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Assistant Director of Care and Support Operations

Job details
Posting date: 13 May 2024
Salary: £76,000 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 12 June 2024
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week
Company: Orwell Housing Association
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: IP322

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Summary

Assistant Director of Care and Support Operations
Salary: £76,000 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week; Permanent
Location: Ipswich/ Hybrid
Role requires regular presence across our services in Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge and North Essex
Ref: IP322


Are you looking for a role that means you will make a difference to people in our communities every day?

Do you want to work in an inclusive organisation who are a Platinum ‘Best Employer Eastern Region’ and be part of a senior team looking to provide the best housing and support in the region?

We are looking for a focused and values-led leader to spearhead our Care and Support division. You will act as a role model, providing support and ensuring superb business management resulting in the provision of great services and continued viability.

Much of your focus will be on collaborating with support functions, including finance, and overseeing contract management, housing management, maintenance, health and safety. You will be a role model for our culture, ensuring this is front and centre in everything that happens within Care and Support.

You should embrace change and transformation with a view to ensuring the team are the very best they can be: providing constructive challenge and true support.

If you are ambitious, always looking for new opportunities and exploring innovative ways of doing things, if you love to raise profile, reputation, and visibility both internally, alongside partners and stakeholders and take accountability and responsibility for setting and monitoring care budgets, ensuring the services operate within these agreed budgetary parameters then we would love to hear from you.


More reasons to apply…

• 25 days annual leave
• Company vehicle or vehicle allowance
• Reward and recognition awards
• Free DBS checks
• Health cash back and shopping discounts scheme via Health Cash Plan
• Access to Blue Light Card – membership fees applies.
• Great training and development opportunities

First Interviews: 6th June 2024
Second Interviews: 21st June 2024

Before applying…

Additional employment documents: https://www.orwell-housing.co.uk/work-with-us/additional-employment-documents/

Orwell is committed to safeguarding and safer employment and the principles of empowerment.

Please notice Orwell Housing Association does not provide visa sponsorship. You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply. You will be required to provide the relevant right to work documentation if successfully appointed to the role.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. All new arrivals to the UK must also provide a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC).

The definition of new arrival is an applicant who has worked or been resident overseas in the previous five years and this includes citizens of the UK who have worked or lived overseas for a continuous period of six months or more.

Orwell is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We believe in creating an accessible and supportive environment, where every team member can thrive and contribute. Join us in our commitment to building a workplace that celebrates diversity and empowers all individuals to reach their full potential. We actively welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and are dedicated to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure equal access and opportunity for all.

If there’s a barrier to you applying for any of our roles, we’d like to remove it so please get in touch with our Talent team either by giving them a call (01473 228782) or emailing work@orwell-housing.co.uk.

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