- Advertised from 15th December 2022
- Pay award pending from 1 April 2023. + pension
Role
Based in Glasgow’s vibrant West End, Partick Housing Association is financially sound and one of the best performing housing associations in Scotland.
We are recruiting a skilled and experienced Finance Manager who will deliver our excellent financial management and controls. We are looking for someone who as a qualified accountant will manage our financial activities and support our Finance Director to provide informed direction on financial management, support business planning across our business and comply with regulatory requirements.
You will be a key member of our Management Team, working operationally with other managers from across the business and strategically with our Leadership Team and Board to drive forward Partick Housing Association’s vision, values and business strategy.
We believe that great people make a difference to our business and welcome interest from candidates from a range of backgrounds.
You will have excellent communication, interpersonal, project management and professional skills, be a team player with a positive attitude and clear customer focus. You will have experience in the areas of effective financial management as well as business planning.
At Partick Housing Association, we are committed to service excellence and continuous improvement – we work hard with our partners and stakeholders to deliver high quality homes and services. We are a dynamic and innovative organisation always looking for new ways to meet local housing needs, deliver value for money and respond proactively to future challenges and opportunities.
Application notes
Closing date: 10am, Monday 9 January 2023.
Interviews are planned for 16 January 2023.
The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure Scotland check.
Please visit partickha.org.uk/about-us/work-with-us for further information about the role and how to apply.
If you would like an informal chat about this post please contact Jacqueline McCutcheon on 0141 330 1460 or you can email us at applications@partickha.org.uk.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer
Top job! Group Chief Operating Officer
- Full time
- £110,000 – £120,000
- Edinburgh
- Closing 19th October 2023
Link Group is a group of award-winning social enterprise companies serving more than 15,000 customers – making them one of the largest social landlords in Scotland. They work together to provide affordable housing, property management, regeneration, advice, financial inclusion and employability services. Since its establishment in 1962, it has become a leader in developing and delivering innovative homes and services for those in need. Within the group structure are companies which share our aim of improving the lives of more people and it comprises 4 specialist housing organisations, 1 specialist maintenance services business and a charitable social care provider.
In delivering housing care and asset management services to over 14,000 homes, the Link Group strategy and mission statement includes a tailored housing service for customer needs which delivers affordable homes that represent value for money and improving and delivering sustainable services – an area that they are industry leaders. Link Group is the first Scottish housing association to achieve the international ‘Certified Sustainable Housing Label’, awarded by RITTERWALD consulting.
The Opportunity
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced business or corporate services leader to join a diverse and growing organisation, to lead and develop business services which are the heartbeat of everything that Link Group does.
As part of a close-knit executive leadership team, you will assume responsibility for the creation and implementation of the group corporate services strategy and will be accountable to the main board for overall service delivery.
You will be responsible for ensuring high standards of governance, group compliance with all necessary regulatory and statutory obligations, and driving best in class financial, HR, and ICT service levels across all Partner organisations within the group. The post is a critical piece of the group infrastructure, and the role holder is charged with ensuring that the Link Group vision, values, strategic objectives are delivered through the provision of high-quality services benefiting tenants and service users.
If you are an experienced corporate or business services leader that would enjoy the breadth and variety of working with different organisation types united by a shared set of values and mission, this could be the role for you!
The Successful Candidate
Given the continual desire for learning and improvement we are open to considering candidates from a variety of sector backgrounds.
To be considered for this role, you will be an experienced executive leader with a breadth of knowledge across corporate functions in a complex or group structure.
The successful candidate will possess most of the following:
- You will be a proven leader with sound financial and commercial business acumen, experience of strategic planning and delivery of those objectives.
- Proven experience of delivering high quality professional and customer orientated corporate services
- You will be an experienced leader with previous involvement in Board or Management Committees.
- You will possess an understanding of the impact of political factors on Link Group and its partner organisations
- First class communication skills, you will build high trust relationships quickly, with the ability to negotiate in difficult situations
- Previous experience of budget preparation including setting, monitoring and financial forecasting
- Membership of a relevant professional body
The post holder will be subject to a basic Disclosure Scotland check.
We are seeking a voluntary member to join the Harbour Homes Board and Finance and Risk Committee.
We are a Registered Social Landlord providing thousands of affordable homes in and around Leith. We have award winning developments stretching from Granton to Portobello! You can find out more about Harbour online at Harbour.
If you have a background, skills or experience in Finance, Risk Management and/ or Treasury we want to hear from you!
In addition, ideally, you will also have skills, experience or an interest in one or more of the other areas below – no formal qualifications are required.
- Community Development
- Local Economic Development
- Public Health and Wellbeing
- Property / architecture
- Eco / sustainability
- Digital
- Human Resource
- Legal
In each year we have four formal Board meetings, three Finance and Risk Committee meetings plus two away days with board members of other parts of Harbour, including Harbour Lettings, Harbour Connections and Harbour multi-Trades.
As a voluntary board member you will have the opportunity to:
- play an important role in the development of a growing, ambitious and award-winning group
- put your experience, skills and knowledge to constructive use
- develop your own knowledge, experience and personal skills
- network with others with shared commitment and ideals
- contribute to the Group’s visions to make a positive impact on people’s lives in Leith and north Edinburgh by providing affordable homes and services, and creating brilliant communities.
We are excited to announce an opportunity to join our Leadership Team. We seek a talented individual to assume the Director of Asset Management role. The selected candidate will lead our maintenance team, deliver our asset management strategies and ensure we comply with our procurement policy.
Formed in 1975, Milnbank Housing Association has a long and successful track record of supporting local communities in Dennistoun and Hagill. We believe in providing high-quality services to our tenants and owners. At Milnbank, we are proud of the role we play as a Community Controlled Housing Association.
The Director of Asset Management is an exciting and versatile role that involves overseeing various aspects, such as the management of planned and reactive maintenance services. Additionally, this position will hold a pivotal role in delivering our strategic objectives, ensuring rigorous compliance with health and safety regulations, and upholding our commitment to meeting the EESSH2 standards.
Looking to the future, our focus will be to continue investing in and improving our properties. We will also consider opportunities to build new social housing in partnership with the Scottish Government and Glasgow City Council.
We emphasise the importance of understanding and embracing the core principles of a Community Controlled Housing Association. If successful, you will be expected to actively engage with our tenants, other customers, and the local community.
This role will play an important part in ensuring MHA takes forward an innovative and forward-thinking asset management strategy that will deliver a better service for our tenants and owners. If this resonates with your aspirations and you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity, we look forward to receiving your application.
Cassiltoun are committed to regenerating our community not only through first class housing services but by our wider community development work. We also work closely with our subsidiary companies and in partnership with other organisations and agencies.
Our Community Team delivers a range of projects that respond to community aspirations and seek to address local issues through an asset-based community development approach. This includes community art initiatives, a community woodland project (Castlemilk Park), digital inclusion support, youth work, health and wellbeing activities, a large number of events, community gardening, community food initiatives, and a volunteer development programme – at the centre of all of these is participation and involvement from the local community.
We have an opportunity to join the team as a Community Woodland Assistant. This is a fixed term post until 31st March 2024 for 7 hours to 11 hours per week with the preferred available days being a Tuesday and/or a Thursdays.
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