Place Area Lead
2 days ago
Orbit is a fantastic business and one that’s really going places.
Orbit was formed in 1967 with the aim of providing good-quality housing for people who would otherwise not be able to afford to buy their own home.
Over 50 years later, we’re one of the leading housing providers in the UK. Our services have diversified, our housing portfolio has expanded, and our reputation as an innovator within our sector has grown. But one thing that has never changed. Our belief in people and what they can achieve.
**Your role at Orbit.**
We are delighted to announce that we are looking to recruit a Place Area Lead on a permanent basis. In this role you will be responsible for the effective development and delivery of Local Place Plans that support the delivery of our Thriving Community strategy and targets as well as meeting our mission and aspiration to lead in building thriving and empowered communities.
Your key duties will be to:
- Lead on planning, coordinating and overseeing delivery of local activity within a defined geographical area
- Lead on the development and implementation of strategic local plans
- Lead on local Place Quality Assessments within the area, working alongside colleagues on a taskforce approach
- Co design and commission projects by engaging with customers, local partners, Orbit teams and analysing data. cts
- Contract management of commissioned local services, ensuring accurate and timely reporting
- Deliver and report on compliance to external funders where external project funding has been achieved
- Responsible for local external stakeholder mapping and developing and managing strategic partnerships
- Manage the day to day operations of the community hubs including development of services and customer engagement
- Develop and manage local employee, customer and partner volunteering opportunities
- Lead on local communications, marketing and customer engagement
- Provide information advice and guidance and customer referrals into Better Days and external services
- Manage a local budget, including accurate forecasting and ensuring value for money
- Staff management of Community Connectors
**What will help you make a difference.**
To be successful in this role of Place Making Area Lead you will need to have previous experience of community field based development and regeneration work. You will also need to have previous experience of customer engagement theory with a track record of increasing customer engagement.
It is also essential that you have:
- Experience of leading the work of the team
- Strong ability to relationship build across geographies with a wide variety of stakeholders
- Experience of design, commissioning and implementation of local service delivery based on identified needs
- Good standard of IT literacy and proficiency
- Experience of successful budget and contract management
- Ability to present and write reports
- Demonstrable experience of delivering against an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda
- Ability to work outside of standard hours when required
- Must be willing and able to travel when required
**Why Orbit?**
**Rewarding your contribution.**
For those who want or need more of a work life balance** **our view is that this role is suitable for WorkSmart. This means we would consider a more flexible working arrangement, where your hours and work location are managed according to business, customer and personal needs. Agile working arrangements will be discussed during the interview process.
Some of our core benefits include:
- Group bonus potential up to 15% of salary
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays and the “Orbit day”
- Private medical insurance
- Excellent contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance
- A great pick and mix of flexible benefits including the option to buy and sell holiday and much more
**Our culture and purpose.**
We know that great people are central to achieving our ambitions and as such we want everyone to have a voice and make a positive difference. We are proud to be a Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to work for, this demonstrates we place people at the heart of everything we do. We continue to create a culture that celebrates diversity and an environment where everyone feels able to contribute towards achieving together.
We support our colleagues to be at their best through our wellbeing programme #ThisIsMe, our corporate learning programme, opportunities for professional development, our innovative approaches to making the world and our homes a greener place and our leading reward and recognition package. Because of this our people tell us Orbit is a great place to work for.
Each year we build many new affordable homes and manage a total portfolio of around 45,000 properties. Over 100,000 people live in an Orbit home and our innovative approach empowers every one of them to grow and thrive. We are commercially driven. The more profit we make, the more we invest into the communities that we work for
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