Head - Structured Real Estate & Infrastructure Finance

Homes England; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working 50/50

33 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Job summary

Homes England is seeking a senior leader to head the SREIF Origination Team, based in the UK with a national remit. You will work closely with the Assistant Director of SREIF, Head of Risk and Head of Portfolio Management to drive lending opportunities and manage the full origination cycle for housing projects.

The role requires extensive experience in real estate/finance, the ability to lead a 3–4 person team, and to negotiate complex debt structures and inter-creditor arrangements.

Qualifications

• Senior Leader with proven track record in real estate/finance origination.
• Experience leading complex debt transactions (senior debt, mezzanine).
• Strong negotiation of inter-creditor principles and LMA documents.

Responsibilities

• Lead a dedicated origination team of ~3–4 staff.
• Originate and structure debt facilities for housing projects.
• Negotiate and manage legal documentation and approval processes.

Skills

Team leadership

Debt financing

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Tools

Legal documentation

Job description

Closing Date: 28th August 2026

Interviews will take place mid September.

As we are headquartered in Leeds our preference is to appoint to this location and priority will be given to applicants based within commuting distance of the Leeds office.

About the role.

This is a Senior Leadership Role in an established Structured Real Estate & Infrastructure Finance (SREIF) Origination Team Working directly with the Assistant Director of SREIF, Head of Risk and Head of Portfolio Management.

The job is a national role leading 1 team dedicated to Origination, consisting of c3/4 staff.

You will be expected to have a demonstrable track record of:

• Leading your team through complex debt transactions including Senior Debt and Mezzanine Finance (both bi-lateral & A/B Participation structures), multi-site facilities and corporate balance sheet lending.
• Negotiating Legal matters, including but not limited to Inter-creditor principles and LMA documentation

You will be joining highly skilled & experienced team of Banking professionals, who are committed to making positive change in how capital is deployed to both the benefit of the developers and the UK taxpayer in delivery much needed housing in support of our strategic plan to unlock investments and make the market more resilient.

The team is dedicated to delivering a first-class customer service, taking an innovative and creative approach to ensure delivery of National Housing Banks’ key objectives. We believe in working in a collaborative/flexible way to foster good decision making and problem solving within their team.

This is a key strategic role within the NHB. The postholder must have excellent working relationships with a range of key partners including funders, equity investors, housebuilders together with sector professionals such as lawyers’ and advisory agents.

About you.

As an experienced finance or real estate professional you'll be comfortable building and exploiting your network to originate new lending opportunities, analysing complex funding challenges, negotiating robust lending structures and effectively managing the progress of proposals through approval processes.

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

As an experienced finance 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.

About the National Housing Bank

Homes England is strengthening UK Government’s ambitions for housing and regeneration through the introduction of the National Housing Bank (NHB). The NHB is a new financial organisation designed to unlock investment at scale and accelerate the delivery of more homes, stronger places and thriving communities across the country. Backed with £16bn in new financial capacity, alongside £6bn already committed this Parliament, the NHB represents one of the most significant new interventions in the housing sector in a generation.

The NHB, operating as a subsidiary of Homes England, exists to unlock investment at scale and connect capital with capability. We use our financial capacity and deep local relationships to drive regeneration, enable innovation and create the conditions for sustainable growth. By pairing government-backed finance with solutions that the market needs, we help partners bring forward the homes, infrastructure and long‑term development that transform places and support people to live well.

Purpose-driven and built for impact, the NHB provides its partners the confidence and financial firepower to innovate and unlock complex sites, scale up investment and deliver at pace. Offering custom-built finance, strong partnerships and a commitment to shaping better futures, the NHB enables investment that would not otherwise happen- accelerating growth and creating the conditions for communities to flourish.

Joining the National Housing Bank offers a rare and exciting opportunity to help shape this new national organisation from the ground up; influencing how we operate, how we partner, and how we deliver impact across the country.

Who are we?

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 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 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.

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