Summer Internship Programme (T0177N - T0184N) Remote
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Working in a team with Zab Moghal – M.Phil (Cantab); MRICS our Hiring Manager and colleagues within the Development Directorate.
The Development Directorate values diversity in experience and perspective to foster good decision making and problem solving within their team.
Job description
The Summer Internship Programme is designed to provide Interns with a taster of the end-to-end development process, providing an opportunity to work on real life projects. You will also attend online presentations delivered by experts in the field to gain an understanding of how our teams acquire sites, undertake de-risking/technical due diligence activities, secure planning consents, dispose of sites and monitor development sites including post-contract activities.
This six-week, online, Summer Internship Programme (24th July 2023 until 01st September 2023) is a rare chance to build your development-based commercial and business skills through on the job learning and practical work experience in a fast growing, national organisation with a social purpose.
Working with in a small team you will contribute to preparing reports, briefs, case studies and deliver presentations to secure buy-in from senior colleagues on a proposed de-risking and disposal strategy.
You will be taught how to draw together any relevant policies, site histories and local context pertaining to a site to ascertain the potential of securing a planning consent. In addition, you will be taught how land values are generated. You will learn how to identify, select, assemble, and analyse data relevant to undertaking development appraisals/residual valuations.
You will be working alongside surveyors, planners, engineers, land buyers, policy professionals, project, programme & portfolio managers, economists, financial and budget managers who are committed to making a positive change to deliver the much-needed homes. The internship is an excellent opportunity gain insight into how we are #makinghomeshappen!
Person specification
Whilst our day job is to bring forward sites that would otherwise remain undeveloped; add value to sites to generate a financial return; sell our own land and partner across the public sector to deliver a range of tenures; act as master developer and work to create a thriving environment for current and future market players; encourage housebuilders to adopt quality design, MMC and build out at pace; actively support SME builders to create a more resilient markets.
You will be willing to "spin several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate. You will be team orientated and results focused and can demonstrate attention to detail, willingness to learn, excellent communication, negotiation and organisational skills. Comfortable with drafting reports and project management. You will be proficient in using Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams.
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.
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Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
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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
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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.
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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.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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