Policy Advisor - High Wycombe, United Kingdom - Red Kite Community Housing

Red Kite Community Housing
Red Kite Community Housing
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High Wycombe, United Kingdom

1 month ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Reports to:
Head of Governance


Responsible for:
No Direct Reports


Reviewed:
April 2024


Working in:
The Governance Pod

Employment:
Full time - Hybrid working
At Red Kite we don't just work for our tenants, we work with them. We are committed to high
standards of corporate governance and to having policies and services that meet the needs of
our tenants and our staff. Building sustainable communities and a supportive and cohesive
workforce is key to delivering our objectives as a community-based organisation.

The primary focus of this position is to:

  • To provide advice and guidance across the Red Kite Group on housing strategies, policies,
projects, and the requirements of the Regulator of Social Housing Consumer and
Economic Standards,

  • Ensuring that our lines of defence are appropriate and compliant with regulation and
legislations.

  • Responsible for coordinating and managing policies and their renewals.
  • Support ongoing development of the policy and procedure framework, including where
equality, diversity and inclusion assessments are required.

**What we need you to do: - To provide expert advice and guidance on existing and new policies and procedures and

support Equality Impact Assessment activity.

  • Responsible for overseeing and advising on policy compliance with relevant regulations
and legislations from our regulatory bodies such as the Housing Ombudsman and
Regulator of Social Housing.

  • Keep abreast of regulatory and legislative changes that would impact the business and
advice on impact and compliance ahead of change.

  • Working with senior stakeholders on initiatives and projects to improve service delivery
on compliance with regulatory and statutory obligations.

  • Reporting on external benchmarking data housing market analyse, sector risk profile
and Housing Ombudsman spotlight reports and legal case updates, sector reviews to
improve policies, strategies and service delivery.

  • Responsible for developing and maintaining the Red Kite Group policy and procedure
framework.

  • Maintain a master list of all active policies across the business, reviewing dates and
approval routes and updating policy owners when policies are due for review.

  • To administer the database of policies and procedures, archiving, storage and retention
  • To liaise with the Executive Management Team, Board and Committees to gain policy
approvals.

  • To ensure that policy documents are populated with the correct information and following
approval uploaded on the Group's 'Knowledge Sphere' and (where applicable) on our
website.


As a person, you will:


  • Be highly organised, attention to detail, prioritising in a busy environment.
  • Be accurate, diligent and conscientious.
  • Be confident and able to work independently.
  • Be able to support a wide range of staff, each with their own priorities and deadlines
  • Be driven to succeed against your objectives and enjoy knowing that you have played
your part in a successful team.

  • Have an infectious 'can do' attitude that rubs off within the team and instils confidence in
all around you.***- Be able to build and maintain excellent working relationships with our partners and

tenants as well as other key stakeholders.

  • Be a constructive and positive communicator at all times and at all levels with both tenants
and colleagues.

  • Be able to build effective and productive working relationships with staff across the
business.
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