Head of Strategic Housing

• 2 days in the office per week
• at the offices in Truro, Cornwall
• within the Planning and Housing Service in the Council’s Sustainable Growth and Development Directorate
• the Council is happy to discuss flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours.

This role will lead the Council’s Strategic Housing service, which manages the total housing supply, needs and issues in Cornwall.

You will play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of housing – as articulated in the ambitions of the Council’s Outcome Delivery Plans and the Cornwall Local Plan. 

You will shape and develop this service, ultimately resulting in the development of strategies to address our housing needs.  A current priority is the implementation of interventions in relation to the delivery of affordable housing, specialist and supported housing and Temporary Accommodation in Cornwall. 

You will lead and develop a strategic commissioning service so that it becomes:

• Confident in strategy development and implementation.
• Demonstrates leadership in the implementation of relevant housing strategies such as the Supported and Specialist Housing Implementation Plan.
• A strong strategic client to the delivery of capital projects, to oversee the delivery of a programme of acquisitions and new build projects to achieve the outputs set out within the Council’s HRA Business Plan and Demand Management Plan
• Developing and nurturing other strategic partnerships to enable housing delivery through partner organisations and the private sector.
• Take advantage of place-based regeneration opportunities to deliver housing and contribute to the delivery and creation of allocated sites within the Local Plan.

Role Reporting

• between 3-5 direct reports, with indirect reports below that
• you will be reporting to the Service Director for Planning and Housing

We are looking for a person who is an experienced and tenacious professional with knowledge and experience in strategic housing and place-based planning and regeneration. This role needs to continue to oversee a change from project delivery to project sponsorship of our capital programme and therefore, experience of delivering transformational change and a strong track record of stakeholder engagement is highly desirable.

Overall, our task is to continue to develop a strategic service with is forward-looking, with a good overview of supply and with a clear ability to develop strategies to solve our housing issues.  We require someone capable of working in a changing environment, has excellent communication skills, a willingness to work collaboratively with us to solve issues and can work across large, multi-functioning organisations. 

• £63,255 - £85,507 per annum salary (Grade 7)
• a defined benefit pension scheme based on your career average earnings as part of the Local Government Pension scheme. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions.
• 26 days annual leave per year (pro-rata), rising to 29 days after five years of continuous service, with the potential to purchase additional leave.

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV.

Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each point marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found on the council's website.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted; please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.