Closing Date: 19/07/2026 at 23:59
Interviews will take place week commencing 27th July 2026
Internal Job Title: Senior Manager - Approval Operations
Working in a team with Head of Approval Operations, the Senior Manager will play a critical role in supporting the efficient approval of Homes England and National Housing projects. You will be joining a small and ambitious team, working with colleagues from across the organisation to help accelerate the pace of delivery.
The team are dedicated to delivering a first-class customer service, working collaboratively wherever possible, taking an innovative and creative approach to project governance challenges. The team embrace and value diversity in experience and perspective to foster good decision making and problem solving.
This is a rare chance to work across governance, project decision making and assurance, liaising with key stakeholders including Homes England’s senior leadership, and colleagues at MHCLG and HM Treasury in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working collaboratively with other Homes England functions including Corporate Governance, Operations, Finance, Legal and Government Sponsorship, you’ll be comfortable working effectively in a matrix management environment to ensure efficient and consistent support is provided to project teams to enable the timely approval of business cases.
The role will support the design and delivery of key strategic projects informing how we improve our processes, guidance and ways of working. No two days are the same and there will be a need to balance the day-to-day role with reactive project work, but this provides a unique opportunity for development and learning,
You'll be comfortable supporting the Head of Team with complex project approval and stakeholder management matters, aiming to support effective and efficient decision making. You will be proficient in working with senior leaders and comfortable preparing written and verbal briefings on specific projects and key matters.
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 commercial and operational impact of what we do as an Approval Operations team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.
With experience in project governance and approvals, you’ll understand how to manage colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.
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.
