Interior Designer
Housing 21
Interior Designer
Salary: £44,754 per annum
Location: Mobile Worker, Midlands
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy
The vacancy
Location: Mobile Worker – Centrally located around Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire. There will be occasional national travel for team meetings, and flexibility to cover outside of area as required.
Hours: Full time - 35 hours per week/ 70 hours over two weeks (nine-day fortnight)
The role
Do you have an eye for design and a passion for creating welcoming spaces?
Join Housing 21 and play a key role in transforming our communal areas into vibrant, comfortable environments that our residents are proud to call home. From leading creative makeover programmes to managing budgets and supplier relationships, you'll help deliver design-led improvements that make a lasting difference to people's everyday lives.
This is a Mobile role where the successful application must live within one of the following areas - Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire. There will be occasional national travel for team meetings, and flexibility to cover outside of area as required.
Curious to know more? If you’re looking for an opportunity where you can make a real difference, with an organisation with a strong social purpose, take a look at the job description attached.
We’d love to meet you!
What we’re looking for
The essential requirements for the role include:
- Experience in an interior design role or graduate from an interior design course
- Proven track record of developing complete designs and well as producing multi layered design boards and interpreting them in a client centred situation
- Experience of delivering presentations in formal situations, including undertaking Q and A sessions
- Experience of administering contracts and managing an integrated supply chain
- The ability to negotiate effectively with internal and external customers including contractors
- Qualified to HND or Degree standard in Interior Design or demonstrable experience of interior design in the semi-commercial or hospitality sector
- Educated to A level/degree level standard in an Art based subject
Why us?
We support our employees to do what they do best, whether that’s through flexible working, learning new skills or being part of a friendly and supportive workplace culture. We also offer a great benefits package including Blue Light Card discount, holiday trade scheme, volunteer days, Occupational Sick Pay, Occupational Maternity Pay and more.
As part of our commitment to our employees and offering flexibility, we now offer a nine-day fortnight, providing employees with the opportunity to work their hours across nine days and have a three-day weekend every other week. Further details on how this works will be discussed with successful candidates upon an offer being made.
An offer of employment will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a basic disclosure check, satisfactory references, and induction training.
Closing date for applications: 2 August 2026, with Face to Face interviews taking place on 12 August 2026 (Interviews will take place at one of our Schemes within the central area)
Due to the nature of this role this advert may close earlier than the closing date listed and once sufficient applications have been received. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.
About us
At Housing 21 we pride ourselves on being passionate about people and are committed to investing in those who work for us to help them to be the best they can be.
When you work for us, you will be joining an organisation that holds the Investors in People Platinum standard and was rated the UK’s third Best Place to Work in 2024 by Glassdoor. Our people are our foundation, and we know how important it is to support them to do what they do best, whether through flexible working, learning new skills or being part of a friendly and supportive workplace culture.
We are incredibly proud of the culture we have created and celebrate the positive difference we make to society. If you think you’re ready for a new challenge and able to make a difference, then come and join us!