Housing Strategy and Enabling Projects Manager

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Please apply online via the link provided.

Good quality, affordable and sustainable housing sits at the heart of creating strong, resilient neighbourhoods where people are proud to live and work. It supports residents’ health and wellbeing and provides a stable foundation for individuals and families to thrive.

As we continue to strengthen our housing offer, we are looking to recruit a Housing Strategy and Enabling Projects Manager who shares our commitment to delivering housing that meet the diverse needs of our community.

At Bracknell Forest, we pride ourselves on being a council which is stable and well-managed where our employees can thrive in a supportive environment. We understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance and offer a variety of flexible working practices, including options for remote working and arrangements that allow you to work from home, dependent on the needs of the service.

In this role, you will play a key part in shaping the borough’s housing future by delivering high‑quality strategic support for the Housing Service. You will enable the development and delivery of new affordable housing, ensuring it aligns with the Council’s identified needs and long‑term aspirations.

About you...

We are looking for a skilled and motivated professional with experience in housing strategy, at a managerial level, who is ready for a new challenge. The successful candidate will bring expertise in developing and managing housing‑related strategies, including those focused on homelessness and rough sleeping and will play a key role in increasing the supply of affordable housing across the borough. This role is ideal for someone who wants to influence meaningful change, take on significant responsibility and contribute as a valued member of a collaborative housing management team making a real and positive difference to the lives of our residents. This is an exciting opportunity for a forward‑thinking and enthusiastic Housing Strategy and Enabling Projects Manager to help us deliver our affordable housing targets and seek innovative solutions that meet housing needs across all tenures, including specialist housing. In this role, you will take the lead in developing and producing housing strategies, policies and procedures that support the Council to achieve this aim. You will also play a key role in enabling the provision of affordable housing working closely with planning colleagues on policy development and engaging directly with developers and Registered Providers to deliver affordable housing to meet policy requirements.

About the team...

Bracknell Forest Council is a relatively small unitary authority, however the housing teams are high performing, working alongside outstanding social care colleagues, with strong ambitions to deliver consistently excellent services to our residents.

For us, housing is about more than bricks and mortar – it can mean safety, financial security, being able to put down roots, live independently with dignity, better health and place for families to thrive.

Reporting to the Head of Housing and working closely with senior managers across the Council, you will form part of a small and passionate team. You will provide the essential joint working between the Housing and Planning teams.

Key responsibilities…

As a Housing Strategy and Enabling Projects Manager you will be:

• creating a new homelessness and rough sleeping strategy, building on a review of the previous successful policy
• develop partnerships with registered providers of housing and stakeholders to ensure sufficient delivery of affordable homes to meet the needs of our residents

You should be prepared to deliver results through partnerships and be an excellent communicator, negotiator and someone who can work flexibly as part of a team. The successful candidate will have a proven ability to carry out research and write reports and strategic documents. A sound understanding of housing development and planning policy and processes is key, together with a wider understanding of current housing policy.

Our benefits

• 28 days annual leave increasing to 33 days after 3 years’ continuous service, with the opportunity to buy up to 10 and sell up to 5 days.
• Hybrid working opportunities to support your wellbeing and work-life balance.
• Paid employee volunteering scheme.
• Local government pension scheme, with life insurance cover.
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (subject to eligibility).
• Recognition of continuous service attained within the NHS and UKHSA when calculating some benefits. (Terms and Conditions apply)
• Career development through internal and external training opportunities.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and fostering leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
• Inclusive and social working environment with a variety of staff networks and a sports and social club.

Find out more about all our benefits or see the candidate pack.

Our values

At Bracknell Forest Council our values define who we are and what is important to us. Our core values are inclusive, ambitious, and always learning. These values influence the way we work with each other and the way we serve our residents and engage with our communities. We make our values real by demonstrating them in how we behave every day. If you are excited about joining a diverse team that celebrates learning and strives for excellence, we would love to hear from you.

Reasonable adjustments

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process for all applicants. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview, please let us know by contacting recruitment@bracknell-forest.gov.uk. We will work with you to support you throughout the process. Find out more about reasonable adjustments.

Interview date

Interviews will be held on week commencing 23 March 2026.

Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to personally meet the team and experience our work environment.

We will be reviewing applications regularly and reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified. To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.

Please note AI is prohibited during the interview, any candidate using AI will be withdrawn from consideration.

Want to ask us a question?

For an informal discussion or to ask any questions about this role, please contact:

Brian Daly, Head of Housing, telephone 01344 354145.

Bracknell Forest Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect everyone employed with us to share this commitment.

We can only accept applications from candidates currently residing in the UK.

Candidates currently residing in the UK who require sponsorship to work are encouraged to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) based on the relevant criteria. Please be aware that sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.

No agencies please.