Programme Assistant Director

Homes England; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Homes England is seeking a Programme Manager for a fixed-term/secondment role until 31 August 2028. The role sits in the Help to Buy Transformation & Reprocurement Programme and requires leading a complex, multi-year delivery with a focus on data integrity, risk reduction, and improving customer experience.

The successful candidate will work with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to shape the future operating model.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex programmes in challenging environments.
• Strong stakeholder management across senior leaders and partners.
• Ability to translate vision into practical delivery plans across strategic and operational levels.
• Experience of governance, assurance and benefits realisation in a complex setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead a complex, multi-year public sector change programme within Help to Buy Transformation & Reprocurement.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and deliver outcomes with disciplined delivery and evidence-based decisions.
• Manage risks, dependencies and issues, maintaining momentum and value delivery.

Skills

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Governance

Job description

This is a Fixed Term Contract / Secondment Opportunity until 31/8/2028

Closing Date: 21/10/2026

First stage interviews will take place week commencing 2/11/2026

There will be a two stage interview process and you will be required to complete an online Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ) prior to second stage.

Second stage interviews will take place week commencing 23/11/2026

About the role...

Working within our Help to Buy Transformation & Reprocurement Programme, the Programme Manager will play a key role in delivering a complex, multi-year public sector change programme. You will join a highly skilled, collaborative programme team tasked with reshaping a nationally significant service at a critical point in its lifecycle. Our focus is on strengthening data integrity, reducing operational and financial risk, improving customer experience, and ensuring long‑term service portability while protecting public funds.

This is a programme that values disciplined delivery and thoughtful decision-making. Our Programme Director champions evidence-based choices and a diversity of perspectives, recognising that the best outcomes come from constructive challenge and collective problem-solving.

This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future operating model of one of the UK's most high‑profile home ownership public services. You will work closely with colleagues across a range of specialisms to design and deliver an integrated, coherent and defensible service model that can withstand scrutiny from governance forums, audit and value‑for‑money assessments while delivering long‑term benefits for the Agency and our customers.

About you...

As a Programme Manager, you will be an experienced delivery professional with a strong track record of leading complex programmes, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and driving outcomes in challenging environments.

You will be comfortable operating across strategic and operational levels, translating vision into practical delivery plans and ensuring that risks, dependencies and issues are actively managed. You'll bring excellent stakeholder management skills, enabling you to build confidence and credibility with senior leaders, delivery partners and subject matter experts alike.

We're looking for someone who can provide clear leadership, maintain momentum across multiple workstreams and foster a collaborative culture where teams are empowered to perform at their best. You will be analytical, organised and pragmatic, with the ability to balance competing priorities while maintaining a focus on delivering value and achieving programme objectives.

Experience of managing large-scale transformation, procurement, service redesign or operational change programmes would be particularly valuable, as would an understanding of governance, assurance and benefits realisation within a complex organisational setting

Who are we?

Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency

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.

We form long‑term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector. 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. Homes England are a geographically diverse community, and we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working model.

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.

Employee assistance programme offering a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

A 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.

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.

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 - 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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