Group Manager - Housing and Homelessness Service
| Posting date: | 04 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 September 2025 |
| Location: | Bridgend, CF31 4WB |
| Company: | Bridgend County Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 17832_CBC |
Summary
Group Manager - Housing and Homelessness Service
Job description
37 hours per week
Do you have the desire to lead Housing and Homelessness Services for Bridgend County Borough Council?
Bridgend County Borough has a diverse geography, with beautiful valleys in the north to the 12.5 miles of coastline and beaches to the south. The M4 runs right through the centre of the county borough, and we have main-line rail links to Cardiff and London to the east, and Swansea in the west.
As Group Manager, Housing and Homelessness Services, you will have strategic management responsibility for all services delivered across the Housing Service. You will use your experience to oversee and manage the housing and homelessness service, oversee the planning and delivery of housing support services, and plan and manage the development of a service that can meet the current and future housing service requirements in Bridgend.
You'll be an energetic and enthusiastic leader who is confident in providing guidance to senior politicians & managers.
A key player in the Council's senior management team you will be required to develop and maintain positive relationships with internal services and the many strategic partners that the Council has.
For further information contact Emma Griffiths (Emma.Griffiths@bridgend.gov.uk)
The council's Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.
Under the provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 this post is designated as politically restricted.
Closing Date: 24 September 2025
Shortlisting Date: 26 September 2025
Interview Date: 03 October 2025
Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council
Job Description & Person Specification
Job description
37 hours per week
Do you have the desire to lead Housing and Homelessness Services for Bridgend County Borough Council?
Bridgend County Borough has a diverse geography, with beautiful valleys in the north to the 12.5 miles of coastline and beaches to the south. The M4 runs right through the centre of the county borough, and we have main-line rail links to Cardiff and London to the east, and Swansea in the west.
As Group Manager, Housing and Homelessness Services, you will have strategic management responsibility for all services delivered across the Housing Service. You will use your experience to oversee and manage the housing and homelessness service, oversee the planning and delivery of housing support services, and plan and manage the development of a service that can meet the current and future housing service requirements in Bridgend.
You'll be an energetic and enthusiastic leader who is confident in providing guidance to senior politicians & managers.
A key player in the Council's senior management team you will be required to develop and maintain positive relationships with internal services and the many strategic partners that the Council has.
For further information contact Emma Griffiths (Emma.Griffiths@bridgend.gov.uk)
The council's Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.
Under the provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 this post is designated as politically restricted.
Closing Date: 24 September 2025
Shortlisting Date: 26 September 2025
Interview Date: 03 October 2025
Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council
Job Description & Person Specification
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