Ready to realise the remarkable? If you have the vision, enthusiasm and experience to make a lasting difference to Luton and our people, we want to hear from you. Together, let’s make everyone feel at home in Luton.
About the job
Salary: Up to £98,309 (£88,879 - £94,319 a year plus £3,990 car benefit)
Hours per week: As required
Contract type: Permanent
With a bold agenda, Luton is bursting with potential. Our “Luton 2020-2040 A place to thrive,” is a town-wide vision built to ensure that everyone in Luton has the opportunity to thrive and no-one has to live in poverty.
As a Council, we want to make sure our residents flourish. Housing is key to achieving this goal and although housing supply remains an ongoing challenge amongst our diverse communities, we are confident we can succeed in our vision.
But to help us we need a highly experienced leader to provide critical strategic direction across the Council’s full range of housing services. With a proven track record of driving change within a housing context, you will address prime challenges across the borough and optimise new housing opportunities in line with our corporate aims. Together, let’s make everyone feel at home in Luton.
Closing date: 1st March 2021
Longlisting interview date: 12th March 2021
Final interview date: 23rd March 2021
Application process
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our senior management team and would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates who are currently underrepresented within the council.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Laura Church on 01582 546433.
To apply, please click here
Benefits
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:
- generous holiday entitlement
- relocation package available up to £8,500 (subject to meeting eligibility criteria)
Dear Candidate,
Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of our leadership team here in Luton. This is a challenging but exciting time for us and a chance to drive development and make a real difference for our future.
As a council we have everything we need to ensure our residents flourish, although housing supply remains an ongoing challenge within our diverse communities.
To help tackle this we have defined a bold agenda “Luton A place to Thrive 2020 to 2040” that will ensure that no-one lives in poverty by 2040.
We’re looking for a highly experienced leader to provide strategic direction and continually boost performance in a range of housing services, including Building & Technical Services, Housing Needs, Housing Operations and Housing Development.
Resident engagement is vital to our future and you must therefore possess a strong ability to connect, enthuse and collaborate with our diverse communities, as well as key housing partners and your talented workforce.
With a proven track record of leading change within a housing context, you will address the prime challenges across the borough including reducing temporary accommodation levels and rough sleeping, driving forward plans for new build homes, and ensuring our housing stock is safe and of the highest possible quality for our residents. You will also optimise housing opportunities in line with our mission to build 400 new units over the next few years.
Ready to realise the remarkable? If you have the vision, enthusiasm and experience to make a lasting difference to Luton and its’ people, we want to hear from you.
Yours sincerely,
Laura Church
Deputy Chief Executive and Corporate Director Population Wellbeing
