Manager - Planning & Enabling

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Reference number

466183

Salary

£51,076 \- £59,570
GBP

Job grade

Other### Contract type

Permanent### Type of role

Planning

Project Delivery

Property### Working pattern

Flexible working, Full\-time### Number of jobs available

1
Contents
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• Location


• About the job


• Benefits


• Things you need to know


• Apply and further information

Bristol, South West England, BS1 6EH : London, London (region), E14 4PUAbout the job
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Job summary

As a Planning and Enabling Manager, you will play a key role in delivering a diverse portfolio of projects across the South Region, ranging from small sites to large, complex strategic developments. Based in either London or Bristol and reporting to a Senior Planning and Enabling Manager, you will contribute to de\-risking sites, achieving planning certainty, and enabling the delivery of new homes across Homes England’s land portfolio.

You will lead and work as part of multi\-disciplinary teams on a range of projects and initiatives, providing planning and technical expertise to support successful project outcomes. Joining an enthusiastic, motivated, friendly and experienced team of highly skilled professionals, you will contribute to delivering projects efficiently, ensuring they are appropriately de\-risked and brought to market in a way that maximises early delivery and delivers value for money.

Job description

The team is committed to taking an innovative and proactive approach to solving challenges and identifying practical solutions. Collaboration and flexibility are central to how the team operates, supporting effective decision\-making and problem\-solving.

There are many exciting and rewarding projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to the Planning and Enabling offering. This includes developing planning and technical strategies, instructing and managing consultants, responding to Local Plan consultations, and overseeing the preparation and submission of planning applications. You will also engage with Local Planning Authorities to agree application content and negotiate appropriate planning conditions and Section 106 agreements, ensuring projects remain deliverable and aligned with programme timelines.

In addition, you will provide technical advice to colleagues and partners involved in land acquisition and disposal, assessing planning risks and opportunities, and shaping planning strategies in accordance with Homes England governance requirements.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the delivery of complex and rewarding housing and regeneration projects across both brownfield and greenfield sites within a national organisation driven by social purpose.

Person specification

You will be educated to degree level, with professional membership (MRICS or MRTPI) desirable or working towards, and experience within the residential sector.

As an experienced planning professional, you will have strong project management skills, with the ability to manage consultants and collaborate effectively within multi\-disciplinary teams.

A strong understanding of the housing market, development sector and the Government’s housing agenda is important. You will be confident navigating the planning system, with experience across a range of planning matters including community engagement, technical assessments, and negotiations with local authorities. You will be well organised, an effective communicator, and have an interest in placemaking. Experience with outline permissions, Section 106 agreements, reserved matters, and discharge of conditions s essential.

A solid understanding of the development process — including pre\-acquisition, land transactions, risk management, development economics, and viability — will be beneficial. You will be comfortable managing multiple priorities, seeking opportunities to improve processes and innovate.

You will thrive in a collaborative environment, using your project management skills to manage multiple projects and consultant teams effectively.

You will be resilient, commercially aware, and confident working with a range of stakeholders, always considering the operational and financial impacts of decisions.

Strong communication skills written, verbal, and digital are essential, alongside the ability to negotiate and influence effectively. You will be motivated, proactive, and committed to continuous improvement, with a collaborative and inclusive approach to teamwork.

Benefits
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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, some of the key benefits include:

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.

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.Things you need to know
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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 for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.### Selection process details

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Selection process details

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre\-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes\-england/about/personal\-information\-charter

Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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

Successful candidates must undergo a 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)


• 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

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