Head of Homelessness

Office Location: Hybrid

Salary: £69,362.00 (pay award pending)

Contract Type: Full-time / Permanent

We’re looking for a Head of Homelessness. This is a new and important role for us.

We’re an award winning and growing charity, with a national reach and an ambition to help everyone in our community flourish. Our community is already 2,000 people strong, 700 colleagues whom we employ and 1300 people that we support every day.

Everybody says that they want to end homelessness, but the numbers are going the wrong way so we’re looking for an experienced leader with the drive to design and deliver innovative services, including remodelling and reshaping existing services, so we can be of more help in homeless prevention and resettlement.

We need someone to provide excellent leadership, sector expertise, direction and effective operational oversight in shaping and growing SJOG’s homeless prevention plans across the UK, and that means that you will need to have an excellent knowledge and understanding of the implications of local government issues, legislation and statutory obligations, which affect homeless services.

We are ambitious for the people that we are here to support, we do cutting edge work and have an ambition to be exceptional in the outcomes we achieve.

Come and help us?

Essential skills, attributes and experience

• Experience of multi-site operational management across the UK.
• Senior operational/strategic level.
• Deep knowledge and understanding of legislation, policy, procedures and practices in homelessness and rough sleeping.
• Strategic knowledge and understanding of the commissioning environment and contract management
• Demonstrable ability to interpret strategic needs and design innovative homeless services with measurable personalised outcomes so people can thrive.
• The ability to develop and shape homeless prevention strategies, monitor and report to the Executive Management Team.
• Ensure high compliance and lead a team that provides exceptional service delivery.
• Promote the core values of hospitality, compassion and respect in everything you do.

Benefits and Rewards:

• Annual leave entitlement of 33 days (pro-rata) including bank and public holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Hybrid working for this role is permitted however an element of office presence will be required

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An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (which we will pay for) will be required for the role.

(Please be aware that applications will be assessed upon receipt, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date).

If you would like an informal discussion about the role please contact Dr Lisa Alcorn, Chief Operating Officer at lisaalcorn@sjog.org.uk  in the first instance