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Selwood Housing – Two Board Members

* Trowbridge, Wiltshire – these are Hybrid roles

* Renumeration - £4802 annum + travel expenses

Time commitment - Four Board and four committee meetings per year plus two away days. Currently, 50% of the meetings are in person and 50% are online.

Selwood Housing provides local, affordable homes. Their purpose is to develop, manage and maintain quality affordable housing and provide support services for the benefit of people in housing need.

They own and manage over 7,000 homes for rent and shared ownership in the southwest and are growing. Their ambition is to build 1,700 more affordable homes by 2034, to help tackle the housing crisis. As a charity, their surplus is reinvested into new homes, their existing properties and into their communities.

They are now seeking two new Board members for their main board. Reporting to the Chair, the focus will be on governance and risk, such as setting strategic direction and agreeing Group values, developing and agreeing the business and financial plan.

The roles will be to ensure compliance with relevant legal and regulatory framework and funding requirements, reviewing and monitoring Selwood Housing Group performance and managing risk as well oversight of the company’s performance in relation to its strategies, plans, budgets and controls.

We are seeking candidates who will be a fully rounded NED contributing to all board discussions but to maintain a balance of skills on the board. We want to hear from applicants with skills and knowledge in the following areas:

* Finance / Accounting ideally CCAB qualified or equivalent

* Housing regulation

This is an exciting time to join them as they look ahead to invest further into their homes, prioritising those areas that they know are most important to their customers, such as repairs, safety, and environmental efficiency. And with a current pipeline of 300 new homes, they can deliver more affordable homes for local people.

Closing date for applications: Midnight, 27th October 2024

Selwood Housing has retained Moon Executive Search to manage this campaign and are therefore unable to accept CVs from third party agencies. All CVs and expressions of interest received will be forwarded directly to Moon Executive Search for consideration