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Job summary

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The Homes England Sponsorship Team act as the primary oversight and contact point with Homes England (HE) for the department, sponsorship involves promoting and maintaining an effective working relationship between departments and public bodies, to facilitate accountable, efficient and effective services to the public.The Homes England Sponsorship Team provides the corporate and performance oversight of the agency and holds responsibility for ensuring that Homes England can deliver on the outcomes and ambitions required by the Government. HE are a key delivery partner for achieving the government’s 1.5 million homes target. HE sit at the heart of housing delivery, deploying public investment and expertise to unlock and drive forward housing and regeneration projects in England forging partnerships with a wide range of actors.We are looking for a person who is willing to engage across interests, is motivated by working through challenges as they emerge, looks ahead to any emerging opportunities and challenges and is open to using information and insights from a range of sources to understand context and build a rounded view.This is an exciting time to join the team within the Housing Markets and Strategy Directorate, as this ambition requires an evolution in Homes England’s strategic approach, including a new regional working model, the biggest Social and Affordable Homes Programme in a generation, a new innovative National Housing Delivery Fund, and the establishment of the National Housing Bank.

Job description

Sponsorship working – building and sustaining effective relationships with policy and finance teams and senior leaders in the Department to -support effective sponsorship, commissioning, programme delivery and change programmes.

Using data, analysis, engagement and soft intelligence from a variety of sources to build a balanced picture of delivery and corporate performance and looking for ways to further strengthen the depth of our understanding.

Being curious and ambitious about how we can better support housing and regeneration delivery through our sponsorship role and to actively look to what needs to change in future to achieve this.

Specific duties will include:

• Building and maintaining strong working relationships with colleagues at all levels across Homes England and the department
• Acting as a key contact between the department and Homes England
• Supporting the Sponsorship Team to lead improvements in the department’s oversight of Homes England
• Prepare briefing for internal and external meetings in relation to sponsorship of Homes England
• Support wider functions of the Homes England Sponsorship team

Person specification

• A collaborator who builds and maintain positive and constructive relationships across a range of different disciplines and interests in and outside of the department.
• A problem solver who is capable of bringing people together and who can hold onto and communicate the desired outcome with clarity and authority, working through conflicting priorities and managing tensions.
• A person with curiosity who wants to understand what various sources of data and intelligence are telling us and is not afraid of challenging where they feel the picture is incomplete.
• A good verbal and written communicator who is mindful of the needs of their audience and keeps focused on the things that really matter

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,004, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government contributes £12,747 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.At MHCLG we offer many benefits that range from tailored career pathways and flexible working to MyLifestyle Staff Benefits Scheme, Childcare Vouchers, and Cycle to Work Schemes. For more information, please click here.

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

Application and Selection

The application process will be split into 2 stages, testing the following Success Profiles:

Behaviours , Experience , Strengths

Please ensure your CV does not contain any personally identifiable information.

Note: We do not consider direct CV applications. All applications must be submitted via the provided application link.

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Stage 1: Sift (CV & Cover Letter)

Experience: Your covering letter should be no more than 1 page referencing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description.

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Stage 2: Interview

• Behaviours: Seeing the Big Picture, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together, Managing a Quality Service

• Strengths: The strength-based questions will require natural responses from the candidates.

Sift and Interview Dates

Sifting is envisaged to take place the week commencing 4th May 2026.

Interviews are envisaged to take place the week commencing 18th May 2026 and are currently being held remotely via videocall. This could be subject to change.

How We Recruit

Find out more about our recruitment processes here.

• Applying

• Sifting

• Interview

• Interview Results & Feedback

• Reserve List

• Near Miss

• Civil Service Grades

• We are a DCS, RIS & GPTWV employer

• Reasonable Adjustments

How to Apply

Find out everything you need to know before applying here.

You must review the following information from the MHCLG Career's Site before submitting your application. This step is essential to ensure your eligibility for the role and that your application is completed correctly.

• Security Clearance Requirements

• Civil Service Nationality Requirements

• Right to Work

• Civil Service Code and Recruitment Principles

• CV Declaration

• Sponsorships

• Salary and Grade

• Existing Civil Servants

• Conflict of Interest

• Location and Flexible Working

• Fixed Term Contracts

• Internal Fraud Database

• Appeals and Complaints

Security Clearance Requirements

National Office: + CTC

London Office: + CTC

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).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.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Toni Wootton
• Email : toni.wootton@communities.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@communities.gov.uk

Further information

If you are unsure about any part of the process or require additional information about the post to enable you to progress your application, you should speak to the Resourcing team - recruitment@communities.gov.uk. Candidates can appeal at any stage of the recruitment process if they believe there has been:

a procedural irregularity

an infringement of the Civil Service equal opportunities policy

exceptional circumstances which were not notified to the interview panel which might have affected performance on the day.

It is important to note that these are appeals about the process not the decision. In the first instance, an appeal should be directed to the MHCLG Resourcing Hub at recruitment@communities.gov.uk.

If the MHCLG Resourcing Hub is unable to satisfactorily resolve your complaint, you may contact put your complaint in writing to the Civil Service Commission, Room G8,1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ or by email to: info@csc.gov.uk