Weaver Vale Housing Trust is based in Cheshire and Warrington and provides high quality, affordable homes to an incredibly diverse range of customers. Our 6,400+ homes range from flats and retirement apartments to larger family homes, and we are committed to delivering the highest standards of customer service to our tenants.

Our vision is to ‘transform neighbourhoods, homes, and services, to improve the quality of life for our customers’ and it’s the commitment, talent and expertise of our colleagues that make this happen. We are listed in the ‘Best Companies’ colleague engagement league table as a three-star company to work for, having retained this listing for a twelfth consecutive year.

We are ambitious for the future, and eager to build on our reputation for innovation and high-quality services. We strongly believe that how an organisation does things is as important as what it does; so our values and behaviours form an integral part of our organisational culture.

We have an opportunity for a Director of Regeneration and New Homes to be part of our Senior team. This is an ideal opportunity to bring a fresh perspective to what we do, building on existing strengths, while exploring new opportunities and approaches. The role will lead the development, lettings, and homeownership functions, ensuring that the Our Places and Our Customers strategies are delivered.

As a member of the Trust’s senior management team the role will successfully implement corporate strategies, managing corporate and strategic risk. This includes working to develop strong and effective cross functional working initiatives and taking the lead on developing and implementing specific corporate initiatives and representing the Trust with external and internal partners.

This opportunity will suit a highly capable professional with proven management experience within the social housing development sector. You’ll have experience working within a partnership environment and delivering new homes of all tenure types including sales. You’ll also have a strong knowledge of Homes England Grant funding programmes.

You will be able to analyse operational costs and identify efficiencies and effectively implement changes to realise efficiencies including developing environmentally sustainable strategies. A commitment to and ability to develop working relationships with our tenants, colleagues, and other external partners is essential. You will also be expected to prepare and present high quality professional reports on complex development and investment opportunities.

To find out more detail about the role, and the specific essential criteria for the role please see the accountability profile below.

Application Process

Please submit an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV) and covering letter by Noon Friday 30th June 2023.

It is important that your CV highlights supporting evidence of how your previous experience and skills relate to the criteria outlined in the Accountability Profile. Within your CV, please supply the following:

• Full name and postal address;
• Work and home telephone number, mobile number and email address (NB most written communication with you will be electronic);
• Relevant employment history;
• Education qualifications;
• Current salary;
• Current Memberships of relevant professional associations/Institutes and dates.

Your covering letter (maximum of 3 pages) should be used to convey why you are attracted to the role describing how your relevant experience and skills will help Weaver Vale Housing Trust map out and deliver their future purpose, direction, and priorities. The covering letter is considered an important aspect of your application and will be used to assess your motivation for the role.

Additional

• This role will also require the successful candidate/s to undergo a basic DBS Check.
• We may conduct social media checks from sources such as Google, Facebook and LinkedIn to assist us in our assessment of your suitability for the role.
• We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing date, we would therefore recommend an early application.
• Those applicants that consider themselves to have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview. Please confirm within your application if you consider yourself to have a disability.
• In line with the Trust’s Disclosure & Barring Policy, please confirm if you have any current convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
•  The Trust invites applications from all members of the community, irrespective of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, religion, or disability.

Assessment Day – Thursday 6th July 2023.

If you are selected to attend our assessment day, you will be asked to complete an Insights Discovery Personal Profile beforehand. You will also be required to attend a virtual 30-minute feedback session prior to the assessment day on 5th July 2023.

See http://www.thecolourworks.com for more information.

You should expect to be with us for around 4 hours on the 6th of July and the format will involve:

• An informal chat with the existing post holder
• A meeting with 4 members of our Senior Management Team
• A presentation and an interview with 2 of our Executive Directors (you will be briefed in advance of the presentation requirements).

If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please do not hesitate to contact [email protected].

Pay and Benefits

The following is a summary of the pay and associated benefits for the role.

• Pay: Salary is circa £83,000.
• Car Allowance: Casual Car Allowance of 45p per mile.
• Annual Leave: 32 days.
• Working Hours: 37 hours per week.
• Pension: Workplace pension scheme – SHPS Defined Contribution scheme. Employer contribution of 5% and employee contribution of 3%.
• Location: The Trust operates an agile working environment which is a combination of working from our Head Office at Gadbrook Business Park, Northwich, and home working.

Other Benefits include:

• Childcare subsidy
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Annual Wellbeing Allowance (or Bupa Cash plan with service)
• Best Companies Top 100 Organisation.

A full statement of the main terms and conditions of employment will be supplied with any formal offer of employment. The above information may be helpful to applicants as a guide but should not be treated as a substitute for a full contract.