Funding Manager

Southern Housing; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Southern Housing is seeking a Funding Manager to join the Claims & Recovery team in London. You will lead the management of government funding streams, including CSS, ensuring funding is maximised, compliant and aligned with the remediation programme.

Reporting to the Head of Claims & Recovery, you will oversee funding applications, claims and reporting, provide leadership to a small specialist team, manage stakeholder relationships and ensure all activity meets audit requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience managing government funding programmes or grant recovery activities.
• Knowledge of the housing, building safety or construction sector.
• Understanding of funding compliance, reporting and audit requirements.
• Familiarity with the Cladding Safety Scheme and Building Safety Act.
• Experience working with complex data and multiple stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, analytical and communication skills.
• Advanced Excel and systems capability.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full lifecycle of funding applications, claims and reconciliations.
• Lead and develop a specialist team.
• Ensure compliance with funding criteria, governance and audit requirements.
• Monitor funding recovery, risks and programme performance.
• Build effective relationships with Homes England and internal stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement in funding processes and reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

Excel

Funding systems

Job description

About The Role

At Southern Housing, we are committed to creating communities where everyone has a safe home in a place, they are proud to live. We are looking for a Funding Manager to join our Claims & Recovery team and play a key role in supporting our building safety remediation programme.

Reporting to the Head of Claims & Recovery, you will lead the management of government funding streams, including the Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS), ensuring funding is maximised, compliant and aligned with programme delivery.

You will oversee funding applications, claims and reporting, provide leadership to a small specialist team, manage stakeholder relationships and ensure all activity meets Homes England, Building Safety Act and audit requirements.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Manage the full lifecycle of funding applications, claims and reconciliations
• Lead and develop a specialist team
• Ensure compliance with funding criteria, governance and audit requirements
• Monitor funding recovery, risks and programme performance
• Build effective relationships with Homes England and internal stakeholders
• Drive continuous improvement in funding processes and reporting

This role is based in our London (Farringdon Station) office and offers hybrid working as agreed with your Line Manager.

What you'll bring:

• Experience managing government funding programmes or grant recovery activities
• Knowledge of the housing, building safety or construction sector
• Understanding of funding compliance, reporting and audit requirements
• Familiarity with the Cladding Safety Scheme and Building Safety Act
• Experience working with complex data and multiple stakeholders
• Strong leadership, analytical and communication skills
• Advanced Excel and systems capability

Closing date:18th November2026, Wednesdayat 23:59

Shortlisting: from 19th November2026

Interviews: week commencing 23rdNovember 2026

Please note:

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

About Us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.