Officer - Chief Executive and Chair's Office

Birmingham, West Midlands (England), B1 2 : Bristol, South West England, BS1 6EH : Longstanton, East of England, CB24 3EN : Liverpool, North West England, L3 1BP : Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS11 9AT : Manchester, North West England, M1 6EU : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE4 5BZ

This role will ensure that the Homes England Chair and Chief Executive are effectively supported is fundamental to the delivery of the Agency’s mission and objectives. Working in their office, you will be involved in enabling them to carry out their roles and responsibilities, working closely and responsively to Senior Managers and the Head of CEOC.

CEOC and its team are the interface between the Chair/Chief Executive and the wider Agency. As part of this team, you will support the effective flow of information from the Agency to the Chief Executive and Chair and from them back to colleagues across the organisation. You will also support the CEOC Senior Managers in sharing communication from the Chief Executive/Chair to partners and stakeholders in government and the market.

A core part of this role – and essential to enabling the Chief Executive/Chair to carry out their responsibilities – is commissioning briefing in response to emerging issues and for meetings and events and ensuring that all material coming in and out of CEOC is to a high standard.

The successful applicant will have experience of working within a busy team and have strong collaboration skills. They will be highly organised with the ability to manage their own workload, prioritise accordingly and put in place systems to ensure work is delivered on time and to a high standard.

The role will require strong written communication skills, the ability to work at pace and excellent interpersonal skills working with colleagues at all levels of the organisation to ensure that the Chair and Chief Executive are fully supported in their day-to-day duties.

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:

1. Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Family Friendly Benefits - We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

How to apply? To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non-EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Name: Recruitment Team

Email: recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

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

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

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

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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.

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).

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in a new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Job Contact

• Name: Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.co.uk
• Email: Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.co.uk

Recruitment team

• Email: Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk