Head - Chief Executive and Chair's Office

**Head - Chief Executive and Chairs Office**: Closing Date: 17/11/2024 Interviews will be held week commencing 25/11/2024, 2/12/2024 and 9/12/2024 **A bit about the role...**: Working in the Homes England Chief Executive and Chair’s Office offers the opportunity to play a critical role in supporting and enabling the Agency’s Chair and Chief Executive to deliver the organisation’s mission and strategic objectives. You will be joining our small, but hugely important and highly effective, team sitting at the heart of Homes England and working with colleagues across the Agency on a range of issues and projects. The team is beginning an exciting new chapter, with additional roles created in CEOC to support an expanded remit and the continuation of a high-quality service to the Chief Executive and Chair - enabling the delivery of great homes and thriving communities. CEOC works at pace and often under pressure - every day is different, with new challenges and priorities to progress. At the centre of the office’s success is strong internal and external relationships and a focus on making things happen. This is a rare chance to support the Homes England leadership in shaping the future in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and within the dynamic Strategy, Research and Analysis and Sponsorship Unit, you will be part of the big picture and the have the opportunity to understand and influence how we get things done. **A bit about you**: The day job is to deliver a high-quality service to the Chief Executive, Chair and wider Agency. That means triaging and juggling priorities, so you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate. You'll be comfortable supporting senior leaders with complex strategic and operational issues, aiming to deliver effective support. You will be insightful and ahead of the game in anticipating what’s needed and ensuring you get that before its asked for. 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 political, commercial and people impact of what we do as the CEOC team. You will enjoy working in an innovative and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade. **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 our 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 controls and 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, 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.