Homes England
Director - Guarantees
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Job Summary
Help build the National Housing Bank
The National Housing Bank (NHB) is a new government-backed financial institution, operating as a subsidiary of Homes England, established to unlock investment and accelerate housing delivery across England.
Job Description
We're looking for two Directors – Guarantees to join the NHB Senior Leadership Team and help shape one of the UK's most significant housing finance platforms.
- Salary: c. £140,000–£150,000 plus benefits, depending on skills and experience.
- Reporting to: Executive Director, Guarantees
You'll play a leading role in overseeing more than £10bn of existing guarantee exposure and supporting deployment of £5.5bn of new guarantee capacity, helping unlock institutional investment into housing and regeneration at scale.
One role will have a greater focus on business growth and origination, while the other will include additional responsibility for portfolio oversight and programme performance.
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About You
You'll bring significant experience in guarantees, lending, investment, structured finance, real estate finance, infrastructure or related markets, together with the credibility and judgement to operate at a senior level across the public and private sectors.
Most importantly, you'll be excited by the opportunity to help shape a new institution with a clear purpose and support housing delivery at scale.
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Why Join?
Backed by £16bn of new financial capacity, the National Housing Bank will work with investors, lenders, developers, housing associations and government partners to crowd in more than £50bn of private investment and support the delivery of 500,000 additional homes across England.
This is a rare opportunity to join at a formative stage and play a leading role in shaping how one of the UK's most significant public financial institutions delivers housing, regeneration and growth in the years ahead.
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, 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.
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We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
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Job Contact
- Name: Recruitment team
- Email: Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
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