Job Introduction
What you’ll do
Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) is one of London's leading housing associations and is on an exciting journey to create better places and communities where people can thrive for the long term. Our residents have told us that a sense of community plays a crucial role in their overall experience. They need a place they can call home and a community they can feel a part of and engage with.
As a Social and Economic Programme Lead you will play a key role in shaping and delivering social and economic change and opportunities for residents and the communities, we work in.
You will deliver enterprise, wellbeing, employment, economic inclusion, youth development and education and skills initiatives in line with the vision and objectives of NHG's Better Together Corporate Strategy with a particular focus on our Customer Strategy.
How you’ll do it
Developing, leading, and professionally managing key social economic programmes to ensure they are aligned with key priorities of NHG's Corporate strategy and help to deliver quantifiable social value, empower our residents, reduce isolation and improve community cohesion.
You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring that the social and economic programmes we deliver are successful for both our residents and NHG.
Lead on the delivery of a robust social and economic wellbeing programme that is resident focused and meets or exceeds outputs required to achieve contractual obligations in line with NHG’s Placemaking Strategies.
Identify an appropriate range of strategic partners and/or social and economic wellbeing programmes to assist in delivering social and economic programme objectives and ensure commissioned services provide value for money to NHG.
Develop and maintain strong and effective collaborative relationships to ensure a coordinated and cohesive approach to delivery between NHG staff, third party partners, external stakeholders, and customers.
Undertake detailed programme planning, management implementation and evaluation to ensure programmes are delivered to a high standard, on time and to budget, and deliver their anticipated benefits and ensure lessons learnt are fed back into a process of improving programme development.
The Ideal Candidate
We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.
Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.
Essential:
- Experience of developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with key stakeholders and potential business partners.
- Experience of delivering programmes that meet business needs.
- Working knowledge and strong understanding of social and economic regeneration policy and practice.
- Excellent engagement and communication skills, with experience of presenting to a variety of audiences.
- Experience working autonomously, being self-motivated and resourceful on a varied programme.
Desirable:
- Professionally qualified and /or equivalent and/or considerable experience and/or demonstrable ability in social & economic investment.
- Degree level qualification.
Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.
What’s in it for you?
Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.
Benefits include:
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
- Health cash plan
- Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
- Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Life Assurance x 4 annual salary
All about us
Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 60,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,500 staff.
For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:
We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments. To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/
Selection Process
Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 10 May 2024.
Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessment
Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview
Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via jobs@nhg.org.uk.
Should a redeployee apply for this role, their application will be considered before any others.
NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.
