Officer – Projects Support

Officer – Projects Support – Homes England

Employer: Homes England
Job title: Officer – Projects Support
Reference: 483943
Salary: £39,933 – £46,573 per year
Contract: Fixed-term, 2 years
Working pattern: Full-time, flexible working
Job type: Project Delivery
Vacancies: 1
Closing date: 14 October 2026 at 11:55pm
Interview: From the week commencing 19 October 2026

Location

The role is available in:

• Birmingham, West Midlands – B1 2AX
• Bristol, South West England – BS1 6EH
• Longstanton, East of England – CB24 3EN
• Liverpool, North West England – L3 1BP
• Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber – LS11 9AT
• Manchester, North West England – M1 6EU
• Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England – NE4 5BZ

About the Role

Homes England is recruiting an Officer – Projects Support to join the Help to Buy Equity Loans Transformation Programme.

The role will support a major service transformation programme focused on strengthening service integrity, reducing operational and financial risk, and improving customer outcomes.

You will work as part of a collaborative programme team and provide support that helps maintain effective governance, assurance, risk management, reporting and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

As an Officer – Projects Support, you will:

• Apply robust PMO controls across the programme.
• Strengthen programme discipline and delivery controls.
• Maintain structures, data and processes supporting effective governance.
• Support assurance, risk management and reporting.
• Help enable informed programme decision-making.
• Work with colleagues across the programme and external delivery partners.
• Help ensure programme activity is well coordinated and evidence based.
• Support a focus on value for money and effective delivery.

Person Specification

Homes England is looking for someone who is:

• Highly organised, detail-oriented and structured.
• Proactive in identifying issues, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and working at pace.
• Able to analyse information, identify inconsistencies and communicate their implications clearly.
• Confident working with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Able to maintain positive working relationships.
• Skilled in using templates, processes, registers, logs, documentation and controls.
• A strong verbal and written communicator.
• Comfortable using Microsoft 365 tools.

Benefits

Homes England offers its employees a range of benefits, including:

• 33 days annual leave plus 8 statutory bank holidays.
• Flexible working arrangements, including part-time, job share and compressed hours.
• Health screening through Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics.
• A 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to Occupational Health.
• Professional and personal development opportunities.
• One job-related professional membership subscription paid for each year.
• Family-friendly benefits, including maternity, paternity and shared parental leave.
• Homes England pension scheme.

Eligibility and Security

The advert states that the role is open to UK, Commonwealth and EEA nationals, as well as certain non-EEA nationals, subject to the applicable nationality and right-to-work requirements.

Successful candidates will be required to complete the relevant security and pre-employment checks, including a basic or equivalent criminal record check and baseline personnel security requirements.

Homes England will also carry out a Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian for successful candidates as part of its pre-employment verification process.

Application Process

Applications should be submitted through the Homes England careers website.

The closing date is 11:55pm on Wednesday 14 October 2026.

Interviews are expected to take place from the week commencing 19 October 2026.

Applicants are advised that the use of AI in applications is permitted only as a support tool. Examples and statements must be truthful, factually accurate and based on the applicant’s own experience.

Application

Apply through the Homes England careers website:

Source: Civil Service Jobs / Homes England
Reference: 483943