Board Member and Investment Committee member (Co-optee)
Role Profile
As a Board Member, you will work alongside a team of dedicated colleagues who share our vision and aims for the future. Together, the Board brings a diverse range of experiences and skills to support the success of Habinteg. You will help us govern our work, develop and guide our future strategy, and monitor our performance.
The role of a board member is to:
- Act on behalf of the Board and in the best interests of the Association.
- Fulfil and comply with the regulatory, statutory, and legal duties and responsibilities of a board member and those set out in the Association’s governing documents (The Rules, Governance Framework, Code of Conduct, and relevant policies).
- Uphold the Association’s social purpose and mission.
- Contribute to a ‘one team’ approach while bringing your own diversity of thought.
- Use skills, knowledge, and experience to contribute to an effective board.
Responsibilities of a board member are to:
- Lead, inspire, and motivate the Association as part of an effective board.
- Act with a focus on the needs of current and future residents, other customers and stakeholders and be accountable to such.
- Build a constructive relationship with Board colleagues, Executives, other staff and where relevant other stakeholders.
- Contribute to the setting and direction of strategy for the organisation.
- Participate in group decision making by contributing to debate and challenging the views of others where appropriate.
- Utilise and apply skills and knowledge to the work of the Board.
- Contribute to and share responsibility for decisions of the Board (and/or any Committee of which the Board Member is a Member).
- Role-model, uphold and promote the desired culture, values and behaviours as set by the Board including the commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Undertake an annual appraisal with the Chair and commit to achieving any objectives and development needs identified. Attend induction, training and performance review sessions and other such sessions or events as are reasonably required to Attend (save in extremis) all meetings of the Board (and all Committees of which they are a member), to read all Board/Committee papers (as applicable) and to ensure personal effectiveness.
Person Specification
Part One
Ensure that you demonstrate how you meet one or more of the key areas from the requirements listed in Part One in your supporting statement.
We require the following experience and knowledge:
- Extensive senior executive experience of Asset Management including repairs and maintenance
- Experience of development and investment in a comparable organisation
- Knowledge of the social housing sector and regulatory regime
- Knowledge of Health & Safety issues that affect tenants and staff
- Ability to serve as a ‘critical friend’ to help deliver strategic outcomes
- Awareness of accessibility, housing needs, and cost-effective solutions
- Lived experience of disability and/or social housing
Part Two
Skills and abilities:
- A visionary and strategic leader, who inspires and gets the best out of people and teams.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an approachable and engaging style.
- Strong negotiator and influencer, able to work intuitively with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Able to manage risk without being risk averse.
- Able to make sound and balanced judgments and is comfortable with accountability.
- Able to listen to a wide range of contributions, challenge constructively, and achieve consensus in collective decision-making.
Attributes and behaviours:
- Acts in alignment to our core purpose, values, and objectives.
- Champions the rights of customers and service users to be involved and influential.
- Acts with integrity and places a high premium upon transparency and probity.
- Proactively demonstrates a strong commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- A collaborative style that delivers respect and confidence.
- Has the necessary time commitment and capacity for this leadership role.