Assistant Director, Housing Management

7 months ago

West London, United Kingdom Pertemps Network Group Full time

**Job Description**:
My client is one of the Largest Local Authority in London and the are looking for an Assistant Director - Housing Management to com and join them on an initial 3 - 6 month contract.

**ROLE DESCRIPTION**
As a member of the council’s senior management team, to contribute proactively to the collective leadership for the council, working collaboratively with Members, services across the council, partners and stakeholders to deliver the council’s objectives and priorities. To drive positive cultural change, embodying and promoting the values and behaviours of the council and empowering staff to reach their full potential. Ensure that the performance and development framework is effective for all staff. To lead on and ensure the effective implementation of corporate initiatives and transformation programmes that cut across the whole or part of the council’s activities.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**
You will need to:

- To provide strategic leadership to the Housing Management Division, delivering services to 17,000 homes - leasehold and general needs, ensuring an excellent quality customer focused housing service to all tenants and leaseholders and ensuring residents are at the heart of the service and delivering continuous improvement.- To have overall responsibility for the Housing Strategy and subsequent strategies ensuring strong, effective partnerships - internally and externally. Leading teams delivering and implementing the Housing strategy including: Homelessness Prevention and Assessment, rough sleeping reduction, Supported Housing Commissioning, Allocation Policies and Lettings, Neighbourhood Services, Sheltered Services, Financial Inclusion, providing strategic leadership, comprehensive business planning, target setting and performance objectives- Ensure the service drives value and performance from procurement and contract management, delivering effective financial and budget management- Provide clear strategic and operational leadership to the delivery of my client’s housing related services and investment.- Drive cultural and organisation change to develop a strong distinctive performance culture and commitment to resident satisfaction (tenants and leaseholders)- Lead and bring together different teams under one dedicated service to provide a range of resident focused services- Have a thorough understanding of the legislative context relating to the Council’s statutory obligations, including the regulatory framework for social housing, homelessness, health and safety, welfare reform and fire safety, to provide appropriate Member briefing and translation of legislation to ensure effective, relevant and responsive service delivery. Providing Members and the Executive with the open and timely information that they need to maintain effective oversight of the Division.- Lead teams managing, developing and commissioning homelessness prevention support services, supported housing and temporary accommodation to deliver the Council’s statutory obligations, ensuring health and safety compliance across accommodation services, identifying, managing and mitigating against risk.- Represent the Council, in its relationship with commissioned contractors and key stakeholders, including resident representative forums.- Develop positive relationships with Members and other key stakeholder groups, including resident representative forums and groups to ensure they can contribute to service improvements.- Engender a commercial approach to the Council’s assets and ensure value for money principles are applied to services.- Coaching and mentoring of staff directly managed, recruiting the right people, review training and nurturing future talent.- Ensure staff compliance with all key policies, including for example health & safety; data protection; equality and diversity: and value for money.- Ensure effective Financial Management, cost controls and income maximisation in an ever-changing environment, fluctuating demands and priorities. Ensure resources are well managed and effectively deployed to the best possible effects assuring value for money in all activities. Monitor and control the division’s budgets, including staffing budgets, in accordance with financial regulations and standing orders.- Promote equalities and inclusion across all service provision.ABOUT YOU
Knowledge & Skills:

- A strategic thinker and inspirational leader with strong influencing skills who can build inclusive and high-performing teams- Pursues creative and new ideas to provide solutions to complex problems- Challenges inequality and demonstrates leadership in this area- Exhibits confidence and leadership, engages emotionally and can show evidence of influencing key stakeholders externally and internally- Applies judgement in managing risk, supporting their senior leadership to deliver on commitments to savings- Can demonstrate clear leadership in uncertain or ambiguous situations, demonstrates resilience, readily ad

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