Corporate Services Director

Corporate Services Director
Sutton
Up to £91,000 per annum based on skills
Permanent, Full Time

Managing over 6,000 council properties and almost 2,000 leasehold properties Sutton Housing Partnership is based in London's greenest borough in North Surrey.  Following a commissioning review by our shareholder London Borough of Sutton last year we were delighted to have been given the opportunity to continue to manage housing on their behalf and now look to the future.

The new strategic direction for SHP envisages closer integration of asset management with housing management and requires a new skill set at Executive level. The prioritisation now given to resident facing services has meant new arrangements for the provision of support services with an appropriate emphasis upon value for money and stretching resources further.   To strengthen our leadership team we are now recruiting for two new senior roles - Corporate Services Director and Operations Director.

Our overarching ambition is for SHP is to be a good landlord and make an effective contribution to the Council’s strategic objectives around employment, health and well-being and on increasing housing supply. For housing professionals the role of frontline staff is changing, impacted by Welfare Reform, lack of housing supply and the often complex lives of people living in social housing.

As we move towards a placed based approach we have already introduced a generic housing management structure, which will empower colleagues to work with our residents within smaller patch areas; focussing on core Housing Management functions including income collection and arrears, dealing with anti-social behaviour, lettings and allocations and tenancy management issues as they occur to ensure tenancies are sustained.  We are all about a proactive approach supported with preventative problem solving to enable SHP’s New Deal of enabling residents to thrive and become part of a community, in a place they call home.

We need an ambitious and inspirational leader to support our transformation; someone who can inspire our 150 colleagues with their passion for customer service excellence and value for money.  The right candidate will have a proven track record of achievement at senior level (does not necessarily need to have worked in social housing), will be a  member of a relevant professional body and will be able to forge strong relationships with a wide range of key stakeholders.

If you believe you have what it takes to lead this vision for Sutton Housing Partnership  then we would love to hear from you.

Closing date: Wednesday 4th July at midnight
First stage interview/assessment: Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th July
Second stage interview/assessment: Tuesday 24th July