Housing Enabling Manager

6\-Month Contract with a Local Authority

Summary

• The Housing Regeneration Lead plays a strategic, outward\-facing role responsible for accelerating the delivery of new affordable and specialist homes across the borough. The postholder will drive housing supply by identifying opportunities, removing barriers, and promoting a proactive approach to housing delivery both internally and externally.
  

Responsibilities

• Lead the Council’s enabling function to accelerate affordable and specialist housing delivery across the borough.
  


• Proactively promote the importance of housing delivery at pace to internal departments, partners, landowners, and stakeholders.
  


• Identify under\-utilised, stalled, or emerging opportunities for development and support landowners to bring forward schemes.
  


• Build and maintain strong relationships with Registered Providers (RPs), developers, public sector organizations, and community groups.
  


• Lead RP and Developer Forums to promote collaboration, problem\-solving, and transparency.
  


• Provide clear guidance to landowners and partners on development options, delivery routes, and opportunities.
  

Essential Experience Required

• Proven experience in housing development, regeneration, housing enabling, or a related field.
  


• Track record of working with Registered Providers, developers, or public sector delivery partners.
  


• Experience assessing development proposals, housing viability, or affordable housing contributions.
  


• Experience influencing senior stakeholders, facilitating partnerships, and resolving delivery barriers.
  

Essential Qualifications Required

• Strong understanding of affordable housing delivery, tenure mix, funding models, and development processes.
  


• Knowledge of national and local housing policy, planning frameworks, and regeneration principles.
  


• Excellent communication and relationship\-management skills, with the ability to influence partners at all levels.
  

Additional Information

• Working hours: 36 hours per week
  


• Hybrid: 2 days per week in the office
  


• Shortlisting this week with interviews on 13th February
  


• Bi\-weekly payments
  


• The role closes on 4th Feb 2026, apply ASAP.
  

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