Homes Committee Member

**Committee Member for Homes Committee**

**Background**:
About Riverside Governance

The TRGL Board is the senior governance body within Riverside and sets the mission, strategy, corporate and business plans and policy for the Group as well as overseeing performance against these.

The work of the Board is supported by seven committees. The powers of committees are delegated by the Board and set out in the Terms of Reference of the committees.

After results from an In-Depth Assessment (IDA) in 2024, the Regulator for Social Housing in England announced that Riverside had attained their highest Governance grade of G1, reflecting that the regulator views Riverside to be a very well governed organisation.

**About Riverside**:
Riverside is a group of complementary businesses driven by a clear social purpose, with a not-for-profit charitable housing association at its core.

Established over 95 years ago, we remain driven by a deep sense of social purpose, providing a range of homes and wider support services for a diverse community of people across England and Scotland.

The Riverside Group is a sector-leading national housing association group:

- owning over 75,000 homes, putting us in the top ten English housing association groups by size.
- operating across a national footprint, with ‘weight’ in London, the North-West, the East Midlands, the East Coast and Scotland.
- being the nation’s largest housing association provider of supported housing.
- with secure financial foundations: £680 million annual turnover, £5.2 billion assets.

The key objectives under our Corporate Plan are:

- Warm and safe, decent homes
- Trusted customer services
- Support through the cost-of-living crisis
- Leadership in care and support
- New homes, better places.

We are currently developing a new Corporate Plan for 2026-2031.

**About the**Role**:
We are looking for a non-executive Committee Member to join our Homes Committee. As a Housing Association, it is essential that our governance community promote and champion Riverside’s values, vision and social purpose. Customers are at the heart of everything that we do, and Committee members must be committed to work in the best interests of our current and future residents and customers.

**Terms**and**Conditions**:
The total time commitment is estimated at 7 days per year which includes four formal Committee meetings per year (variously in person nationwide, and via Microsoft Teams), members will be invited to join a Committee Strategy Day and Group Strategy Day once per year. This is a national role with most in person meetings in the North West and London as well as meeting on Teams.

The remuneration for the role of Committee member is £3,250 per annum.

**The role of a Committee Member**:
Committee members will:

- Support and constructively challenge the Group’s Executive Team and other officers.
- Attend functions, away days and other meetings as required from time to time.
- Undertake induction and appraisal activity in line with the Board’s agreed programme.
- Keep their knowledge and skills up to date, taking part in appropriate learning and development activities that aim to maintain and develop competence and improve performance.
- Promote and champion the organisation’s values.
- Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with non-executive colleagues, executives, and officers.
- Attend, prepare for and participate in Committee meetings.
- Comply with the Group’s Code of Conduct and the Committee Member Agreement for Services.
- Display passion, energy, and enthusiasm for the role and for Riverside’s vision and values.
- Be committed to working in the best interests of current and future residents.
- Be a strong leader with personal and professional credibility.
- Be confident in making independent and critical judgments and in facilitating debate to ensure risks and alternative courses of action are properly considered.
- Possess a high degree of probity and integrity.
- Work in a collaborative, open and engaging style.
- Be committed to accountability, transparency, and equality of opportunity.
- Be self-aware and open to feedback and personal development.
- Be able to commit the time necessary to undertake the role to a high standard.

**Key responsibilities of Committee Members**

- Build and maintain effective and constructive working relationships with other members of the Committee, the Chief Executive, Executive Director (Customer Service/Care and Support Services) and other senior staff.

- Prepare adequately for meetings by reading and accessing all relevant papers and reports, seeking clarification from authors as required (preferably in advance of the meeting).

- Act as an ambassador and representative for the organisation, upholding the reputation of TRGL and its values, objectives and principles.

- Act in accordance with TRGL’s adopted Code of Governance and Code of Conduct for individuals.

- Have awareness of, and keep up to dat