Development Secretary

Development Secretary

Closing date : 21/04/2024

A bit about the role...

Working in a team reporting to the Senior Delivery Support Manager and management of a small team of 4 Business Support Officers, the Development Secretary plays a critical role in managing the Secretariat and Governance process for the Northern Delivery Area, Contingent Assets, Liabilities and Commercial Disposal and York Central teams. You will be joining our small, friendly and talented teams who are committed to making positive change by providing first class support to the Development directorate.

The Senior Delivery Support Manager believes in delivering a first-class customer service to the development team, providing crucial support and advice and taking an innovative and creative approach to governance issues. They believe in working in a collaborative/flexible way to foster good decision making and problem solving within the team.

This is a rare chance to shape the future governance processes in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional team you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective governance support and they have the opportunity to help create processes and procedures to deliver a first-class support service.

The role will support the delivery of key development projects across the development team areas. There are some exciting and creative projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to the local decision-making offering.

A bit about you…

Whilst our day job is to deliver first class customer service to our stakeholders in the development team, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and you will have the ability to prioritise a demanding workload to meet tight deadlines and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.

You'll be experienced in providing secretariat support to a Board and/or Committee and will be comfortable supporting the Directors & Senior Managers with complex governance issues aiming to ensure that due process is followed. You will be proficient in providing governance expertise, accurate minuting and possess the excellent organisational skills required to maintain action logs and coordinate papers and reports to an auditable standard and will be skilled in the use Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Teams whilst Adobe Acrobat would be desirable.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will have excellent communication skills and will be resilient and comfortable in influencing, challenging and 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 a development support team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.

The Development directorate is spread across 3 regions, each with a secretariat for local governance / decision making which feeds into National Boards with their own secretariat and therefore, as an experienced professional you’ll understand how to manage colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work closely with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way. An understanding and experience of public sector governance, along with experience of matrix management as manager or the managed, would be desirable but not essential for these positions.

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.

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 these on the recruitment pages of the intranet.

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.

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.

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.