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Top job! Associate Director (Regional Manager)
- Full time
- £68,000
- On site: Irvine or Dumbarton
- Closing 5th April 2026
Are you an ambitious, values driven leader with a health and social care background who's ready to grow in a senior role and make a real impact? If so, this could be the opportunity that shapes the next chapter of your career.
We are looking for a forward thinking leader to join us as Associate Director on a full time, permanent basis. This is a key role within our Senior Leadership Team.
Leading our services and colleagues across Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire. you'll ensure excellence in service delivery, regulatory compliance, financial viability and sustainable growth across your geographical area.
This is a hybrid working role, with an expectation of regular, meaningful engagement across our offices and services. You will therefore ideally be located within reasonable reach of one of our key hubs in Irvine or Dumbarton.
This is an exciting time to join Cornerstone as we deliver our new strategic plan, Improving Lives Together, built around the following organisational priorities:
The Foundation – Digital innovation: empowering everything we do
- Pillar 1 – Voices of the people we support at the heart of all decisions
- Pillar 2 – People: leadership, workforce and culture
- Pillar 3 – Financial sustainability: building for the future
- Pillar 4 – Partnership working: collaboration for greater impact
- The Roof – Quality: evidence based improvement
Purpose of the role
As a key member of our Senior Leadership Team, you will be accountable for delivering and growing high quality person-centred services across your geographical area (Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire). You will also play a key part in setting direction, leading transformation and ensuring the long-term success of the organisation.
Your leadership will reflect Cornerstone's values through authentic communication, local partnership building and disciplined operational management.
What you will bring
- Significant experience in an operational leadership role within health, social care or third sector settings
- Demonstrable knowledge of social care legislation, commissioning and regulatory frameworks
- Proven ability to lead teams, manage performance and foster psychologically safe cultures
- Strong skills in communication, influencing, analysis and problem solving
- Demonstrated experience in compliance, contractual delivery and regulatory standards
- Proven capability in budget management and financial discipline
- A good understanding of coaching, mentoring, reflective practise and values-led leadership
- Confidence in the use of digital tools, systems and data to support decision making
We are ideally looking for someone who has held a role at this level, but if you're reading this and wondering if you're quite ready, we'd still love to hear from you. Potential matters as much as expertise and you'll be supported by an experienced Senior Leadership team and given space to develop, stretch and succeed.
Are you an inspiring leader with a passion for making a difference? Riverside Scotland is seeking a Chairperson to guide our Board through an exciting new chapter.
With a new five-year Corporate Strategy launching in April 2026, we’re focusing on four key priorities: Homes, Customers, People and Care & Support. Going forward we want to deliver significant improvements to our assets, improving the homes we own and manage, supporting and delivering for our tenants and striving for net zero.
As Chair, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our future — combining strong governance with a commitment to social impact.
Why Join Us?
- Strong Performance:. As a direct subsidiary of the Riverside Group - one of the UK’s largest housin associations with over 75,000 homes across 159 local authorities - we operate with a high degree of autonomy while benefiting from shared services and significant capital funding driving efficiency through the business and improving customer outcomes. Last year we reported a strong financial performance despite economic challenges.
- Customer Satisfaction: 87% tenant satisfaction with services and 98% satisfaction with engagement
- Innovation: Award-winning Housing First for Families service and pioneering energy efficiency projects supporting Scotland’s net-zero goals.
Your Role
- Lead the Board in a collaborative, strategic way, optimising the talent we have.
- Champion tenant voice and community empowerment.
- Be a strong advocate of Riverside Scotland, promoting the organisation externally and engaging effectively with The Riverside Group as part of the Group’s wider governance community.
- Support innovation in housing, sustainability, and customer service working alongside the Association’s leadership team.
What We’re Looking For
- Proven leadership experience at Board level.
- Strong advocacy and communication skills.A commitment to our social purpose and values.
Ready to Make an Impact?
If you share our passion for creating lasting change and have the skills, energy, and enthusiasm for this role, we’d love to hear from you.