Closing Date: 2nd August 2026
Interviews will take place week commencing 17th August 2026
Homes England is seeking an experienced and visionary professionals to play a pivotal role in unlocking some of the most complex and high-profile large-scale development projects in the country. This role is based in the national Technical Capacity & Coordination Hub.
Working on government’s priority strategic development projects, such as New Towns, you will help shape and drive forward the policy and programme requirements for a new generation of large-scale settlements, while applying expert commercial and development knowledge to help make them a reality.
This is a unique opportunity to influence the delivery of new homes at scale, working on nationally significant projects including new settlements, major urban extensions, and regeneration schemes that will transform places and communities.
As a Head Of, you will build and lead a team of multi-disciplinary professionals who advise on development strategies, delivery vehicles, funding mechanisms, business cases and land assembly, helping to shape place-based solutions that address market failures and accelerate delivery. Acting as a bridge between strategy and implementation, you will bring commercial and technical expertise to unlock delivery, collaborating with internal teams, external partners, and stakeholders to develop innovative solutions that de-risk projects and secure planning certainty. Your work will accelerate housing delivery while championing best practice and forward-thinking solutions.
This role demands exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to navigate complexity with confidence. We are looking for highly skilled professionals with extensive experience in the planning and delivery of large-scale, complex developments; and strong commercial, leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of housing delivery and create sustainable, thriving communities. You’ll work on nationally significant projects, collaborate with leading experts, and make a real impact on people’s lives.
You will be comfortable working on complex planning and delivery issues across a range of large-scale development. You will have an expert level of understanding and demonstrable experience in leading and advising on the commercial aspects of large-scale development, and on different types of delivery vehicles, including Development Corporations. You will also have experience in collaborative working with a range of internal and external stakeholders including with other parts of government.
Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do You will enjoy working in a fast paced environment with short deadlines where not all the questions yet have answers and be able to negotiate and persuade.
As an experienced development professional, you’ll understand how to manage large, multidisciplinary project teams and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way. You will ideally have a background in leading complex projects, with experience of identifying and overcoming development constraints with a good awareness of the interrelationship between planning, infrastructure, housing delivery, regeneration, place-making and economic growth objectives within large-scale development programmes.
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.
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 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 to 2025 — Second Edition - 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.
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
