Job summary
A bit about the role...
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Our Coventry office will be relocating to 3 Area Central,Birmingham,B1 2AX in September 2024.
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Working in a team with Ewan Cochrane, Assistant Director of Development Finance within Portfolio Management the Senior Portfolio Manager (internal title) will play a critical role in ensuring efficient delivery of homes on projects we support and recovery of our loans.�
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You will be joining our experienced national real estate finance team covering the South of England who manage a portfolio of loans to SME housing developers and who are committed to making positive change in the number of homes built in England and recovering our investments.
Job description
Portfolio Management is delivery focused and dedicated to delivering first-class customer service, dealing with any issues informally wherever possible, taking an innovative and creative approach to resolving challenges that arise. Ewan believes in working in a collaborative way and values diversity in experience and perspective to foster good decision making and problem solving within his team.
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This is a chance to shape the future of the housing market within England and develop a career in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and advisers as part of a professional real estate finance team you will ensure effective management of a portfolio of loans and efficient, consistent, and effective resolution of any issues arising. This will help increase housing supply in England and create a more balanced, diversified and robust real estate sector.
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The role will support the delivery of key housing projects in the South of England. This will require regular travel to visit housing sites and meet SME developers we support. There are varied, exciting, projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to the Homes England offering.
Person specification
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Whilst your day job is to manage a portfolio of loans to SME housing developers and deliver first class customer service to our borrowers and stakeholders, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.� You'll be highly motivated, well organised, task focused and have strong analytical and risk management skills. You will be proficient in the use of appropriate IT systems, including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and have good communication skills, both verbal and written.�
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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 our strategic priorities, risk appetite and the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a front-line team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun, and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.
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As an experienced real estate professional, you�ll understand how to manage and build relationships with colleagues and partners and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.
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