• Southern Housing


• Executive Director of Operations


• Location - London and the South East


• Salary - Competitive

We’re one of the largest housing providers in the UK with around 80,000 homes across London, the South East, the Isle of Wight and the Midlands, giving over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own.

At Southern Housing we understand the difference that safe, secure and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.  We offer traditional social housing, shared ownership, affordable rent, private market rent, student accommodation, care and support or outright sales. Our vision is to create communities where everyone has a safe home in a place where they’re proud to live.

Our Chief Operating Officer retires early next year and we are now recruiting to find their replacement. The role will ensure that our services don’t just meet but exceed resident expectations, that the work we do in our communities makes a real difference and that our resident voice is heard in every part of our organisation.

Our new Executive Director of Operations will play a leading role in continuing to develop effective strategic relationships with our local authority partners, lead the delivery of our regulatory consumer objectives and in a post-merger environment make sure we have ‘one view’ of the customer as we continue to enhance our resident experience and meet the demand for digitised services.

This is a key role in our executive team, positively impacting through organisation-wide leadership and strategic planning. Our new executive will provide inspirational leadership with a focus on service excellence, continuous improvement and innovation in how we deliver tailored services to the diverse needs of our residents.

We’re looking for a leader who is motivated by a deep-rooted social purpose; an individual who consistently demonstrates our culture and values and with a successful track record of leading housing management and customer services. Your expertise will ensure that our team delivers a customer experience comparable to the best in the sector. To find out more about the role and our organisation, please click ‘Apply’. For a confidential discussion, please contact Rosie Gunn on 07964 841 007 or Tim Hills on 07393 011 130.

Closing date: Friday 15^th November (23:55)