Director of Housing

Director of Housing Lead a housing service through regulatory scrutiny, cultural change, and operational complexity. Two councils, 200+ staff and nearly 7,000 properties. Salary: Competitive Location: Suffolk (Endeavour House, Ipswich) Hybrid working with strong on-site presence Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils are proud of the progress we''ve made in housing over the past few years, but we''re honest about the fact that there''s still work to do. We want a service that places residents at the centre and that they can trust, that meets the highest standards of safety and quality, that strengthens our communities and that is connected to the wider ambitions for our districts. You will be stepping into a service that has been through major transformation and seen significant improvements to tenant outcomes. There''s a strong foundation, and we want to ensure that this progress is sustained, especially around compliance, repairs performance, and customer experience. Our current areas of focus are embedding our neighbourhood management offer to tenants, improving our void performance, bringing all our homes up to the Decent Homes Standard and developing a new Asset Management Strategy. We have just completed a mock inspection and expect a formal regulatory inspection within the next year, so your leadership will be critical from day one. You will lead a service that spans two districts, with distinct geographies and political priorities, and manage a significant budget ..... full job details .....