Vacancy details
Board Member
Flexible - Most meetings held via MS Teams. Away days for 2023 are scheduled to be held in person in Cheltenham. Other in person meetings held infrequently in West Bromwich or Chippenham.
Salary - £10,046 per annum
Working hours - Part Time (12-18 hours per month. Includes six Board meetings per year, as well as attendance at four quarterly Committee meetings and two away days per year)
Closing Date - 31August 2023
Interview Date - 12September 2023
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity as we seek to strengthen our highly ambitious board and committees with individuals who bring specific skills and expertise in certain key areas.
We are seeking new board members who will bring guidance and insight to the Board. The skills and experience we are particularly interested in are:
- Asset Management, property maintenance, building safety, planned improvements. A good understanding of housing management practices would be advantageous
- Audit / Risk / Finance
- General Corporate / Business Skills, including HR, People Management and Culture)
- Social Housing and lived experience
Board members contribute to the setting of GreenSquareAccord`s strategic direction, working positively with the Executive Team to ensure they are held to account for the overall performance of the organisation and compliance with regulation and legislation.
The Board also ensures that risks to the organisation are understood and managed, helping to safeguard assets, finances, customers and our colleagues.
Board members will usually be expected to serve on two Committees. Committee meetings are quarterly and during the day with additional meetings, training and ad-hoc engagements arranged as required.
Within the role, you will set a positive culture, with a strong customer focus and emphasis on equality, diversity and inclusion while challenging and questioning in a positive and constructive manner.
You will also ensure skills and sector awareness are kept up to date and participate in learning and development sessions.
Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed and references covering the last two years; either from employers or from organisations where you are / have been on the Board and / or undertaken other senior management roles. Further details will be sent following offer.
About you
It is essential that you have a demonstrable commitment to GreenSquareAccord - its values, strategic objectives and cause and hold strong interpersonal and relationship building abilities; tact and diplomacy, with the ability to listen and engage effectively.
You will ideally have experience of working in the social housing sector at a senior or executive level and/or have a willingness to develop an understanding of the housing sector. You will understand the key drivers and challenges currently facing the sector and have the ability to work effectively at a strategic level.
Demonstrable and wide-ranging leadership skills with the ability to foster and promote a collaborative team environment is required, along with the understanding of risk, internal controls and assurance and how to operate against a regulatory backdrop.
Our Board and Committee members work hard and are committed. We expect the successful candidates to prepare for and contribute effectively at board and committee meetings and to engage responsively and positively between meetings.
About us
GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England.
We believe passionately in our mission to build better lives and provide social housing and support services to 54,000 people across our four localities. We are proud to play an active role in helping people to deal with the consequences of the housing crisis by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.
We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.
Our purpose
We are proud to be able to support tens of thousands of people across England by providing affordable housing and care to help people live independently.
Our focus is on building better lives. Everything we do is about people - whether that`s providing a good quality, safe home or providing care which helps someone to live an independent life.
Our colleagues live and breathe this social purpose and we need great people, with skills across a range of disciplines, to make this happen.
Working for GreenSquareAccord gives you the chance to bring your skills and expertise and make a real difference. It doesn`t matter which role you are considering applying for, your work will help thousands of people build a better life.
2023-28 Business Strategy
Earlier this year, we launched our 5-year strategy which is all about making GSA `Simpler, Stronger and Better`. These are our three pledges, and we have the following four key objectives to help us achieve this:
- We will simplify and strengthen our business.
- We will improve our customer offer.
- We will improve the quality of our existing and new homes.
- We will create a culture which empowers our people.
The GSA Way Behavioural Framework
We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.
A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.
Our five core commitments are:
- We believe our customer is everything
- We are one team
- We are supportive and caring
- We are business-minded for social purpose
- We are curious and ambitious.
You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.
All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.
If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.
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