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Birmingham, West Midlands (England), B1 2AX : Bristol, South West England, BS1 6EH : Longstanton, East of England, CB24 3EN
Job Summary
Join our dynamic team alongside Julie Brown and James Edmonds, Senior Estate Managers, and other dedicated professionals, where you'll play a crucial role in overseeing estate management for assigned assets within Homes England’s extensive and diverse land portfolio.
As an Estate Manager, you will bring technical expertise and strategic oversight to estate management, ensuring compliance with legal, health & safety, and risk management regulations. You will be instrumental in implementing best practices and ensuring Homes England meets its statutory and legal obligations while supporting the effective development of sites.
Job Description
You’ll be joining a highly skilled and experienced team that forms part of our national Estates Management Team of 24 professionals, all committed to driving positive change in estate management and maintaining a safe, compliant estate.
Julie and James lead with a commitment to first-class customer service, resolving issues proactively and fostering an innovative, collaborative environment where decision-making and problem-solving thrive.
This role offers a rare opportunity to shape the future of estate management in a fast-growing, national organisation. Working alongside key stakeholders and a professional estate management team, you’ll ensure effective and efficient resolution of management challenges, contributing to the development of a proactive and agile estate management function.
Your work will span all stages of the development process—from acquisition through to disposal—including engagement at pre-acquisition stages, peer assessments, and key approval milestones.
You will play a vital role in delivering key strategic projects within the Agency’s asset portfolio, bringing both day-to-day operational expertise and innovative solutions to estate management practices.
Please note: This role requires significant travel across England to visit and manage sites within the Homes England portfolio. A flexible approach to travel and occasional overnight stays will be essential to effectively fulfil the responsibilities of the position.
You’ll be joining a highly skilled and experienced team that forms part of our national Estates Management Team of 24 professionals, all committed to driving positive change in estate management and maintaining a safe, compliant estate.
Julie and James lead with a commitment to first-class customer service, resolving issues proactively and fostering an innovative, collaborative environment where decision-making and problem-solving thrive.
This role offers a rare opportunity to shape the future of estate management in a fast-growing, national organisation. Working alongside key stakeholders and a professional estate management team, you’ll ensure effective and efficient resolution of management challenges, contributing to the development of a proactive and agile estate management function.
Your work will span all stages of the development process—from acquisition through to disposal—including engagement at pre-acquisition stages, peer assessments, and key approval milestones.
You will play a vital role in delivering key strategic projects within the Agency’s asset portfolio, bringing both day-to-day operational expertise and innovative solutions to estate management practices.
Please note: This role requires significant travel across England to visit and manage sites within the Homes England portfolio. A flexible approach to travel and occasional overnight stays will be essential to effectively fulfil the responsibilities of the position.
Person specification
Estate management requires precision, adaptability, and innovation. You thrive in a dynamic environment where balancing multiple priorities is key, and you are always looking to improve performance and drive innovation.
To Excel In This Role, You Will Have
* A relevant surveying degree qualification complemented by a professional qualification (e.g., RICS / CIOB or similar).
* Commercial and/or rural estate management experience, with the ability to support Acquisition, Delivery, and Disposal Teams in resolving complex estate challenges.
* A strong understanding of health & safety legislation related to estate management, with NEBOSH or IOSH qualifications being an advantage.
* Proficiency in managing a diverse portfolio of vacant and tenanted land, including high-risk sites, brownfield, industrial, commercial, agricultural land, and other green estates.
* Outstanding communication skills, enabling you to confidently lead estate management discussions with internal teams and external stakeholders from acquisition through disposal.
* The ability to prioritise a busy workload, while demonstrating a collaborative and inclusive approach.
Delivering on a mission as bold as ours takes resilience, strategic thinking, and confidence in stakeholder engagement. You’ll manage discussions shaped by commercial awareness and operational expertise, ensuring that estate management decisions align with Homes England’s long-term goals.
You thrive in an innovative, engaging, and fast-moving environment, bringing persuasive negotiation and problem-solving skills to estate management challenges.
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
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.
Further information
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
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.
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) (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
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
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.
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
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.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
* Name : Recruitment Team
* Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
Recruitment team
* Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Part-time
Job function
* Job function
Management and Manufacturing
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