Role Profile
Purpose
- Determine the focus of Ocean Housing Ltd.’s work and be the custodian of its core purpose, values and objectives.
- To provide leadership for the direction and control of the association by determining the strategic direction, deliver promises to customers, monitor performance and drive continuous improvement.
- To determine and develop strategies and key policies, consistent with the values and objectives of Ocean Housing Ltd and to control the company’s affairs,
- To act within the Rules and the Board’s Terms of Reference, including those decisions recorded in the Standing Orders that cannot be delegated.
Responsibilities
- Promote the long term success of the company and deliver business plans for the benefit of its employees, tenants, customers, suppliers, stakeholders and the wider community.
- Be entrepreneurial to help drive the business forward, whilst maintaining prudent control.
- Establish a business planning, risk and control framework. Understand and monitor risk and stress testing, creating an environment where calculated and considered risk can be taken.
- Have an informed understanding of business operations and ensure the necessary financial, people resources and robust systems of performance management are in place and that the workforce is supported.
- Maintain awareness of external and short-term issues, whilst remaining focused on business strategy and bringing about long-term sustainable value.
- Offer constructive challenge to improve business performance and develop strategy.
- Keep a forecast of key issues as they relate to the company’s business and take the necessary time to continuously develop skills and knowledge.
- Ensure the association engages with local communities and supports community development.
- Participate in annual appraisal and effectiveness reviews and learning and development.
Personal Conduct and Other Responsibilities
- Act in the capacity of a director fulfilling the duties and complying with all applicable statutory, law and fiduciary requirements.
- Uphold Ocean Housing’s Values, Behaviours, Code of Conduct, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and all other strategies, policies and procedures. To ensure the Board operates in accordance with the adopted National Housing Federation Code of Governance.
- Exercise independent judgement with reasonable care, skill and diligence.
- Respect confidentiality of information and avoid conflicts of interest, putting the interests of the company first, ahead of any personal or external influence.
- By personal example, ensure that colleagues are polite, respectful and professional in all their dealings with colleagues, tenants, customers and the wider community.
- By personal example promote effective and efficient working practices and continuous improvement and personal development within the organisation.
- Undertake other responsibilities consistent with those set out above, by agreement with the Board.
*No role description can cover every issue which may arise within the role, and Non-Executive Members are expected to carry out other duties from time to time which are broadly consistent with those in this document.
Time commitment
- Time to attend meetings of the Board and other appropriate committees and deal with applicable issues.
- Attend training and briefing sessions.
- Attend Board strategic / planning and Away Day sessions.
- Sufficient meeting preparation time, including reading reports and other associated documents.