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Chair of Audit & Risk Board member Recruitment Pack www.beyondhousing.co.uk
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Contents
Your application........................................................................................07
Welcome to Beyond Housing........................................................08
About us.........................................................................................................10
The Board......................................................................................................12
Leadership team......................................................................................16
Role profile – Chair of Audit & Risk.............................................18
Person specification – Chair of Audit & Risk........................20
Person specification – Board member....................................24
Role profile – Board member.........................................................26
Key terms and conditions.................................................................28
Key dates and the selection process........................................29
The media advertisement.................................................................31
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Your application
Thank you very much for your interest in these posts. On the following pages,
you will find details of each role and the selection process to assist you in
completing and tailoring your application. In order to apply you should submit:
• An up-to-date CV which shows • Please note that applications can Do call either one of us if you wish
your full career history – we only be considered if all the to have an informal discussion about
recommend that this is no longer documentation is complete. Please the role and organisation, or if you
than three pages; send your application, preferably have any other questions to help you
• A supporting statement explaining in MS Word format by email to: decide whether to apply.
why you are interested in the BeyondHousing@campbelltickell. Kind regards,
role, detailing how you are a good com
Kelly Shaw
candidate for this post and how Applications must be received by 12
you fulfil the person specification noon Monday 24th June 2019
Kelly Shaw
– we recommend that this is no Senior Associate Consultant
Please ensure we receive your
longer than three pages; 07900 363803
application in good time. If you do
• The declaration form – but not receive confirmation of receipt
Gera Patel
completion of the equalities within 24 hours of sending, please
section is not mandatory, this is call us on 020 3434 0990. To help Gera Patel
requested for monitoring purposes avoid your submission being treated Partner
in line with our commitment to as spam, please use a secure email 07813 149629
equality and diversity; and address from which to send your
• Indicate on the declaration form if application and refer to the role and
you cannot attend any of the organisation in the header.
interview dates.
• Please provide clarity in your
application of the specific role
you are applying for; Chair of Audit
& Risk or Board Member and the
key skills you bring.
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Welcome to
Beyond Housing
Beyond Housing reflects our emerging identity as a new organisation. It also
speaks to the core of our mission - providing homes that customers want,
services they value, which are delivered by people who care.
Across North Yorkshire, Redcar, Cleveland continues to make its mark. So it is a about who we are. You will be enthused
and North Humberside, we are making good time to be joining us, as you will about being in an environment where
a direct impact in tackling the housing be hugely influential in shaping our we can be thoughtful and bold; take
crisis. But our offer goes far beyond on-going journey. assurance in the established, but still
the continued delivery of affordable Our Chair of Audit & Risk will offer prior be open to change when needed; and
housing. Our focus is also very much on Board or Committee experience. Your where we will spend time both learning
the investment in neighbourhoods that rounded business experience means that and innovating.
brings and keep communities together; you will fully appreciate the importance There is much to do. We have ambitious
on the support that enables people to of assurance and compliance in a plans for further growth and impact,
live independently in high quality corporate and at times complex setting. and we need the right people to take
homes; and on the services that tackle Adept at chairing, you will also be able to this leap with us. It may be challenging
the complexity of deprivation and get the best out of people, ensuring that at times, but you can be assured that it
reduced life chances. the Committee’s collective endeavours is going to be rewarding and inspiring.
We have made great progress on add value, by protecting and challenging After all, we are changing lives, every
integrating the two legacy businesses the organisation. day, in all that we do.
and are now starting to create our We see the Board member role as an I look forward to hearing from you.
new five-year strategy for the important part of our succession plan, Yours
organisation – which we will launch and we are open to this being your first
at the beginning of 2020. Board member position. We are keen James Hayward RD
So if you are interested in either of to have diversity of thought and life Chair
these two roles on our main Board, we experience around our Board table. So
anticipate that you will care about the while we will value your professional
things that Beyond Housing cares about. background, your fresh perspective,
With a newly refreshed executive team, will be especially welcome.
we are excited to be welcoming two For both roles, you will place a premium
new colleagues to our Board. You will on being a trusted colleague, self-aware
find that we are a friendly and ambitious and collaborative, recognising that how
group of people, open to stretch and we work as a combined executive and
keen to ensure that Beyond Housing Board leadership team, speaks volumes
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About
Beyond Housing
The mission • Beyond Housing represents more than greater development and regeneration
Providing homes that customers want, just the amalgamation of our assets. programme. Investment won’t only be
services they value, which are delivered Our discussions and negotiations made in new housing. There will be a
by people who care. have showed both CCH and YCH continuing focus on investment in our
shared passions and goals as well as existing homes and neighbourhoods,
Our values
complementary geographies and skills. making sure they are safe and secure
• Believe and trust in each other Together, we believe we can build on and fit for modern living.
• Embrace and create change these to have a much bigger impact Homes and support for older people
• Reflect and learn across the homes and communities
Life expectancy continues to rise and
that we care about. We want to
• Aspire and grow together with it changing needs and expectations
quickly build a reputation for:
Our profile amongst older people. We expect
• Excellence in service delivery to play an important part in meeting
• 30,000 customers
• Being at the forefront of innovation, these, both straight away and in
• 15,000 homes encompassing a range embracing digital services, with a the future. Building on our care and
of tenures including general needs, willingness to experiment and work support services, we will help more
sheltered, care and support, market differently older people to live independently in
rent, shared ownership and some their own homes. We will also look to
• Working to strengthen the resilience of
commercial and community units provide new homes that are tailored to
customers and the wider community,
• 8,000 customers accessing HomeCall with a commitment to being more the needs of older people and respond
and Coastcall independent living than just a landlord to emerging market changes including
services that provide crucial stay at high quality bungalows and apartments.
• Supporting older and vulnerable
home services across a spectrum Finally, we will continue to offer and
customers through the provision
of needs wherever possible increase our provision
of first class supported living
• Operating in seven local authorities of extra-care, sheltered and supported
accommodation and empowering
spanning a geographical area of 411 housing ensuring safe and secure
care and support services
square miles across across Tees Valley accommodation for the most vulnerable.
• Being an employer of choice with a
and North Yorkshire, encompassing Skills and employment
nurturing culture that helps our people
rural, coastal and urban areas High levels of unemployment, benefit
to learn and grow
• 700 staff employed in a range of roles dependency and deprivation are evident
• Delivering more affordable homes,
across various sites across many of our communities. The
creating places which people are
• Combined financial turnover of £77m, steep decline in heavy industry and
proud to call home.
with plans to deliver substantial manufacturing continues to impact
• Our ground work in creating a new the North East and those that have
efficiency savings of £3m within the
entity has involved wide consultation employment are often in low skill/low
first three years of operation
and input. Below are some of the wage industries such as tourism. We
• Unlocking an additional £100 million issues and opportunities that we have passionately believe that we have a key
in financial capacity been talking about. role in helping our residents to escape
• Plan to build 2,000 new affordable Meeting increased demand and this deprivation. We will continue to
homes by 2023, expectations for social housing ensure we support communities with
• a 20% increase on the combined Increasing affordable housing supply investment in services that offer training
current pipelines is one of the crucial motivators for our and employment support as well as
• £150m investment over the first coming together. We are now a business helping them to find work wherever we
five years in our existing homes with greater financial capacity and can, both with our own resources and
and neighbourhoods. increased influence which will allow us with our partners in the community
to deliver a substantially
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Local opportunities Investing in technology Integration and consolidation
Created as part of the Tees Valley This is mission critical for us given the We are working hard to ensure a smooth
Combined Authority, the Tees Valley extent to which technology increasingly transition into the new organisation,
Development Corporation is focused governs how we design and deliver with a particular focus on systems
on land use for economic development services. We have been focused on and culture. Minimising disruption,
and housing. We believe there is an key business streams, looking at the appropriate rationalisation and creating
opportunity to work in partnership applications and systems needed to efficiency are all crucial, but we are
with them to increase new supply ensure the ICT infrastructure supports also designing for the future. We do not
to support the region’s economic the successful integration of the two wish to harmonise by responding to the
development. Other opportunities are organisations, as well as meeting our lowest common denominator. Instead
also evident including the development future ambitions. We also want to ensure we are defining and establishing new
of a substantial polyhalite mine within that we have the right solutions in place standards for a new organisation. As
the North York Moors, plans for large to allow staff to work on an agile basis, well as the above matters, we have also
scale projects such as off-shore wind providing the flexibility to meet customer been talking about how we develop
farms and a proposal to have Teesport needs and also ensuring suitable work/ the platform to provide an excellent
designated a Free Port. All these life balance. This is particularly important and integrated housing and community
developments represent significant for us given our increased footprint and services offer. Our aim is to create a
potential for an economic upturn and job our future growth plans. sector leading approach across all
creation. We will need to be strategically Developing our people services which will improve the lives
positioned to influence and benefit from of our customers, both now and in the
The bringing together of our people to
these propositions. We are also exploring future, far beyond the capabilities of both
create one team is crucial to our future
working with Scarborough Borough former organisations.
success. Careful consideration has been
Council on a joint development venture
given to how we achieve this, from
working collectively for mutual benefits.
the pragmatic need in areas such as
In-sourcing reward systems to the vital creations
Combining our in-house workforces of a shared culture and values. We have
for repairs and maintenance plays a been working on some leadership values
crucial part in ensuring high quality, and you can read more about these in
value for money services are delivered the person specification for this role. We
in an efficient way. As we integrate need to ensure our existing staff feel
these services, we will be focused on secure and motivated, but also to think
increasing productivity and efficiency. ahead to future talent acquisition and
We will also be using our combined succession planning. Working across a
buying power to leverage better deals in wider geography brings challenge and
the supply chain. Future opportunities to opportunity and we need to ensure our
deliver services to others could become staff are equipped for both.
apparent after we have met our own
internal requirements and targets,
allowing the service to generate cross-
subsidy for other parts of the business.
11The Board
Our Board comprises of members of both
the former CCH and YCH Boards.
James Hayward RD Peter Baren Andy Gambles
Chair Senior Independent Director Andy is a local entrepreneur who has
James is a chartered engineer by trade Peter is a Chartered Accountant who first run his own successful and award-
and has spent most of his working life qualified in 1984 with Price Waterhouse winning IT business for the past 15 years,
within the NHS. He has held a number of Coopers. After first moving into industry, specialising in cyber security. Prior to
executive director level roles in various Peter would eventually become Group establishing his business, Andy held a
NHS trusts across the country. Having Finance Director of The Emerson Group, number of key roles in both the retail and
been appointed to Scarborough NHS an international real estate company printing industries. Andy is a passionate
Trust in 2009, James supported the Trust which specialises in residential and advocate of social housing. He seeks
through its merger with York Teaching commercial development. After to combine this passion with his
NHS Trust in 2014. Now semi-retired, 12 years in the role, Peter left Emerson experience in commerce, ensuring that
James continues to work with the in January 2013 to return to North value for money is achieved in all areas
merged Trust, managing several high- Yorkshire and is working part time of operation.
profile capital investment projects. James as a Financial Consultant. Andy joined the Board of YCH in 2015.
also served for 23 years in the Royal Navy Peter was appointed to the Board of In his time with the Board, he was also
as a marine reservist and rose to a senior CCH in September 2013. In addition to Chair of its Audit and Risk Committee.
rank, holding several command and staff his work with CCH, Peter is also currently
positions along the way. a Non-Executive Director with the
James was elected Chair of YCH in Humber NHS Trust (serving as Chair of
November 2017. Prior to his involvement its Audit Committee); The British Wool
with YCH, James had also held a number Marketing Board; and a governing
of other non-executive director roles member at York St. John University.
for organisations including the
Cambridge Centre (a local drug and
alcohol rehabilitation charity) and
served as a Trustee of Lady Lumley’s
charitable foundation.
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Fay Yeomans Judith Jones Kate Abson
Fay’s professional background is in Judith has over 30 years of experience Kate is a chartered surveyor and
media and broadcasting. She spent in delivering housing services and member of the Royal Institution of
over 25 years working for the BBC, community regeneration in the north Chartered Surveyors (RICS). She has
the majority of which was spent east. Her career included time as a significant experience in strategic
in Scarborough working for BBC housing Inspector with the Audit asset management, new build housing
Radio York. Fay began her career as a Commission and prior to retirement, development, and commercial property
broadcast reporter, focusing on the Judith was Deputy Chief Executive of management having worked for
local community news. She would go St. Leger Homes of Doncaster. Judith Durham County Council for over 15 years
on to become Producer of Radio York’s has strong skills in leadership and and now for a north-east based housing
afternoon show. During her time with performance which was demonstrated association as Director of Development.
the broadcaster, Fay also had extensive in her track record of delivering value Kate is responsible for leading a 1,500
involvement with the Broadcast, for money for St. Leger. She remains homes new build development and
Entertainment, Communication and fully committed to helping local people regeneration strategy in her current role,
Theatre Union, representing members through excellent service delivery and and is very much committed to ensuring
on a range of issues. Since retirement investment in neighbourhoods through good quality housing is provided for
in 2011, Fay has indulged her passion for her non-executive role. local residents.
travel and developing her skills in Judith joined the Board of YCH in Kate joined the Board of Beyond Housing
foreign languages. November 2012. In her time with YCH, in November 2018.
Fay was appointed to the Board of YCH she was also appointed Vice Chair and
in November 2015. In her time with the Chair of the Governance and Senior
Board she was also its People and Management Remuneration Committee.
EDI champion.
13The Board
Richard Frankland Samuel Hardwick Sue Cash
Richard is a qualified solicitor and has Sam holds a degree in electrical Starting as a graduate trainee, Sue’s
worked extensively in local government engineering and Masters in Business and professional career has mostly been
since qualifying in the early eighties. Entrepreneurship. Sam’s professional spent working within the NHS. After
He has held senior positions within career began as part of one of the a few years in the engineering and
a number of large local authorities UK’s fastgrowing companies. In an construction sectors, Sue returned to the
in the North East. Richard has apprentice style role, Sam worked NHS taking a role within its public health
worked extensively in town planning, closely with the Chief Executive and function. Sue would rise to take on the
development and housing law over Executive Team to design and execute role of Head of Public Health for NHS
the course of his career. Prior to his a number of strategic projects across Tees, developing strategic partnerships
retirement, Richard was Director of the business – including establishing with local authorities and clinicians at
Corporate Resources with Redcar & start-up subsidiaries, appraisal of Board level to improve public well-being.
Cleveland Borough Council. potential acquisitions and a major due Sue is passionate about the difference
Richard was appointed to the Board of diligence exercise in preparation for good housing can make to individuals
CCH in July 2011. a public sale. Sam left the business in life chances based on her career
2009 to pursue other personal business experiences. Sue was appointed to the
interests, incubating and launching a Board of CCH in October 2010. Sue also
number of innovative projects in recent sits on the Board of a local industrial and
years. Examples include launching an provident society and is a trustee for a
award-winning sustainable holiday site local branch of a national charity.
in the Yorkshire Dales, two community
enterprises in north Leeds and a large
children’s visitor attraction which opened
in 2016. Sam joined the Board of CCH in
October 2013.
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The Executive
Team
Rosemary Du Rose Tom Hainey Tracy O’Neill
Chief Executive Executive Director, Property Executive Director, Customers
Rosie’s early career was in the Civil & Development & Communities
Service and she then spent a significant Tom spent the first 15 years of his career Tracy began her career in housing
amount of time in financial services in local government, firstly as a graduate with Langbaurgh Borough Council in
and telecoms (Legal & General, Friends trainee in Fife followed by roles in the 1985. In 1990 she was appointed as
Provident, T-Mobile and O2). She joined Scottish Borders, Moray and finally a District Estates Manager, leading a
the housing sector in 2009, taking on the as Head of Housing at East Lothian front-line housing team for the Redcar,
role of Executive Director of Operations Council. For the decade that followed, Dormanstown and Marske areas for
for Home Group, a position that she Tom ran his own consultancy, working Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council.
held until joining Beyond Housing at on key projects such as the Glasgow Following the stock transfer, Tracy
the beginning of 2019. Her experience stock transfer and a major estate has been promoted several times. In
and skills are very much focused regeneration project in Dunfermline. more recent years, Tracy was Coast &
on creating the best customer and He returned to his rural roots as Chief Country Housing’s Head of Community
colleague experience – ensuring that the Executive of a community housing Investment, leading on community
organisation can thrive and grow against trust in Inverness before becoming regeneration for the old Blayberry,
a backdrop of change. Director of Asset Management with Fife Burnmoor and Westfield estates and
Housing Group. Prior to joining Coast & developing its Journey into Work projects,
Country Housing in January 2017, Tom aimed at improving skills and helping
was Director of Asset Management customers get back into work.
at Curo Group in Bath. Tom became In 2015 Tracy was appointed as a
Beyond Housing’s Executive Director Director of the National Give Us a Chance
of Property & Development in October Board, a leading employment and
2018. Tom is a member of the Institute skills consortium in the social housing
of Asset Management and Fellow of the sector. She was appointed as Director of
Chartered Institute of Housing. Customer Services at Coast & Country
Housing in March 2015, becoming
Executive Director of Customers &
Communities at Beyond Housing in
October 2018.
16Kevin Hanlon
Chief Finance Officer
Kevin will join Beyond Housing on 1st
July from Chesterfield Council where
he is currently the Director of Finance
& Resources. Kevin is an ACMA, CGMA
Chartered Management Accountant
with over 25 years of experience in the
finance sector. He has worked in both
the public and private sector, including
PwC, Lloyds Bank and Leeds University.
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Role profile
Purpose of the role: Key responsibilities: Conduct of Board business:
• To provide leadership and Strategic leadership: • Ensures that decisions
strategic direction to the • Provides focused strategic taken by the Committee
Audit & Risk Committee to leadership and direction to are in the best interests of
provides assurance on all the work of the Committee, the organisation and its
matters covered by Beyond ensuring compatibility customers and promote the
Housing’s regulatory and with the setting of the highest quality standards
compliance framework. vision, mission, values and effective service
• To ensure that the and standards for the integration.
Committee delivers an organisation. • Works in accordance with
annual assessment of • Promotes good governance the organisation’s Code of
the quality of the internal and ensures that the Conduct and the National
control environment and Committee’s affairs are Housing Federation Code of
the effectiveness of risk and conducted in accordance Governance.
audit systems to the Board. with generally accepted • Participates in reviews of
• To provide effective Chairing performance and propriety Committee performance,
and ensuring that decisions and that its obligations to both individual and
taken by the Committee its stakeholders and others, collective, attending training
are in the best interests of including its regulators, when required; participating
the board, the organisation are fully understood and in opportunities for learning
and its customers, and delivered. and development and
promote the highest quality • Provides leadership on keeping up to date with
standards and effective equality and diversity sector matters.
service delivery. matters ensuring this is • Diligently prepares for
reflected in all that the and attends Board and
organisation does. Committee meetings,
making an active
contribution to discussions
and decision making.
• In the event of unavoidable
absence from a meeting,
provide comments and
questions in advance on
the relevant papers to the
Board and ensure cover for
chairing at Committee.
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Risk and performance: • Leads on value for money, Promoting the organisation:
• Ensures that legal and social understands the costs of • Be an ambassador for the
responsibilities are met, the business and sets organisation; help build its
and that the organisation’s targets relating to securing brand and public image,
affairs are conducted to value for money. ensuring an effective
accepted standards of • Agrees policies and make regional and national profile
performance and propriety. decisions on all matters in consultation with the
• Ensures that social housing that might create significant Chief Executive
assets are not put at risk. financial or other risk to the • Represent the organisation
organisation. with key stakeholders,
• Determines the
organisation’s approach Working with the Executive: such as regulators and
to risk, establishing its risk • As a Committee Chair you decision-makers.
appetite and tolerances. are expected to maintain • Attend ad-hoc meetings
• Approves an appropriate, good relationships with as required (for example,
robust and prudent business the Chair of the Board residents’ meetings) and
planning, risk and control other Board Members, travelling as required to
framework and reviews its the Executive and other promote the values and
effectiveness at least once a key members of staff and purpose of the organisation.
year. with external stakeholders,
particularly residents,
• Establishes ambitious but Homes England, the
financially prudent strategic Regulator of Social Housing,
policies and plans to achieve and any other related
organisational objectives statutory agencies.
and approves each year’s
budget and accounts prior
to publication.
• Monitors the organisation’s
performance in relation to
plans, budgets, controls and
decisions, and ensures that
the organisation is well run
and viable.
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Person specification
Experience and knowledge: Skills and abilities: • Assesses risk and promotes
• Governance, organisational • Ability and vision to lead and risk awareness without
leadership and represent the organisation, being risk averse.
management experience. giving a clear sense of • Excellent communication
• Experience of operating strategic direction skills. Able to read,
effectively at high levels • Presents views with understand and analyse
within an organisation, knowledge and both written and numerical
and a proven ability in understanding of the reports presented to the
influencing decision making. wider strategic context. Board for decision and
information and to draw
• Empathy with the purpose • The ability to work with out points for discussion.
of the social housing and/ the Executive to drive
or direct experience of the business forward in a • IT literate and able to review
working in the sector with positive way. and analyse large and
knowledge of the regulatory • Skilled in listening to input complex data.
environment in which the from others and to enable • Able to be an organisational
organisation operates and all committee members to ambassador, operate
the expectations of the make a full contribution, effectively at all levels
Regulator. while challenging in a and committed to
constructive way and developing positive external
building consensus through relationships that generate
persuasive discussion. confidence and respect.
• Able to make balanced
and informed decisions,
analysing performance,
financial and other
information.
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Personal qualities: • Works well in a team, with Specific to this vacancy:
• Shared vision and values of a collaborative style that • Prior Board or Committee
the organisation. engages people at all levels experience, experience of
and promotes positive an Audit & Risk Committee
• A strong leader with a relationships throughout
high degree of probity and will be especially welcome.
the organisation and
integrity. its partners. • Chairing experience will be
• A commitment to the advantageous.
• Committed to
interests of current and accountability, openness, • Up-to-date strategic
future residents and the transparency and equality of finance knowledge.
enthusiasm to implement opportunity. • A finance or audit or other
change and improve relevant qualification would
services. • Has the necessary time
commitment for the role. also be welcome but is not
• A decisive and effective essential; and
decision maker who leads • Keen to join a new
organisation with ambition • Strong insight into business
by example with an assurance and compliance,
open, engaging and for the future with a
continued commitment ideally from a regulated
enthusing style. sector, and with a similar
to complete integration
• A personal and professional and deliver on merger sized/complex (or larger)
credibility that will commitments. organisation.
command confidence at
all levels.
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Board member
Role profile
Purpose of the role: Key responsibilities: Conduct of Board business:
• The Board is collectively Strategic leadership: • Ensures that decisions taken
responsible for ensuring the • Provides focused strategic by the Board are in the best
success of the organisation leadership and direction interests of the organisation
and ensuring its compliance to the work of the and its customers and
with all legal and regulatory organisation, setting the promote the highest quality
obligations by setting and vision, mission, values standards and effective
monitoring the strategic and standards for service integration.
direction of the organisation, the organisation. • Works in accordance with
as well as ensuring the organisation’s Code of
the Board fulfils it • Promotes good governance
and ensures that the Conduct and the National
Trustee responsibilities. Housing Federation Code
organisation’s affairs are
• Board Members, as part conducted in accordance of Governance.
of the Board team, with generally accepted • Participates in reviews of
determine and uphold performance and propriety Board performance, both
the organisation’s and that its obligations to individual and collective,
vision, mission, values its stakeholders and others, attending training when
and strategies. including its regulators, required; participating in
• Board members provide are fully understood opportunities for learning
effective governance of the and delivered. and development and
organisation, ensuring that • Provides leadership on keeping up to date with
decisions taken by the equality and diversity sector matters.
Board are in the best matters ensuring this is • Diligently prepares
interests of the organisation reflected in all that the for and attends Board
and its customers, and organisation does. meetings, making an active
promote the highest quality contribution to discussions
standards and effective and decision making.
service delivery.
• In the event of unavoidable
• Each Board member is absence from a meeting,
expected to take on a provide comments and
Committee role too. questions in advance on
the relevant papers to the
meeting Chair.
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Risk and performance: • Monitors the organisation’s Promoting the organisation:
• Ensures that legal and social performance in relation to • Be an ambassador for the
responsibilities are met, plans, budgets, controls and organisation; help build its
and that the organisation’s decisions, and ensures that brand and public image,
affairs are conducted to the organisation is well run ensuring an effective
accepted standards of and viable. regional and national
performance and propriety. • Leads on value for money, profile in consultation with
• Ensures that social housing understands the costs of the Chief Executive.
assets are not put at risk. the business and sets • Represent the organisation
targets relating to securing with key stakeholders,
• Determines the value for money.
organisation’s approach such as regulators and
to risk, establishing its risk • Agrees policies and make decision-makers.
appetite and tolerances. decisions on all matters • Attend ad-hoc meetings
that might create significant as required (for example,
• Approves an appropriate, financial or other risk to
robust and prudent business residents’ meetings) and
the organisation. travelling as required to
planning, risk and control
framework and reviews its Working with the Executive: promote the values and
effectiveness at least once • Board members are purpose of the organisation.
a year. accountable to the Chair
• Establishes ambitious but of the Board. They are
financially prudent strategic expected to maintain good
policies and plans to achieve relationships with other
organisational objectives members of the Board,
and approves each year’s the Executive and other
budget and accounts prior key members of staff and
to publication. with external stakeholders,
particularly residents,
Homes England, the
Regulator of Social Housing,
and any other related
statutory agencies.
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Person specification
Experience and knowledge: Skills and abilities: • Excellent communication
• Governance, organisational • Ability and vision to lead and skills. Able to read,
leadership and represent the organisation, understand and analyse
management experience. giving a clear sense of both written and numerical
strategic direction. reports presented to the
• Experience of operating Board for decision and
effectively at high levels • Presents views with information and to draw
within an organisation, knowledge and out points for discussion.
and a proven ability in understanding of the
influencing decision making. wider strategic context. • IT literate and able to review
and analyse large and
• Empathy with the purpose • Skilled in listening to others complex data.
of the social housing and/ contributions, challenging
or direct experience of in a constructive way and • Able to be an organisational
working in the sector with building consensus through ambassador, operate
knowledge of the regulatory persuasive discussion. effectively at all levels
environment in which the and committed to
• Able to make balanced developing positive external
organisation operates and informed decisions,
and the expectations of relationships that generate
analysing performance, confidence and respect.
the Regulator. financial and other
information.
• Assesses risk and promotes
risk awareness without
being risk averse.
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Personal qualities: • Works well in a team, with Specific to this vacancy:
• Shared vision and values a collaborative style that • Insight into good
of the organisation. engages people at all levels governance and
and promotes positive appreciation of the
• A strong leader with a relationships throughout
high degree of probity executive and non-
the organisation and executive relationship;
and integrity. its partners.
• A commitment to the • Demonstrable experience
• Committed to accountability, in strategic thinking and
interests of current and openness, transparency and
future residents and decision making.
equality of opportunity.
the enthusiasm to • A professional background
implement change and • Has the necessary time in one of the following:
improve services. commitment for the role. legal field; digital
• A decisive and effective • Keen to join a new consumer services;
decision maker who leads organisation with ambition or the development of
by example with an open, for the future with a new homes.
engaging and continued commitment
enthusing style. to complete integration
and deliver on merger
• A personal and professional commitments.
credibility that will
command confidence
at all levels.
27Key terms and
conditions
Remuneration Time commitment Terms of office
Chair of Audit & Risk role, £9,000 The estimated time commitment The tenure length for both roles is
per annum. for both roles is around two to three years. This can be renewed
Board Member, £6,000 per annum. three days per month. subject to a satisfactory appraisal
This covers the need to be available and an assessment of Board/
You will also be able to claim for
for strategy days, training, scheme Committee skill requirements. The
travel expenses.
visits and other ad hoc meetings and length of tenure is usually
events from time to time. six years, with an option for an
annual extension thereafter, up
The Chair of Audit & Risk will be
to a maximum of nine years.
a member of that Committee and
the Board. Location
In addition to their main Board role, Meetings usually take place at the
the Board Member will be asked Redcar and Scarborough offices,
to join a Committee, and this will as well as other venues in
be further discussed during the the region.
selection process.
28www.beyondhousing.co.uk
Key dates and the
selection process
Close for application: 12 noon, on First interviews: Tuesday 9th & Final interviews: Monday 15th &
Monday 24th June 2019 Wednesday 10th July 2019 Tuesday 16th July 2019
We will be in touch with candidates Longlisted candidates will be invited Shortlisted candidates will be invited
from Thursday 27th June to advise to an interview with a Campbell to an interview with a Beyond
on the outcome of your application. Tickell panel. Housing panel that will include
Venue to be confirmed. the Chair. Beyond Housing Chief
Executive and Campbell Tickell
will also be in attendance.
Venue to be confirmed.
If you are unable to attend on any
of the identified dates for interview,
please do speak to Campbell Tickell
before making an application.
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www.beyondhousing.co.uk
Chair of
Audit & Risk
£9,000 per annum
Board
member
£6,000 per annum
Providing homes that customers want, services they
value, which are delivered by people who care.
Formed last year, Beyond Housing For both roles, it is a given that
asasas
Chair of Audit & Risk, you will
is now firmly established. As a have up-to-date strategic finance you will understand the principles
new entity it has been exciting understanding, perhaps coupled of good governance, but we
to embark upon a journey with with a relevant qualification, as also want people who are
our customers, staff and well as prior Board or Committee self-aware about the way in
stakeholders, as we begin to experience. Offering commercial which they work and contribute.
realise our ambitions. There is acumen, you will be used to approachable, collaborative
a determination to achieve the considering assurance and and ambitious.
very best in all that we do. compliance matters in an Join our team and you will be as
Excellence in governance is at the analogous business. proud as we are to be a part of
core of ensuring we are a strong, Beyond Housing.
viable and forward-thinking Board member, we are open
For an informal conversation,
business. These two roles on to seeing people with a varied
contact Kelly Shaw at Campbell
our main Board, represent our offering but would prioritise
Tickell on 07900 363803. To find
continued commitment to meet experience in the legal field; digital
out more, the candidate pack can
the highest standards in probity consumer services; and/or the
be downloaded at
and strategic decision making. development of new homes. We
www.campbelltickell.com/jobs/
feel this role could especially suit
someone who is looking for their Closes: 12 noon Monday
first Board position. 24th June 2019
31Third Floor Olympic Office Centre 8 Fulton Road Wembley Middlesex HA9 0NU 020 8830 6777 020 3434 0990 (Recruitment) info@campbelltickell.com www.campbelltickell.com
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