Senior Manager - Continuous Improvement X2

Working in a team led by our Assistant Director Control Environment, the Continuous Improvement Senior Managers will play a critical role in facilitating the delivery of tangible improvements to processes, systems and ways of working across Homes England. You will be joining our newly formed team committed to enhancing continuous improvement culture and making positive change to how our internal and external services are delivered.

This is a rare chance to deliver improvements and shape future ways of working 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 services are delivered and have the opportunity to build and grow the continuous improvement culture across Homes England.

The roles will work with colleagues of all grades from across all areas of delivery facing and corporate functions. There are lots of ambitious projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to enhance day to day delivery through bringing innovative solutions to the table.

You will be comfortable working with a multitude of different stakeholders supporting them to identify and implement improvement opportunities, ultimately driving rapid improvement cycles across the Agency. You will have an inquisitive and ‘can-do’ mindset with exceptional engagement and influencing skills.

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 an Agency. As an experienced continuous improvement professional you’ll understand how to manage colleagues, drive change and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.

Person specification

Essential

• Significant experience in working as part of multi-disciplinary teams, delivering continuous improvement initiatives.
• Exceptional engagement, relationship management and influencing skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders – selling the CI culture and success stories.
• A positive, enquiring and learning “can-do” mindset to see beyond problems and ensure that improvement initiatives are critiqued and effectively delivered at pace.
• Relevant degree or professional qualification in related subject (e.g. business management, change management, operations management, process improvement), or demonstrable equivalent experience.

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.
• We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

Selection process details

To apply please follow the links to our careers page. Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check. 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.

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.