SHDF Grant & Contract Manager
- Lola Balogun
- Business Manager
SHDF Grant & Contract Manager
📍 London | 💷 £350/day | 📋 Inside IR35
Lead the Future of Sustainable Social Housing
Join a forward-thinking London borough at a pivotal moment in housing transformation. This senior-level position offers the rare opportunity to drive £multi-million investment programmes that will decarbonise council housing stock-delivering EPC C compliance by 2030 and achieving Net Zero Carbon by 2050.
As SHDF Grant & Contract Manager, you’ll sit at the intersection of policy, funding, and delivery, directly influencing how thousands of residents experience warmer, greener homes. You’ll have the strategic authority to:
✓ Shape borough-wide decarbonisation strategy with direct access to senior leadership
✓ Secure and deploy significant external funding (SHDF, ECO4, Warmer Homes, consortium bids)
✓ Design and deliver retrofit programmes that set new standards for local authorities
✓ Build regional and national partnerships that amplify impact beyond your borough
This isn’t administration, it’s strategic leadership where your decisions translate directly into environmental and social outcomes.
Role Purpose
- Develop and lead multi-year sustainability and retrofit programmes aligned with legislative requirements and sector best practice
- Convert complex housing stock data into actionable investment priorities and deliverable project pipelines
- Guide senior stakeholders through evidence-based decision-making on decarbonisation pathways
- Identify, secure, and maximise external grant funding opportunities (SHDF Wave 3, ECO4, local/regional schemes)
- Manage end-to-end grant delivery from bid development through compliance reporting and closeout
- Ensure value for money while maintaining programme quality and regulatory compliance
- Lead strategic proposals, technical standards, and procurement frameworks for retrofit works
- Collaborate with asset management, finance, and delivery teams to align programmes with corporate objectives
- Build and maintain partnerships with local authorities, housing associations, supply chain partners, and government bodies
What You’ll Bring
Essential Experience
✔ Proven track record in environmental sustainability, retrofit, or decarbonisation within social housing
✔ Demonstrable success securing and managing significant external grant funding (SHDF, ECO, or similar programmes)
✔ Strategic planning capability translating policy into practical, fundable investment programmes
✔ Strong understanding of PAS 2035, building fabric retrofit, and low-carbon heating technologies
Essential Skills
✔ Ability to influence and advise senior leaders and elected members
✔ Excellent stakeholder management across technical, financial, and political audiences
✔ Strong commercial acumen-balancing compliance, quality, cost, and delivery timelines
✔ In-depth knowledge of housing decarbonisation legislation (EESSH, MEES, Building Safety Act)
What Happens Next
If this resonates with your career ambitions, let’s talk. I can provide:
Even if the timing isn’t quite right, I’d welcome a conversation. I’m working on several exclusive senior opportunities in housing decarbonisation that may align with your goals.
