Senior Manager - CAL and Commercial Disposals
Job summary
Working in the Contingent Assets & Liabilities (CAL) and Commercial Disposals team, within the Development Directorate, the CAL & Commercial Disposals Technical Manager will play a critical role in contributing to the team’s ethos of providing high quality, client-side technical advice and delivering on key projects linked to the Business Plan.
The CAL & Commercial Disposals Team are a national focused delivery team who manage a mixed caseload of contingent assets and liabilities and disposals of land; taking responsibility for the timely disposal of land assets. The team also monitors, reviews, and manages the resolution of a portfolio of contingent assets and liabilities using specialist skills and commercial acumen to ensure the disposal/exit from either contingent or legacy assets in line with Homes England processes.
Job description
You will be joining our experienced and growing team of 15, who are committed to making a positive impact to how non-strategic assets are reviewed and appropriate actions delivered effectively, to the financial and reputational benefit of the Agency.
The role involves working closely with and assisting the Head of CAL & Commercial Disposals and Managers in providing effective co-ordination, liaison and communication with locally based staff, Heads of Delivery and senior management teams and providing support across the Development Directorate and finance teams, including Internal Audit through the provision of management information.
You will have a specific focus on a number of workstreams. Primarily providing technical input and expertise to the disposal of land assets over a national geographic radius, within the CAL & Commercial Disposals team.
Lead or support on all technical matters that arise in the workings of the team, support colleagues in providing technical support and advice regards de-risking sites through the installation of infrastructure and the servicing of land for development or working with partners to do the same on land subject to a Conditional Contract.
Provide due diligence technical advice on constraints to development, issues with utility capacities or connections and highways issues, to inform negotiations on price and delivery alongside the professional team.
Support and assist Project Managers in drafting technical scope of works and tender documents for construction works, demolition contracts, scoping SI tenders, specialist technical studies, transportation, utilities servicing, infrastructure design and delivery. Where such schemes of work are complex to take the lead in drafting the tenders and managing the project.
Take on a caseload of historic projects where the agency has outstanding liabilities relating to retained land, roads and services, and work with partners to secure a cost effective exit from such liabilities.
Person specification
Appropriate professional engineering, construction, project management or surveying membership and/or degree level education or equivalent.
Knowledge and experience of the construction and development industry to ensure procurements and processes developed are practical and market facing.
Experience of successfully delivering infrastructure, construction or land regeneration projects.
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 a team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.
As an experienced professional, 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.
Benefits
Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits.Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.
These need to be balanced with business needs so they will vary from job to job. If you would like to know more please speak to the Recruiting Manager.
Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.
Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.
We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
If anyone has any queries on any of these terms and conditions, please get in touch for further information.
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence
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 (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.Selection process details
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.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).Apply and further information
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Recruitment Team
- Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
Recruitment team
Further information
https://www.homesenglandcareers.co.ukSalary range
- £59,631 - £69,548 per year