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Lead the strategic and operational delivery of temporary accommodation services to ensure homeless households receive suitable support. Drive service transformation and manage significant contracts and budgets to reduce reliance on emergency accommodation.
Requires significant senior management experience in housing or homelessness services with strong knowledge of relevant legislation. Must have a proven track record in delivering service transformation and managing large-scale operational budgets.
Birmingham City Council is seeking an exceptional Strategic Lead – Temporary Accommodation Service to lead one of the city's most critical homelessness services.
This high-profile leadership role is responsible for the strategic and operational management of Temporary Accommodation provision across Birmingham, ensuring homeless households receive suitable accommodation and support while the Council delivers against its statutory duties in a financially sustainable way.
Reporting to the Head of Service, you will lead the development of innovative temporary accommodation solutions, oversee significant accommodation contracts and budgets, and drive service transformation that improves outcomes for residents whilst reducing reliance on costly emergency accommodation.
We are looking for a strategic leader with significant experience managing complex housing services and delivering change within a demanding operational environment.
You will bring:
This is a unique opportunity to lead a service that sits at the heart of Birmingham's response to homelessness. You will play a key role in shaping the future of temporary accommodation provision, influencing city-wide housing solutions and delivering meaningful improvements for some of the city's most vulnerable residents. As part of one of the largest local authorities in Europe, you'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact while helping to drive the transformation of Housing Services.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
For any informal enquires please contact: [email protected]
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.
Job Description and Person Specification - A9553 Strategic Lead Temporary Accommodation Homeless Centre JDPS.doc
We are a disability confident employer and we encourage applicants with disabilities to apply. We also welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed. Non-UK applicants (excluding Ireland) may need to apply for a visa from the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and may require a Certificate of Sponsorship from Birmingham City Council for a skilled worker visa (if the job is eligible).
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Local Government for Birmingham, England. Birmingham City Council, based in The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB, is the largest local authority in the UK. Serving a population of over a million citizens. Corporate Plan Birmingham and its citizens face significant opportunities and challenges and the council must be bold, ambitious, and confident: Bold in its aspiration, ambitious in setting its priorities, and confident in its ability to delivering them. The Corporate Plan 2022 to 2026 provides a common basis for our strategic planning and a focus on tackling inequalities and creating opportunities for citizens to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Our strategic outcomes and priorities A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games. An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive. A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness. A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people. A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature. Follow us on social media https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20179/news_and_publications/537/social_media
Offices: The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, - B1 1BB, GB
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