The Role

Cloch’s vision is to deliver services which exceed expectations. The role of Depute CEO – Finance, IT and Corporate Services is integral to not only leading the finance, governance and support services of the Association, but the overall strategic direction of Cloch.

The main purpose of this role is for the post-holder to ensure the resources of Cloch Housing Association are deployed effectively and efficiently to maximise our financial and wider support services performance. The remit covers a range of services including HR, governance, communications, compliance and Board support, IT, performance reporting, risk, and financial management. Furthermore, deputising for the CEO during a period of growth and transformation is an outstanding leadership opportunity.

In this role you’ll need to be passionate about value for money and service excellence, championing a customer-focused culture across the organisation to continue to drive continuous improvement and build capacity and resilience. For this you will need experience in a Leadership Team role, energy, ambition, and possess the ability to manage a diverse range of responsibilities effectively.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leadership and Strategic Direction: taking a lead role across all matters of corporate strategy and working collaboratively with the Leadership Team.

• Finance, IT and Corporate Management: responsibility to manage, coordinate and control allocated resources to ensure the delivery of excellent services are delivered to the highest standards in line with customer needs and expectations.

• Performance: monitoring the performance outcomes of the team whilst producing reports for Board and contributing to overall performance.

• Continuous Improvement: ensuring the team are empowered and equipped to deliver and challenge the status quo to develop innovative solutions.

The full job description and person specification for the post can be found within our recruitment pack

Who Are Cloch?

Cloch Housing Association is a registered social landlord operating in Inverclyde, Scotland. Our office is in Greenock, which has excellent transport links and a beautiful coastal travel route in both directions. In 2018, the Association celebrated its 50th year in operation and today we own over 1400 properties across the local area, with 50% of our houses being built after the year 2000. Many of our staff having been with us for over 20 years and we have a family feel culture, where everyone is highly valued. We provide quality housing and responsive customer service to ensure that we place communities and their people at the heart of everything we do.

It is an exciting time to be joining the Cloch team as we embark on a period of positive change. Between 2023 and 2026, we have ambitious plans to grow as an organisation. This is underpinned by working with outstanding colleagues, Staff & Board, who care, are forward-looking and committed to being the best we can be, which is supported by a culture that encourages innovation, collaboration, and solutions to combat the hurdles that present in our housing sector.

What Do We Offer?

• Salary Range: £71,089 - £74,134 (Grade 10)

• 8 Weeks Annual Leave Including Public Holidays

• Hybrid and Flexible Working Environment

• Learning and Development Culture

• Family Friendly Policies

• Paws Policy (opportunity to bring your dog to work)

• Teambuilding Sessions

• Staff Involvement in the Development of the Organisation

• Dedicated Volunteering Time

• Lunch and Learns

• Health and Wellbeing Initiatives

• Counselling Service

• Professional Membership Fees

Culture and Values at Cloch

At Cloch, our people are crucial to our success. We pride ourselves on our ability to work together in achieving our objectives and have worked together to build an inclusive, diverse, and transparent culture where our employees are involved in key decision making and are provided with a platform to grow with us.

This ethos is underpinned by our core values:

• Be Kind – to yourself, to others and in your approach to our services.

• Be Positive – in attitude.

• Be Better – and always look to improve everything.

• Be Responsible – for yourself, your customers, and your community.

How to Fit at Cloch

We believe in a “can do” and reflective approach to life and learning. Change is welcomed here as we continually explore new ways of working and challenge existing processes to enhance how we do things.

Fit is important to us, and we know this will be important to you, so we would love to hear from you if you are someone who:

• Shared our values.

• Likes to be hands-on in their approach.

• Is open and honest in their communication style.

• Encourages others in their development and decision-making.

• Holds an overall positive outlook and inspires others through this.