Interim Housing & Support Recruitment Solutions
Interim Director of Housing and Landlord Services
Location: South West (Working from home)
Contract duration: 6 months +
Hours: 37.5 hours
Vacancy ref number: 7013330
Daily rate: up to£750 via umbrella (inside of IR35)
Our client, a local authority in the South West of England urgently requires an accomplished Housing Director. You have the opportunity to join their friendly and hardworking team on a temporary basis.
Day to day responsibilities include:
- Responsible for leading a large directorate of people with responsibility of the local authority’s directly owned and managed stock
- Lead divisions responsible for maintenance and repairs, hosing management and housing management within the private rented sector
- Take strategic leadership in delivering the next phase of change programme for its housing operations
- Develop and enhance clean and safe neighbourhoods delivered through effective housing management including care taking and repairs
- Ensure housing stocks and estates are renewed and meet the decent homes standard through work with colleagues, partners and stakeholders
- Responsible for rehousing homeless people and families and to enable them to sustain future tenancy
- Support the Executive Director in delivering an operational strategy to support the needs of the city
- To work collaboratively with peers on all strategic matters in relation to the corporate plan outcomes to deliver the strategy, policy planning and policy formulation
Essential criteria include:
- Demonstrable experience working as Director of Housing for a large housing provider
- Demonstrable experience of strategy development, planning and policy formulation
- Ability to build and develop strategic relationships, influencing and negotiating with a wide range of stakeholders and partners to achieve outcomes
- Proven track record of consistent and demonstrable leadership
To apply for this role or to find out about other Housing jobs, please contact Riley Garnett or Branwen Johns from the Bristol Housing recruitment team on 01179 308760 or bjohns@venngroup.com
Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.