Assistant Director Business Change (PMD) When registering to this job board you will be redirected to the online application form. Please ensure that this is completed in full in order that your application can be reviewed. Assistant Director Business Change (PMD) Location: Ashington Contract: Permanent Hours: 37 per week Salary: Competitive Closing Date: Monday 14th April 2025, 12-noon. Are you an experienced senior leader in the social housing sector looking for your next step? Do you have a proven track record of successful change management and experience in a leadership position that will play a key role within the team to deliver excellent value for money services to residents? If so, we have an excellent opportunity for you to join a forward-thinking Housing Association as their Assistant Director of Business Change within our Property Repairs & Maintenance service. About the role: Responsible for the research, development and project management of improvements, designed to enhance the delivery of value for money repair services across Bernicia’s arears of operation. Reporting to the Managing Director, you’ll drive improvements that respond to our tenants’ and business needs, and help manage a high-quality, cost-effective and efficient service. About you: You’ll need: Educated to degree level or equivalent and / or professionally qualified in construction management or a related discipline and / or the ability to demonstrate relevant experience. Experience in the delivery of efficient, compliant and customer focused repairs and maintenance services within a social housing setting. Demonstrate a track record of proven experience of leadership, motivation and engaging teams and successfully delivering the required outcomes in a performance driven culture. Proven ability to effectively manage budgets, analyse trends and build up forecasting ensuring value for money and demonstrate commercial acumen. You will have strategic and operational budget and contract management experience reflecting the scale and complexity of our services, being able to manage and deliver service improvements whilst achieving efficiency and excellent customer service. Experience in delivering change management processes. You'll have an extensive knowledge of the legal framework within which our services work and you will also be able to build strong and effective business relationships, both internally and externally. Experience of consulting with customers/stakeholders and transforming ideas into actions. Full driving licence. The Benefits: 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) for full time employees; pro-rata to part time employees. Working from home up to 2 days per week, if relevant to the role. Health cash plan membership so you can save money by claiming cash back – over £1000 each year - towards essential healthcare such as dental, optical, physio and loads more. We’ll also cover the costs of including any dependent children in the scheme – up to the age of 21 or 24 if in full time education – that you may have. Access to savings on gym memberships plus cash back and discounts on purchases from major retailers including supermarkets, travel, cinema and more. Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3 x salary. About us: We’re all about helping people in need of housing. We believe a good home makes lots of other things possible, so we provide great homes and services that do just that. We’ve built Bernicia to be a business that people want to be a part of. We’re one of the North East’s largest and most successful housing providers; building, renting, selling and managing homes as well as providing services to over 60,000 customers. Everything about Bernicia is people focused, that’s why we’ve held the Investors in People Gold Award since 2010. We operate within a set of simple, but effective values, which blend perfectly to create our unique ‘Bernicia Way’ culture. This ensures we are customer focused, through working together, respecting each other, being accountable for our actions and demonstrating integrity and leadership. For more information regarding this role, please contact: Stephen Eltringham on (phone number removed) We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised, should we receive a large volume of applications. ________________________________________________________________ The Group is fully committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and we particularly welcome applicants from groups who are currently under represented at Bernicia