Head - Software Development

Homes England is looking for an experienced engineering leader. As head of profession, and a senior technical member of the digital directorate, you will build and maintain excellence in software engineering and quality assurance testing. We are building empowered agile teams that can provide the organisation with the technical capabilities to meet its mission with greater agility. Together, we'll transform the way that Homes England provides services to our colleagues, partners, and customers. Key responsibilities include creating high performing teams with an agile mindset. Building teams that consistently and iteratively deliver quality services., You will develop the technical strategy to deliver the organisational goals in collaboration with the principal/lead engineers and other senior leaders including from product and architecture. You set the technical direction of your teams and apply the appropriate technical governance to manage quality, risk and compliance. Lead the engineering professions including supporting a thriving community of practice and facilitating internal mobility, shaping career paths, and recruiting talent.

You are excited about contributing to the Homes England mission. You have great people management skills to lead and manage a large diverse multi-disciplined You have successfully led high-performing agile teams. You have a track record of hiring and retaining top engineering talent and nurturing an engineering community that can repeatedly deliver results with quality through the standards and process guardrails that you are responsible for. You have experience of developing cloud-based business solutions and migrating/transforming legacy IT systems to the public cloud. You have experience working in environments using DevOps practices and Microsoft Azure public cloud. You are good at building strong relationships across the organisation to be able to influence strategy and execution and advocate for the delivery of scalable, resilient, and reusable solutions. You have strong technical acumen and keep abreast of emerging technological trends and best practices and can embed relevant trends and practices into the organisation. Nice to have: You have working knowledge of the The Technology Code of Practice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)., Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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.