Assistant Head of Housing
Job Summary
Contract Type:
Fixed Term
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
12/04/2022
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 25/04/2022 12:00
Employment Location:
South Tyneside
Further Information
Fixed term up to 31st December 2022
As part of our journey, South Tyneside Homes, which has over 16,000 homes across the region, has a rare opportunity for a talented and experienced leader to join them as Interim Assistant Head of Housing.
As Interim Assistant Head of Housing, you will lead the design and of a new approach to Strategic Tenancy Sustainment within South Tyneside Homes and provide direction and support to operational managers and their teams, ensuring clarity of direction, effective communication and successful project delivery. Within the role and as a member of the Senior management team, it will be essential that you adopt a collaborative and supportive approach, maintaining up to date professional knowledge whilst providing advice and assistance to colleagues as required.
You will have experience of working in a senior management role, preferably in housing or a similar background, and be able to demonstrate a genuine desire to make a difference to people’s lives. Key to your success will be evidenced by your abilities to develop and promote involvement, communication and partnership working in all aspects of service delivery, whilst ensuring that external, statutory, and regulatory obligations, performance, and financial targets are met.
The success of our Housing Team has been built on a highly engaging performance related culture within the teams and delivering the highest standards of customer care to ensure that services are monitored effectively, and standards and targets are understood by staff, and you will play part in building on this success
Other key attributes and skills are required to support your application, these include the requirement to evidence that you are:
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent professional qualification)
• Able to evidence a supported path of continuous professional development
• Experienced in leading housing management services and strategic planning
• Experienced in the delivery of service improvement and efficiency gains through innovative partnership working
• Experience of working with elected members and tenant forums
• Experience of working successfully in a politically sensitive environment
If you are interested in this position, please submit your CV with a covering letter of no more than 2 sides of A4 as well as the equality and diversity form to jobs@southtynesidehomes.org.uk
Closing date: Noon on Monday 25th April 2022
Please may we ask you to submit your application via email to jobs@southtynesidehomes.org.uk where possible? We apologise but due to the circumstances there may be unavoidable delays in the receipt and processing of posted Application forms.
This post requires Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to be carried out.
If you would like an informal discussion about the post please contact Martin Gill, Head of Housing on 0191 426 8360 or by email martin.gill@southtynesidehomes.org.uk
Diversity is about meeting the needs of a broader range of people so that no one is excluded because they have different needs, different expectations, or because they need to access services in different ways. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any specific requirements during the application process.
Please note
This job is closed for applications.