Head of Soha Response

Head of Soha Response – £90,000

Closing date 8th September 2024

Background

Soha provides great quality, affordable homes for people who cannot afford to rent or buy in the private sector; and as such we build communities across Oxfordshire and beyond.

Our story began in 1997 when local council housing tenants in South Oxfordshire voted to transfer their homes to a new organisation. Over 5,000 homes were moved over and after the transfer, we invested in improving the conditions of the properties we’d taken over.

We now have over 7,000 homes. We have been building new homes, recognising how crucial it is that we continue to support the supply of affordable housing in our region, given unprecedented levels of demand. We have also been involved in important regeneration schemes too that have vastly improved previously blighted areas and we have been able to deliver more affordable homes and improve neighbourhoods.

We built our 2,000^th home in 2015 and now have a portfolio of social housing, shared ownership, key worker housing and independent living accommodation, as well as four extra care housing schemes. We have homes in all adjacent districts to South Oxfordshire, and as far east as Chesham and as far west as Royal Wootton Bassett. Our guiding principle is not to develop any further than an hour’s drive from our Didcot base

Role purpose

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual to lead our new in-house contracting business. Ensuring that the business develops and delivers a coherent, innovative and effective strategy for delivering Sohas maintenance service requirements.

The overall purpose of the role is to lead the development, delivery and ongoing provision of an innovative and effective inhouse contractor team, delivering a high standard of service to Soha residents and will be responsible for all areas of management in running the day-to-day business, managing challenging KPIs and reporting to the subsidiary and main boards.

You will be a member of Soha’s Senior Leadership team contributing towards the strategic direction and leadership of Soha.

To apply

ARK Consultancy are supporting us with the recruitment process. For more information on the role please see the recruitment pack links below:

Recruitment Pack

To apply please email a CV and supporting statement and complete the ED Monitoring form detailing how your skills and experience relate to this role to recruitment@arkconsultancy.co.uk or contact Helen Scurr ARK Director at hscurr@arkconsultancy.co.uk for a discussion.

Full details of Soha’s Flexible benefit Scheme is available here: Employee Flexible Benefits Scheme Brochure (2024)

Important Dates;

Please note that the closing date is the 8^th September 2024.

Screening interviews will be carried out virtually week commencing the 9^th and 16^th September 2024 and assessment centre and final interviews week commencing the 30^th September.

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