Events and Engagement Officer

Homes England; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50/50 hybrid working

33 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Healthcare plans

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Homes England is seeking an enthusiastic Events and Engagement Officer to plan and deliver national and regional events, conferences and stakeholder engagement activities. Based across Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle or Northstowe, you will work in a hybrid mode with senior colleagues and external partners to showcase impact and strengthen partnerships.

You will manage logistics, budgets and supplier relationships, build tools and guidance, and produce reports for

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating events, conferences and engagement activities.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to deadlines.
• Attention to detail and a proactive problem-solving approach.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the planning and delivery of internal and external events, conferences and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Manage event logistics, ensuring events are delivered professionally and in line with policy.
• Manage external speaking engagements and engagement activity across the organisation.
• Develop and maintain planning tools, event guidance and delivery documentation.
• Support the management of event budgets and supplier relationships.
• Act as an ambassador for Homes England, building strong relationships with partners.
• Support senior colleagues before, during and after events to ensure a seamless participant experience.
• Evaluate event performance and gather insights to improve future activity.
• Help develop consistent approaches and tools for event delivery across the organisation.
• Produce reports and recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Skills

Event coordination

Project management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Tools

CRM

Event management systems

Stakeholder management tools

Job description

Events and Engagement Officer

Closing Date: 20th October

Interviews will take place week commencing 2nd November 2026

Events and Engagement Officer

Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle or Northstowe

(Hybrid Working)

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

About the role

We're looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised Events and Engagement Officer

to join our Market Engagement team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering a diverse programme of

high-profile conferences, stakeholder engagements and employee events that support

our strategic objectives and strengthen relationships across the housing, regeneration

and investment sectors.

The Market Engagement team is responsible for building and maintaining relationships

with the organisations, partners and stakeholders that help us deliver our mission.

Through events, engagement activity and stakeholder communications, the team helps

connect industry, investors, public sector partners and government with our work and

priorities.

As Events and Engagement Officer, you'll help plan and deliver a range of national and

regional events, creating opportunities to showcase our impact, share insight, support

collaboration and strengthen relationships across the sector.

This is a varied and fast-paced role, offering the opportunity to work with senior leaders,

external stakeholders and colleagues across Homes England and the National Housing

Bank. You'll be involved in some of the sector's highest-profile events, including

supporting our presence at UKREiiF, Homes England Live and MIPIM, alongside

stakeholder roundtables, regional engagement events, conferences and internal

colleague events.

What you'll be doing

• Coordinate the planning and delivery of internal and external events, conferences and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Manage event logistics, ensuring events are delivered professionally, efficiently and in line with organisational policy objectives.
• Manage external speaking engagements and engagement activity across the organisation.
• Develop and maintain planning tools, event guidance and delivery documentation.
• Support the management of event budgets and supplier relationships, ensuring value for money and high-quality outcomes.
• Act as an ambassador for the Agency, building strong relationships with colleagues and external partners including Events Organisers.
• Support senior colleagues before, during and after events, ensuring a seamless experience for participants.
• Evaluate event performance, gathering insights and recommendations to improve future activity.
• Help develop consistent approaches, processes and tools for event delivery across the organisation.
• Produce reports, briefings and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and external partners to ensure engagement activity delivers against organisational priorities.

A bit about you

You’ll be a proactive and organised individual who enjoys bringing people together and

delivering exceptional experiences.

You’ll be comfortable managing multiple priorities, working to deadlines and building

productive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. You’ll have strong attention

to detail, excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach that helps teams

work effectively together.

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Experience coordinating events, conferences and engagement activities.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes.
• A proactive and solutions-focused approach to problem-solving.
• Experience managing suppliers, venues and event logistics would be advantageous.
• Experience using CRM, stakeholder management or event management systems would be beneficial.

Why join us?

This is an opportunity to work on some of the most significant events in the housing and

regeneration sector while helping to shape how we engage with partners, stakeholders

and colleagues.

You’ll join a supportive and collaborative team, gain exposure to senior leaders and

industry partners, and play a key role in delivering events and engagement activity that

supports our mission and makes a real difference to communities across England.

If you’re passionate about delivering outstanding events, building relationships and

creating opportunities for meaningful engagement, we’d love to hear from you

Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. 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.

How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.

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, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.

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.

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

Our 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.

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme.

We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.

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 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 to 2025 — Second Edition - 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.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.