Chief Executive Officer

Lanarkshire Housing Association

Motherwell

Job title: Chief Executive Officer

Salary: Circa £85,000 plus pack

Closing date for Applications: 15 November 2024 5.00pm

Thank you for your interest in the position of Chief Executive Officer at Lanarkshire Housing Association.

Our strategic aspiration has, at its heart, the desire to support people in achieving a better future for themselves and their families by providing affordable and sustainable homes within strong communities. Based in Motherwell, the Association has 928 units for rent, 37 shared ownership properties and provide factoring services for 210 owners.

To assist in the development of strong communities, we put customers’ needs and expectations at the centre of our decision-making process to ensure that we deliver high quality services which are focused on people and homes. 

The role of Chief Executive offers the opportunity to join and lead the Association at an exciting time. As such, the key objectives of the role are:

• Provide strategic leadership and direction to the Senior Management and Staff Team, ensuring that corporate goals and values are effectively communicated.
• Direct proactively and manage the work of LHA to ensure provision of high-quality homes and services which are best in sector.
• Prepare, develop and sustain the growing role of the organisation, in the regeneration of local communities, establishing and developing partnership working and building strong and effective relationships with all stakeholders.
• Ensure that LHA carries out it’s operations in accordance with the Business Plan and policies established by the Board, meets the requirements of the Scottish Housing Regulator, Companies House, OSCR and all other legal duties such as GDPR and FOI.
• Provide overall leadership to staff and contribute to the development of a flexible and motivated staff, a culture of continuous improvement, all underpinned by a Human Resources strategy which assists the staff to meet the organisation’s goals.  
• Advise the Board on key management, housing, social, economic, political and operational factors and assist the Board to develop and maintain LHA’ strategies, policies and services.

This will require the following experience and characteristics:

• A strong leader with high standards of integrity and fairness with proven achievements in motivating and empowering people
• Successful track record of effective partnership working and networking at the highest levels, with key stakeholders, including regulators, central government, local government and communities
• A consistent track record of achievement in a senior executive position within a successful, customer-focused, social housing provider
• A credible base of relevant senior management experience within housing
• A track record of building and managing effective relationships with Boards, customers, staff, partners and stakeholders
• Experience of identifying, assessing and progressing strategic opportunities to facilitate growth

You will lead the organisation, working closely with the Leadership Team and advising our Voluntary Board, to ensure a high-quality approach and the best strategic decisions. 

Lanarkshire Housing Association are a supportive and progressive employer. A range of family friendly policies are in operation to assist employees balance their work commitments with their family and leisure responsibilities. We have Investor in People accreditation (Silver) recognising that the development of people’s professional and personal skills are important.

Further information on the Association can be found at www.lanarkshireha.com

If the opportunity is of interest, please get in touch with our retained consultant, David Bond of McGregor Bond (david@mcgregorbond.com) for a fuller Briefing Document or call him on 07801 490678 for a confidential discussion.
 
LHA is committed to equal opportunity and is a disability confident employer.