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About us
Housing Justice is a bi-national, Christian charity working to alleviate homelessness in all its forms. We work in partnership with the housing and homelessness sector, churches, community groups and both national and local government to help provide those experiencing homelessness with a safe and stable home.
Our work is channelled through four main initiatives that aim to tackle homelessness in various ways at a grassroots level: Accommodating people seeking sanctuary, Citadel, The Winter Night Shelter Network (Housing Justice England only) and Faith in Affordable Housing (FiAH).
In addition, we seek to influence and bring about change for the benefit of those we serve through partnership and networking. Whilst Housing Justice is a Christian charity, we value differences: we are a diverse organisation, and we work with people of all faiths and none.
We are a friendly and supportive organisation, with remote workers across England and Wales, with offices in London.
Hours: 35 per week
Location: Home working, South Wales based location with the ability to travel regularly for local and national meetings.
About the role
We are recruiting a Director for the Welsh arm of Housing Justice (HJ Cymru) to continue and grow the projects established across Wales. These include Citadel, our rapid rehousing and tenancy sustainment project helping to prevent homelessness and assisting individuals who have experienced homelessness to find a sense of belonging and purpose, our Faith in Affordable Housing programme which aims to help churches repurpose surplus land or buildings for genuinely affordable homes in their communities, ensuring these properties benefit the community, our Hosting project which enables local volunteer households to welcome people into their homes when they have nowhere else to go and finally, our resettlement support for Ukrainians, which assists Ukrainian households in finding sustainable private rental accommodation.
As the Housing Justice Director for Wales, you will lead the team and the work of Housing Justice throughout Wales. You will be the strategic contact, providing leadership to the organisation’s projects. You will be responsible for ensuring funding is in place to allow projects to be delivered and to develop in line with the strategic plan. You will be an effective member of the Senior Management team nationally, contributing to the broader strategic work of Housing Justice.
About you
We are looking for a self-motivated, committed person ideally with experience of working in the homelessness, housing or charity sectors. We would like someone with excellent leadership skills, who understand the importance of wellbeing and involvement.
The skills needed for the role include effective partnership working, business planning, project management and Service delivery across multiple functions, as well as financial management skills including budgeting and delivery of cost and income targets.
Finally, we are looking for someone who is committed to making a difference and passionate about supporting people to thrive across Wales in a safe home and community.
How to apply
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