Community Engagement Manager

This is an overview of the role: Homes England is working towards becoming a mission-based organisation. The key principles for achieving this are: • Agile ways of working. • Teams working in a multidisciplinary way. • Collaboration across Agency departments, particularly Markets, Partners and Places (MPP), Investment and others. • A Single Pipeline and associated process for identifying opportunities to delivering homes. This role sits in the National Planning Team and supports the Senior Community Engagement Manager in directly supporting community engagement on our strategic sites. The post holder is required to have knowledge and practical experience of planning and demonstrate effective communication skills and an understanding of different community engagement methods and corresponding benefits. The post holder will support the work on the creation and implementation of an effective community engagement strategy for all Homes England sites based on best practice and case studies. The strategy will ensure that all key stakeholders are engaged early in the process with the aim of streamlining decision making and guaranteeing successful outcomes. The post holder will support the creation of a Community Engagement Toolkit which will incorporate a range of different methods of engagement to support a range of sites, different sensitivities and issues. The Strategy and Toolkit will ensure that residents are well placed to participate in the process, and are kept informed and listened to regarding their views on Homes England’s developments. Engagement and communications will follow best practice and be in line with Homes England’s brand and voice. The Postholder will work directly on projects providing project teams guidance on effective community engagement and planning advice and will support the Senior Community Engagement Manager in maintaining an overview of all community engagement on all Homes England projects, support the measuring outputs and effectiveness, support the promotion of best practice across the Agency and support the management of the framework of consultants. The Postholder will work directly with Project Managers in developing site specific engagement strategies. To work in an agile way supporting the mission-based approach of Homes England. This will involve working collaboratively with partners across the Agency, including MPP and Investment, as multi functional teams to support key deliverables such as the single pipeline. The successful person will be responsible for: To support National Development Teams, Project Directors and Managers in developing community engagement strategies for Homes England sites and directly supporting events , providing robust planning guidance and expertise to support the promotion of the site. To support the planning, maintenance and execution of a community engagement activity strategy and be a point of contact within the team for managing public consultations associated with seeking planning consent. To support the creation of a Community Engagement Toolkit to illustrate different methods of engagement which will support a range of sites, different sensitivities and issues. To help set up and manage the Framework of consultants who will support project managers in Community engagement Have an understanding of all community engagement across the Agency, help to disseminate Best Practice and support Project Managers in site specific engagement In order to complete the responsibilities for this role, the successful candidate will have: Planning Degree or similar professional qualification/experience in built environment; Knowledge, Skills & Experience Chartered member of RTPI (desirable)Knowledge, Skills & Experience Knowledge and experience of application of the key current Government policies and priorities on planning and housing Collaborative - Making new networks, not just working with known friends and contacts. Proactively demonstrating key behaviours aligned to the Homes England Way Learning and Knowledge sharing- continuous learning and sharing knowledge widely, on going self-development and supporting training. Homes England We are the Government’s national housing agency. Our role is to accelerate the pace of house-building across the country, particularly in areas where there are the most serious affordability issues – meaning people are struggling to find homes. We have the appetite, influence, expertise and resources to drive positive market change and meet the Government’s ambition to deliver 300,000 new homes a year. We are using our land, influence, funds and knowledge to increase the pace, scale and quality of new homes accelerating delivery in areas of greatest demand and helping create great places to live. Within the next few years, we will have invested over £27 billion across our programmes. To deliver against these aims we’re building a different kind of public service - join us to help make this happen. Homes England Telephone number: 0300 1234 500 How to Apply For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description/Person Specification. To apply for this vacancy please submit a CV which is a reflection of the competencies required as shown in the Job Description/Person Spec as this is how your application will be assessed against the role requirements. Your CV and completed Diversity Monitoring Form should be saved using your name and document type, for example “Your name – CV, or Your name – Diversity Monitoring Form”. Return both by e-mail with the Vacancy Title and five digit reference number in the subject line, for example “Resource Planning Manager (K0079)” to recruitmenthomesengland.gov.uk . It is important that you include your contact details on the diversity monitoring form; if you are successful at short-listing stage these details will be used to provide information regarding the next stage of the process. Please include in the email subject line, the Vacancy Title and five digit reference number, for example “Resource Planning Manager (K0079)”. Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. The interview will consist of a range of questions around competencies, strengths/values and job specific questions. In terms of preparation, it is advised that you read and refer to the Job Description and Person specification. It is also valuable for you to spend some time reading our Strategic Plan which will give you an overview of the organisation and our values. Due to the high volume of applications we receive we are regretfully unable to respond to every application individually. If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the adverts closing date we will not be progressing with your application. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role. 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 Equifax 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 regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. 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. 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