Policy Leader

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom National Housing Federation Full time

**Salary**:£46,920 (London) / £42,373 (National) per annum

**Hours**:Full time (but open to proposals including part time, job shares etc)

**Contract**:Permanent

**Benefits**:

- 27 days annual leave + statutory holidays + 3 closures days over the Christmas period;
- Flexible working for all staff including working from home / hybrid working, and flexi-time/TOIL scheme;
- Attractive family friendly policies;
- Private healthcare cover;
- Season ticket loans;
- Employee awards, and training and development opportunities.

For more information about our benefits please visit our website.

**Location**:London/Bristol - employees are able to work from home on an arrangement agreed with their line manager and we have colleagues based around the UK.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the National Housing Federation (NHF) for a Policy Leader (Finance Policy).

This role is a crucial and exciting one within our policy team and the wider organisation. You will use your knowledge and understanding of housing associations and their finances to build strong relationships with Finance Directors across our membership, and use their and your specialist knowledge to shape the financial environment so that housing associations can best deliver on their social purpose.

Whether this is making a persuasive and evidence-based case to the government for additional grant funding to build new homes, or working with sector experts on the detail of accounting, pensions, tax or treasury policy, or meeting with banks, lenders, ratings agencies, UK Finance, HMRC, and the Treasury on behalf of our members, this role is central to our work influencing national social housing policy.

Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to download the full job profile and person specification for this role.

**Key elements of the role**:

- Shape and lead our policy work on key strategic issues for housing associations around housing finance advocating for solutions and mitigating risks that affect the delivery of housing associations social purpose;
- Develop evidence and ideas on technical policy areas into salient policy solutions that will make a difference for the sector and influence government;
- Represent the NHF to senior colleagues in government, members and external stakeholders with credibility, expertise and political judgement;
- Communicate with and provide advice to members on critical changes to policy and the external environment.
- A strong and in-depth understanding of housing association finances and the operating model of housing associations (finance qualifications are not required, but a technical understanding of finance and accounting issues will be vital);
- An ability to lead the development of credible, robust, evidence based policy, including on complex and technical policy areas;
- An ability to communicate credibly, clearly and persuasively in writing and in person including to Chief Executives, senior government officials and finance professionals;
- An ability to draft, oversee, adapt and deliver complex plans for the delivery of multiple projects or programmes of work.

**Equality, diversity and inclusion**

**Disability confident committed employer**

We are a disability confident committed employer and if you are a disabled person who demonstrates you meet the skills and experience we consider essential for the role, we will offer you an interview.

**Uploading your CV and cover letter**

**Right to work in the UK / UK VISA Sponsorship**

You must have the right to work in the UK and it is important to note that the NHF does not sponsor individuals to work in the UK.

**Interview date: Thursday 25**th** April

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