Job description
This opportunity is only open to applicants who are currently ‘Priority Movers’. Applications from individuals not currently on the Priority Mover list will be rejected and not considered.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Housing Directorate and work within the Housing Agency Transition team as the Head of Design for the creation of the More Homes Housing Agency (MHS). MHS is beingestablishedas a new Executive Agency of the Scottish Government in response to the scale and urgency of Scotland’s housing challenges.
The creation of MHS reflects a commitment to address current system blockers by simplifying how housing delivery is supported and remove functional siloes, strengthening operational focus, and enabling greater scale and speed of delivery across all tenures. To support the move from programme design to implementation, a dedicated, time-limited Transition Team has been established. The Transition Team’s primary goal is to design, coordinate and oversee the establishment of MHS, ensuring the agency is set up in a coherent, well-governed and deliverable way. This includes designing and implementing a phased approach to MHS capability and functions in line with our rapidly emerging PSR ambitions.
Housing will spend approximately £4.9bn through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) over the period of this Parliament. MHS will take on the delivery of a number of key housing priorities to support the supply of more homes in Scotland. This includes the delivery of the AHSP and target of 110,000 homes as the agency becomes fully operational by 1 April 2028.
The successful Head of Design will use their programme management skills and experience of establishing a new body to lead the team through this significant change. You will also be responsible for providing leadership across the wider directorate and SG portfolios to ensure that the relevant policy areas with SG feed into the process and will be responsible for delivering our test for change programme and designing and delivering a target operating model that will reach the 110,000 homes target and provide value for money. This includes having a key role on the programmes governance Board where you will ensure we follow best practice, keeping Directors aware of progress and testing next steps with the programme.
As well as the Head of Design in the Housing Agency transition team, you will also be the Deputy to the SCS Programme Director who has responsibility for the Housing Agency Transition Team proving support to around 20 members of staff. You will deputise on the Housing Directorate Senior Leadership Team where you will get an opportunity to contribute to the wider Directorate leadership as well as contribute to some of the corporate asks on PFG, Finance, People and Risk. You will also have an important communications role where you will be expected to communicate regularly with Directorate staff and the TUS to keep everyone involved in relation to agency developments.
This is a great opportunity to work with Ministers and Senior Leaders across the government to deliver a key manifesto commitment at pace and communicate with internal and external stakeholders as we progress the work on the agency.
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