Housing Growth Policy Officer

Housing Growth Policy Officer

Final date to receive applications: 31 August 2026

Department: Housing, Infrastructure & Planning

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Sheffield Head Office

Reporting To: Rebecca Slack

Compensation: £42,840 - £46,142 / year

• Hours: 37 hours per week
• Contract: Permanent Full Time
• Salary: Grade 9 £ 42,840 - £46,142
• Location: Sheffield (This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office)

Are you ready to play a key role in supporting the delivery of housing growth across South Yorkshire, including working with our partners and Government to drive up the level of social housing delivery?

SYMCA is growing its Housing Strategy Team. To help drive and deliver against SYMCA's housing growth ambitions, we are recruiting a Housing Growth Policy Officer
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Now is an exciting time to join SYMCA's Housing and Infrastructure Team. As an Established Mayoral Strategic Authority (EMSA) with a devolved housing growth budget and a robust regional housing pipeline, we are ready to deliver on SYMCA's housing growth ambitions and the Government's drive for everyone to have a secure home.

Reporting directly to the Housing Growth Manager, you will:

• - Be integral to supporting the successful delivery of SYMCA's housing growth ambitions, including 9,000 new affordable homes over the next five years.
• - Lead on policy relating to housing growth and contribute to SYMCA's emerging Housing Strategy.
• - Provide project management support for the development of business cases for public sector investment in new housing growth schemes.

Interviews are expected to take place Monday 14 September.

As a Housing Growth Policy Officer, you will support the Housing and Infrastructure Team to deliver housing growth across South Yorkshire. Working with local authorities, Homes England, developers and other partners, you will help develop business cases, support housing growth programmes, and contribute to the delivery of strategic housing priorities.

You will provide policy advice, develop evidence and insight, prepare briefings and reports for senior stakeholders, and support the development of SYMCA's Housing Strategy. You will also help maintain strong partnerships across the region, ensuring housing growth activity aligns with wider priorities around regeneration, transport, skills and economic growth.

You will bring:

• An in-depth working knowledge of housing policy.
• An understanding of housing growth policy areas and devolution.
• Good project management skills.
• Experience and an appetite for partnership and collaborative working, both internally and externally.

You will be a strong communicator with excellent analytical skills and the ability to work across a range of stakeholders. Organised and proactive, you will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and be passionate about supporting the delivery of new homes and sustainable growth across South Yorkshire.

All colleagues have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme and the chance to be part of an organisation where you can really make a difference. Located in Sheffield City Centre, we are well-placed for transport links and encourage employees to take advantage of the active travel facilities. Work/life balance is extremely important to us here at SYMCA with our recognised family/friendly policies, genuine work flexibility, recognition, and shared success.

In addition to the above, some of our benefits include:

• Holiday Entitlement – From 28 to 36 days annual leave entitlement (depending on length of service) plus bank holidays. Pro-rata for part time colleagues.
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme – The ability to purchase up to a further 15 days per year in addition to your normal annual leave
• Hybrid working – Our offices are a space where we come together and collaborate. Most of our roles are offered on a hybrid basis with the exception of some support roles being onsite full time. Please note, unless specified within the job advert, we cannot accommodate remote working contracts.
• Flexible Hours Scheme – Most roles within SYMCA work under the Flexi-Scheme which allows office-based employees’ flexibility and…