Job Details

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.

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.

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.

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.