Senior Manager - HR Strategic Projects

Location can be any of the following: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle or Northstowe.

Application Closing Date: 19/06/2026 at 23:59

Interview dates: 7th July via Teams

Reporting to the Assistant Director – People Development, the Senior Manager – HR Projects post holder will work closely with the HR Senior Leadership Team and colleagues across the agency to lead, shape and deliver priority HR projects that support delivery of the People Strategy and HR delivery plan. The role includes responsibility for managing a small team, providing clear direction, support and constructive challenge to ensure high quality outcomes and a positive team experience. This role requires pace, grip and judgement. You will be expected to quickly understand context, assess priorities and drive progress across a portfolio of work, ensuring momentum is maintained and outcomes are delivered.

The role requires an agile approach, working across short, medium and long-term projects, often at pace and with competing priorities. You will be a self-starter, comfortable operating with minimal direction, able to quickly assess issues, set clear direction and drive delivery through to completion. Working with key stakeholders across the agency and alongside a professional HR team, you will ensure the efficient, consistent and effective delivery of HR activity, while contributing to our ambition to create a great place to work.

There are several exciting and rewarding projects this role will lead on which include the development of our Leadership Standards and the integration of these behaviours throughout the entire employee lifecycle. This work will shape how we recruit, onboard colleagues, how we support development, and enable fair, effective and meaningful performance management. The role will also play a key part in advancing our approach to careers and capability helping to create clear career pathways that support both organisational priorities and individual growth. This role provides an excellent opportunity to combine high quality day to day HR delivery with the design and implementation of innovative solutions that directly support the agency’s People and Culture Strategy.

A bit about you: You have a strong track record of leading and delivering complex, organisation wide HR projects. You operate confidently at both a strategic and operational level, able to quickly understand organisational context, set clear direction and drive delivery at pace across a varied portfolio of priorities. You bring strong generalist HR knowledge, with experience of working across the employee lifecycle, including areas such as onboarding, recruitment, engagement, talent and succession planning, careers, development and capability building. You use this expertise to design and implement a range of practical, people‑focused solutions that enhance organisational effectiveness and the employee experience. You demonstrate excellent leadership and management behaviours, creating clarity, setting high standards and supporting others to perform at their best. You build strong, trusted relationships and lead with credibility, fostering a positive and high performing culture. You are proactive and outcome focused, taking ownership and seeing activity through to completion. Above all, you are motivated by making a meaningful impact, helping to create a great place to work while supporting delivery of people priorities.

What we offer: As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you. Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency. Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site. If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names. Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future. If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way. 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.

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.