Head of Capital and Planned Investment

Nottingham

£54,708 - £62,924 per annum

Are you an experienced leader in capital investment, asset management or housing regeneration? Do you have a passion for delivering high‑quality planned investment programmes, improving home safety, and driving sustainability? If so, this is an outstanding opportunity to take the next step in your career with one of the UK’s top-rated housing associations.

The Role

As our Head of Capital & Planned Investment, you will lead the planning and delivery of NCHA’s capital, planned investment and retrofit programmes—ensuring our homes are safe, decent and energy efficient.

This is a highly influential leadership role, providing direction across both the Retrofit and Projects & Capital Investment teams. You will drive robust governance, strong commercial control and a high‑performance culture while owning the full lifecycle of major works, from asset planning and programme shaping through to procurement, delivery and final handover.

Key aspects of the role include:

* Ensuring services meet required statutory, regulatory and internal standards.

* Leading retrofit planning and delivery in line with our Environmental Sustainability Strategy, including grant applications.

* Setting and monitoring KPIs, producing performance reports and driving continuous improvement.

* Procuring and managing high‑value contracts to achieve value for money.

* Developing policies, procedures and operational plans that support innovation and best practice.

* Partnering with Homes and Wellbeing teams to ensure excellent service delivery.

* Leading budget planning, monitoring and financial control.

* Managing Section 20 and stakeholder consultation processes.

* Providing visible, motivating leadership to build high‑performing, multidisciplinary teams.

* Managing resources effectively, including recruitment, development and workforce planning.

About You

We’re looking for a strategic leader who combines technical expertise with strong people management skills.

You’ll bring strong leadership experience within asset management, housing, construction or maintenance, with a proven ability to manage complex programmes, high‑value contracts and multidisciplinary teams. You’ll have relevant technical qualifications, a solid understanding of retrofit and programme management approaches, and experience working to regulatory, CDM and safety standards.

You’ll be financially confident, an excellent communicator and skilled at building relationships, influencing others and driving performance. You’ll also be self-aware and self-motivated. Personally, you’ll role‑model NCHA’s values, be committed to inclusion, open to feedback and capable of guiding teams through change with clarity and professionalism.

You will be a car driver and have access to a car, unless a disability precludes this. This post attracts Essential Car User allowance and the facility to claim authorised business mileage.

Our culture

We pride ourselves on being a different kind of housing association, one that has no ambition to be the biggest, but always aspires to be the best. At the heart of this philosophy are strong partnerships and a commitment to customer scrutiny and participation. This person-centred approach extends to our employees. We value the outstanding contribution they make. Our people are very loyal to us, and we are proud to be loyal to them, nurturing a friendly, supportive environment and an open, no-blame culture.

Working Hours

35 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Core hours are 9am-5pm. Agile working is available with an expectation that 3 days are worked from an NCHA office. Our Head Office is based in Clifton, Nottingham.

NCHA strives to be a welcoming and inclusive employer as such we particularly welcome applicants from ethnic minority communities, LGBTQ+ communities, candidates with disabilities, as they are currently under-represented within our workforce principally in our people manager roles