Overview

Use your housing expertise to support the growth and excellence of a fast-growing and highly respected youth charity.

We are seeking an exceptional housing leader who brings experience of supporting organisational growth and excellence in social housing.

One YMCA is now one of the largest YMCA s in Europe and our focus is supporting vulnerable people in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire to develop the skills and confidence to live their life to the full.

In the last five years, we have trebled our income to £40m, more than doubled our staff numbers to 750 and increased our social housing units from 350 to nearly 800.

This is a new role that we have created to provide leadership to our supported housing (including YP OFSTED regulated housing) services. As our lead professional for housing and member of the Extended Executive Leadership Team, this role will be responsible for developing a housing vision and strategy aligned to the wider organisational strategy. This will ensure quality across all our housing sites and the overall scope of service delivery aligns and exceeds the expectations of our internal and external stakeholders.

With planned growth to 1000 units in the next two years plus preparing to be a Large Registered Provider this role will ensure processes, structures, systems and resourcing meet regulatory requirements and are consistently and innovatively delivering best value, sustainability and positive impact.

If you enjoy working in a dynamic organisation and are attracted to the challenge of working with highly committed staff, serving people with complex needs and in a context of organisational growth, we would love to hear from you.

For more information please see the job pack attached. Closing date 13th October.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to our supported housing services (including YP OFSTED regulated housing) as the lead professional for housing and a member of the Extended Executive Leadership Team; develop a housing vision and strategy aligned to the wider organisational strategy; ensure quality across all housing sites and that service delivery aligns with the expectations of internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead growth and capacity planning to support planned expansion to 1000 units in the next two years and prepare to become a Large Registered Provider; ensure processes, structures, systems and resourcing meet regulatory requirements and consistently deliver best value, sustainability and positive impact.
• Collaborate with staff and stakeholders to deliver housing outcomes for people with complex needs within a context of organisational growth.

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting organisational growth and excellence in social housing; capable of leading housing strategy and service delivery within a senior leadership context.

Application details

For more information please see the job pack attached. Closing date 13th October.