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Join Hillcrest Homes as our New Chief Executive – Lead, Innovate, Inspire
More information can be found at aspenpeople.co.uk/hillcrest
Hillcrest Homes is excited to seek a visionary and accomplished individual to take the helm as our new Chief Executive. A distinguished leader in social housing across Scotland, Hillcrest has a rich history of providing high-quality, affordable homes, building and maintaining vibrant, sustainable communities and delivering high quality social care services.
This is your opportunity to guide an organisation committed to helping people live better lives, fostering inclusivity, innovation, and excellence in everything we do.
About the Role:
As Chief Executive, you will steer Hillcrest into its next chapter, shaping strategic direction and delivering growth while ensuring robust financial stability and governance. You will report directly to the Governing Body and be supported by a talented Executive Leadership Team.
You will oversee the organisation’s operations, from developing new and maintaining existing homes, expanding services to championing environmental sustainability through our ambitious Net Zero Strategy and enhancing the quality of lives of the people we support.
Key Responsibilities:
- Shape and implement strategic direction and growth.
- Provide strong leadership to your team and the wider business
- Ensure financial stability and robust governance.
- Cultivate a positive organisational culture valuing collaboration, diversity, and continuous improvement.
- Develop and align comprehensive business plans with our mission.
- Engage with stakeholders, including tenants, government officials, and regulatory bodies.
- Advocate for Hillcrest’s vision and build impactful partnerships.
About You:
The ideal candidate will bring substantial experience operating at a senior level within complex organisations. Your financial acumen and governance expertise will be complemented by a proven ability to foster partnerships, deliver results, and establish a customer-focused performance culture. Adept at communication, with strong influencing skills and the ability to lead and motivate high-performing teams. You will be a champion of equality, diversity, and inclusion. Familiarity with Scotland’s housing and support sector and its regulatory framework will be advantageous.
This is more than a leadership role, it is a chance to leave a legacy, driving innovation and sustainability in social housing while empowering communities to thrive. If you are ready to lead an organisation with a proud history and an exciting future, we want to hear from you.
What We Offer:
- 42 days annual leave per year inclusive of Public Holidays
- Choice of pensions schemes - auto enrolment with NOW Pensions employee contributes 5%, employer contributes 3% or The Pension Trust Pensions scheme where both employee and employer contributions are 8.5%
- Hybrid working opportunity
- 35.25 hours per week
- Free health plan scheme with the ability to upgrade
- Death in Service benefit - 3 x salary
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Tech Scheme
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The Service
Martingale Outreach provides Housing Support and Personal Care services to individuals in the Dundee Area. Individuals live in their own tenancies or with family. Their needs cover a wide range, predominantly mental health issues, learning disability, autism, drug and alcohol issues and dementia.
David Street Outreach Housing Support and Personal Care services are provided to individuals in the Broughty Ferry & Dundee area. Individuals live in their own tenancies or with family. Their needs cover a wide range, predominantly learning disability, autism, and mental health.
All individuals require support to maintain their tenancies, keeping their homes safe and secure. Enabling them to live a good quality of life, and supporting them in the recovery process.
The Role
To support the individuals with;
- Emotional Support and support with recovery process
- Promotion of positive mental health including coping strategies
- Medication support such as administering medication
- Accessing community based resourses
- Daily life skills (menu planning, cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping)
- Support to manage finances and money.
- Maintian personal health and hygiene including personal care
- Support with other issues that arise
You Will
You will have;
- A positive, flexible attitude, with an encouraging nature
- Excellent communication skills including verbal and written
- Be highly organised with the ability to work on own initiative
- The ability to react efficiently and effectively in emergency situations
- Possess an SVQ 2 in Health and Social Care or have the ability to work towards this qualification
- Flexibility with shifts patterns; weekend work are a requirement of this post
- Be required to obtain registration with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up the post
Company Benefits
- Pension Scheme
- Flexible Working Patterns
- Comprehensive Health and Well-being Package
- Free access to on-line discounts for well-known retailers
- Death in Service Benefit (up to three times your salary)
- Cycle to Work Scheme (great savings from 25% - 39% on bikes and accessories)
- Tech Scheme (great savings of up to 12% on computers or laptops)
Do you have a passion for helping people?
Do you have excellent communication skills?
Do you have the ability to drive high performing teams whilst ensuring a high-quality service, delivering excellent customer service to our clients?
Do you want to work for one of the best employability providers in Scotland?
Would you like to contribute to helping people with barriers to work find their dream job?
Then come and work for Enable Works.
Your role, as a Performance Manager will be to manage the performance and quality of our contracts in Dundee. You will be responsible for performance management; key to this will be developing positive professional relationships with our staff teams and programme partners in each area. You will directly line manage a team of Team Leaders and Employment Coordinators.
Enable Works are the leading specialist provider of employability services for people who have barriers to work. We believe that every person in Scotland has the right to work in a job that is high quality and well paid.
Enable Works supports over 5500 people every year across 28 Local Authorities to learn skills for work.
We partner with thousands of employers to create inclusive cultures and improve the diversity of Scotland's workforce.
We are incredibly proud of our smart, capable, and motivated colleagues across Scotland and following a period of significant growth we are looking to grow our team.
We offer a generous salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities to develop and grow in your role.
We offer flexible working practices that promote a strong work/life balance so that when you are at work you can be the best version of you.
Values are more important to us than qualifications or experience, so if you don’t think you meet every requirement that’s ok, we still want to hear from you. Please tell us in your supporting statement how your values match with our organisation.
About You
We really need you to have these:
- Experience of working in a performance focused team.
- Ability to effectively coach and motivate teams to achieve high performance.
- Effective project management skills and ability to think strategically to achieve long-term goals.
- A natural, professional relationship builder with the ability to partner and negotiate with stakeholders.
- Experience of delivering on financial expectations and forecasting change.
- Strong attention to detail with professional presentation and personality.=
- Self-management skills and the ability to meet duties effectively within agreed timescales.
- Confident communicator.
- Role model.
- IT Literacy.
- Some knowledge of the local community.
- A full driving licence and access to a car.
Why?
Our vision is that every person in Scotland is able to access the support they need to find a high-quality job that pays them well and your drive and commitment to this job will help them get there.
You will understand that each client has individual skills and aspirations and you will work with your team to ensure they are supporting our clients to progress towards their chosen career goal whilst recognising our commitment to our funders in terms of both performance and financial targets.
You will be representing Enable Works in everything you do so you will need a professional, can-do attitude. Our reputation is important to us. As a performance manager, you will have an approachable and flexible style of management with the ability to coach and develop your team to achieve the best for them and our clients.
Our culture is autonomous so that means we trust you to manage your time. You will effectively monitor the performance and best practice of your team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality services that exceed the expectations of our clients and funders. Attention to detail is important as it means you can work accurately and follow instructions.
Having the confidence to get out and engage people in the local community will be key to the success of your programme. You will engage with local referral partners, other organisations who can offer specialist support to our clients as well as employers to support the team to source the best opportunities for our clients and this can mean reaching out and making new connections within your community.
We have high expectations for our clients, and you will be given a work plan with targets. We support you throughout, but you need to be comfortable working towards them and managing your team to do the same.
We would love it if you had these:
- Understanding of employability services and programmes including Supported Employment.
- Experience of delivering or managing employability programmes.
- Experience of working with people who have multiple/complex barriers.
- Understanding of relevant policy and legislation.
- Experience of meeting/exceeding demanding compliance expectations.
- Understanding of relevant policy and legislation.
About Us
At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.
We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:
- Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loans
Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.
Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.