Yolk Recruitment Public Sector and Not-for-Profit is thrilled to be selected as the Executive Search partner for Valleys to Coast to appoint a bold and ambitious Director of Assets and Sustainability to help shape and grow the business. You will be joining at an exciting time, as they reach a pivotal moment in their 10-year Corporate Strategy and transition into their growth phase.
The Opportunity
This is a newly created role which is vital in helping to deliver their growth plan. You will be an inspirational leader who thinks strategically and be passionate about putting customers and communities at the heart of all that you do.
This role will be the guardian of the Assets & Sustainability Strategy, ensuring its effective design, delivery and implementation which will in turn underpin the delivery of their strategic plan and corporate commitments.
The Director of Assets & Sustainability will play a critical role in driving forward the Groups’ ambitions for growth, innovation, financial capacity and a positive culture. Delivering excellence in leadership, creating a high support, high challenge environment where colleagues are inspired, enabled and empowered to do their best work and deliver on the organisation’s purpose.
Reporting to the Executive Director of Customer & Communities, this role will provide
a high quality assets service which is agile and commercial in nature whilst embodying their social purpose, values, and behaviours.
This service will include Asset Management and Regeneration.
Responsibilities:
- Leading on the design, implementation and monitoring of the Assets & Sustainability Strategy
- Communicating the Assets & Sustainability Strategy to our customers and stakeholders
- Working in partnership with the wider leadership team to ensure individual strategies are aligned to those of other teams, removing silos and ensuring the Group delivers on its purpose
- Driving a financially viable and sustainable business by identifying opportunities for efficiencies and securing value for money
- Ensuring homes are meeting a minimum standard in line with financial capacity
- Collaborating with the Finance and Legal Teams to structure investment, disinvestment and acquisition opportunities and managing asset related capital expenditure and cash flow forecasting
Experience Required:
- Extensive experience of successfully developing and delivering an Assets Strategy with investment, dis-investment & regeneration priorities with positive outcomes
- Substantial experience in a related Head of Service or Director role
- Proven track record of managing and continuously improving in a Head of
- Service or Director role
- Extensive change management experience
- Proven experience of positive partnership working with stakeholders up to Board level
Some of the benefits include:
- Annual leave:25 days increasing by 1 day for every completed year up to a maximum of 5 days plus bank holidays
- Pension:SHPs - Valleys to Coast contribute 3% more than you each month (minimum contribution where you pay 4%, V2C pay 7%; maximum contribution where you pay 6%, V2C pay 9%)
- Recognition events and thousands of retail discounts
- Health care cash plan to help you pay for essential health bills, as well as providing you with 24-hour access to GP advice, counselling and more.
- Hybrid working and 9 day fortnight
Valleys to Coast are a disability committed employer and operate the ‘Rooney Rule’ for all leadership appointments.
Application Process:
For an information discussion about the role and to access the full candidate pack, please contact Hannah Welfoot at Yolk Recruitment.
To apply, submit your CV and Cover Letter outlining how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the full candidate pack.
