Housing Policy, Projects & Strategy Manager

Do you want to play a key role in ensuring our community has access to the housing it needs?
Do you have experience of researching and developing housing-related policies and strategies?
Do you have the skills to engage and empower colleagues and partners to implement approaches positively, consistently and innovatively?

If the answer is yes to these questions, we would like you to join our team.

The Role:-

As part of the Housing Management Team you will work with colleagues to support the Council’s strategic and policy direction for housing across the town. Leading the development of the council’s approach to ensuring we have the suitable and sufficient homes for residents and preventing homeless, you will work with internal and external stakeholders to undertake the oversight, delivery and monitoring of all the housing related strategies and policies. These include the Housing Strategy, the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy, Supported Housing Strategy and the Private Sector Renewal Policy.

This role will inform the work of colleagues investing and developing in new settled and temporary homes as well as providing the information to improve and enable continual improvement and better operational outcomes in preventing homelessness. You will need to work on your own initiative and be able to collaborate easily with a wide range of stakeholders within and outside Watford, from elected members to council staff, statutory and community organisations as well as residents.

We actively manage talent within our team and are committed to supporting your development, and in particular as we see changes in local government, we will ensure you are prepared and supported to make the most of your ambition and aspirations.

We are an organisation that actively supports agile working, building on the outstanding success of flexible working practices developed during the pandemic. Our Town Hall is within easy walking distance of our fantastic town centre with access to a wide range of shops, cafes and bars, as well as award winning open spaces such as Cassiobury Park. With local connections to the Metropolitan line, London Overground and other mainline services at Watford Junction, we are ideally located for convenient commuting from both London and across Hertfordshire.

We look forward to working with you.

What we offer:
- Salary starting from £44,706.00
- 28 days’ holiday per annum (rising to 33 days for long service)
- Pension scheme with generous employer contribution
- Flexible and agile working
- Learning and development opportunities
- Season ticket loan
- EV Car leasing scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Discounted leisure centre membership
- Employee volunteering schemes
- Access to a branded shopping discounts platform and discounted activities and days out

Sound exciting? Come and join our team, come and make a difference.

Successful applicants will need to attend our Assessment Centre.

To find out more about the post contact Liz Smale on 01923 278951 or liz.smale@watford.gov.uk

Closing date: 9am 13th January 2025

Unfortunately, late applications cannot be accepted.

At Watford Borough Council we consider equality issues alongside other factors when making decisions as an employer of choice. We are committed to ensuring that we have effective policies, strategies, procedures, and processes and that we encourage behaviour which promotes equality, encourages diversity, and contributes to an inclusive organisational culture.