Assistant Directors Of Housing

Assistant Directors of Housing

Job Type Full Time

Location Ealing

Salary £99,054 - £104,649 per annum

The borough is changing, as a place and a council. They are shifting power to communities and transforming their relationship with their residents. This reflects their shared ambition to modernise local government in a way that empowers communities and liberates their workforce. They want children to have a fairer start and their local people to feel they have control over their lives, a decent income, an affordable home, and a happy, healthy life.

That is why the council need inspiring leadership in place to accelerate their journey to better reflect the borough’s diversity, address inequality, create good jobs, and tackle the climate emergency. They are becoming more open, transparent, and inclusive as they create a culture which truly places their communities at the heart of all they do.

The Role

The council are looking for two talented leaders to join their Housing team as the Assistant Director of Housing Landlord Services and the Assistant Director of Housing Asset Management. 

You will work together to lead that positive change across their council housing stock, working with their tenants to deliver their commitment of ‘safe and genuinely affordable homes’ now and for the future, that they can all be proud of.

They are looking for inspirational leaders who have the council’s values and can bring energy, ambition and a passion to drive change that improves outcomes for their diverse communities.

Key Responsibilities

• To demonstrate inspirational and visible leadership whilst ensuring the effective management and development, performance, and motivation, of services and employees and nurturing an organisational and departmental culture and behaviours that support of the Council’s priorities and values.
• To champion and drive the Council’s and service transformation and change programmes and initiatives through innovation, the reform, modernisation, and continuous review of services. This will include the leading key operational elements of the Council’s corporate plan.
• To lead the delivery of exceptional resident and customer experience of relevant services in collaboration with all council services and fostering a culture of openness and transparency by developing services, technology, and resident satisfaction.
• To lead the facilitation and collaboration of services in developing initiatives to manage the demand for council services by engaging and enabling residents and communities to become actively involved in improving and managing their neighbourhood and to solve longstanding problems in neighbourhoods.
• To lead operational business and service planning including long-term policy and service development and continuous service improvement, project delivery with a focus on results and outcomes.
• To lead the direction of operational delivery and performance of services and the directorate and department with a focus on robust financial management, effective people management and development, project management and service performance supported by proportionate governance arrangements including quality systems and risk management and in accordance with the Council’s policies and procedures.
• To lead the commercial development of services by developing new products and services, leading business, and service development through ‘invest to save’ opportunities; maximising income generation and grant funding; effective commissioning & procurement; developing alternative delivery models; maximising the use of assets, cross sector, and council collaboration.

Skills and Qualifications

• Educated to Degree Level or equivalent.
• Evidence of continual professional development Desirable qualifications:
• Leadership/Management Qualification e.g., ILM level 7 in Strategic Leadership Membership of Appropriate Professional Body
• Ability to initiate, develop and implement effective strategies to address complex departmental and operational issues. 
• Proven ability to work across functional, professional, and organisational boundaries including the management and operational leadership of multi-disciplinary teams. 
• A solid understanding of the principles and practice of operational planning and business performance improvement. 
• A track record of sustained improvement in relation to the services in an organisation of comparable scope and complexity.
• Experience of working in a political environment, of developing effective and productive working relationships coupled with sound political acumen.
• Experience in leading successful programmes of significant beneficial change.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable council, please click apply to be redirected to their website where you can complete your application.

This role is subject to the Council’s Enhanced Vetting clearance process.
They value equality, diversity, and inclusion, and encourage applications from all sections of the community.