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