Package Description
Responsible to: Programme Director (London Ending Homelessness Accelerator Programme)
Starting salary: £60,738 per Annum
Working Hours: 35 per week
Contract details: 18 months fixed term contract, Full time. Hybrid working, some mandatory office days required.
The post is open to applicants interested in a secondment who have in principal agreement from current employers.
For more information and to arrange an informal conversation please contact: Alex.Sewell@londoncouncils.gov.uk
Application deadline: 11:59pm on 28 January 2026.
Interviews: Anticipated to take place during the week commencing 16 February 2026.
Job Introduction
London Councils Posts: Ending Homelessness Accelerator Programme
Want to take a leading role in accelerating efforts to end homelessness in London?
In the last 15 months, London Councils has been working with the Greater Local Authority, London Boroughs and partners, to develop a new programme to accelerate efforts to end homelessness in London. We are committed to transforming the homelessness system from crisis management to sustainable prevention.
The London Ending Homelessness Accelerator programme is now in mobilisation phase and we are looking to recruit to a highly motivated and talented cross-organisation delivery team, that will take forward implementation.
Role Responsibility
The postholder will play a pivotal role in supporting the implementation and delivery of the London Ending Homelessness Accelerator Programme working collaboratively with the Greater London Authority (GLA), London Housing Directors’ Group, local authorities, and a range of key partners.
As a key delivery agent, they will lead pan-London coordination of strategic prevention initiatives, held within a regional Prevention Plan of Action and governed through the Ending Homelessness Accelerator Programme. By providing expert policy guidance and delivery support, they will help drive a strategic shift towards prevention, aiming to reduce homelessness and rough sleeping across London.
This is a strategic programme management position, to manage and enable delivery among boroughs and stakeholders, fostering robust collaboration, encouraging innovation, and facilitating the scaling of evidence-based practices throughout the capital.
They will represent the Programme at key meetings and forums, building strong partnerships across local government, the voluntary and community sector, and national bodies to embed sustainable, preventative approaches to ending homelessness in London.
This is a politically restricted post, under Section 2 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.
Read about the job activities in more detail in the Job Description and Person Specification document attached below.
The Ideal Candidate
You enjoy working at pace and in a strategically focused, project led delivery environment, have an excellent knowledge and understanding of the policy and legislative framework in which London boroughs deliver homelessness services, and options/solutions/approaches that may be successful in preventing homelessness and rough sleeping.
With extensive transformation experience, you can foster collaboration and engage stakeholders to implement the programme effectively.
You possess excellent communication skills and political nous, enabling you to analyse and convey information and ideas clearly and succinctly to diverse audiences. As an effective team player, you welcome the opportunity to collaborate within a cross-organisational team to support the delivery of a transformational program.
Read about the job activities in more detail in the Job Description and Person Specification document attached below.
About the Company
London Councils is the collective of London local government, the 32 boroughs and the City of London Corporation. They come together through London Councils to work in collaboration to deliver their shared ambitions for London and Londoners.
Through lobbying, collaboration and partnership, we ensure the voice of the London boroughs are united, and heard at a local, regional and national level.
We also run a number of services on behalf of the boroughs including the Freedom Pass, Taxicard and Health Emergency Badge (HEB) and London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS).
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Our Recruitment Approach
All applications will be processed using a blind sifting method. This means that personal identifying details will be removed to ensure fair and unbiased shortlisting of applications.
The panel sees only the anonymised generated CV that Tribepad builds from the Education and Employment History sections of the application form.
Uploading a personal CV is optional and only helps auto-populate these sections - it does not replace completing them.
Please ensure these sections are fully completed. If they’re left blank, key information won’t appear in the anonymised pack and fair review becomes harder.
Your full details and original CV are not shared with the panel until after the shortlist is agreed and you are invited to interview.
We are committed to equal opportunities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments will be made to support candidates during the recruitment process.
