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Recruitment Pack SENIOR LEAD DEVELOPMENT @WeAreTrivallis www.trivallis.co.uk 1 Contents A message from Ian This is an important time at Trivallis and steer us towards doing the very best for our About Trivallis .......................................................................................................................... 4 an important time for our communities and customers and colleagues. customers in Rhondda Cynon Taff and Cardiff, too. Many of the people who work at Trivallis live in About the role ......................................................................................................................... 5 the very towns and villages we serve; some are At Trivallis we are reshaping the organisation even customers of ours, so they see first- so we can tackle head on the challenges we Our vision and values ............................................................................................................. 6 face and deliver on emerging priorities such as hand the impact of our work. You may be from decarbonisation, tackling poverty and building the area yourself, but I am sure that if you are stronger communities. not that you will soon fall in love with the place, Our commitment to our people ............................................................................................ 7 its people and the exciting challenges ahead of To achieve this we need someone who shares us. For me, Trivallis is not just about houses, it this passion and can also bring with them a set is about the whole community – it’s about the Living and working in the Rhondda, Cynon & Taff valleys .................................................. 8 of skills and a fresh perspective that will help people and it’s about the customers. challenge us as we look towards achieving our long-term vision. Importantly, the person who comes into this Our Board ................................................................................................................................ 10 role will have to take all this into account and Yes, our vision is ambitious, but we didn’t come consider the bigger picture and how they can here to just do the basics. This is an organisation help guide the business from a senior level in Our Executive Directors Team .............................................................................................. 12 full of passionate, community focussed people a way that makes a big impact at a customer who want to do all they can to improve lives. level. Employee Benefits ................................................................................................................. 13 This is why we have placed our customers and This is a fantastic opportunity to come into a communities right at the at the heart of this forward-thinking organisation and make a big, vision. We want to regenerate the towns and big difference. We are excited about finding the Role profile .............................................................................................................................. 14 villages that for many years have needed some right person for the role and if you have been positive change, and I strongly believe that, as a encouraged by what I have said then we would housing organisation, we are uniquely placed to be very keen to hear from you. How to apply .......................................................................................................................... 18 deliver that. Best of luck. I am surrounded here by highly capable people and I trust my experts. Should you be successful in this role I will be looking to you to bring your expertise to Trivallis and work with the whole business, to collaborate, innovate and help Ian Thomas, Chief Executive of Trivallis 2 Senior Lead Development & Regeneration | Recruitment Pack 3 About Trivallis About the role Trivallis was set up as programme has been Wales’ first housing rolled out throughout community mutual many of our estates. in December 2007, Working closely following a stock with our customers transfer of over 10,000 we plan and deliver homes from Rhondda improvements to Cynon Taf Council. community spaces that make a real Our homes, which difference to how were primarily built people feel about in the 1950s and 60s, where they live – and are located on more provide opportunities than sixty housing to bring the community The role of Senior Lead – is very important one The team structure of this area is shown here: estates throughout the together. for us as we look to become fit for the future and Rhondda, Cynon and achieve our ambitions laid out in our vision. Director of Communities and Regeneration Taff valleys. Trivallis is about more than just bricks and This new managerial role is a critical part of Director of When customers mortar (and kitchen our Communities Directorate, reporting to Director of Development Director of voted to transfer sinks and bathroom the Corporate Director of Development and Neighbourhoods and Planned Voids and Repairs the ownership and suites). We also focus Planned Maintenance and has responsibility for Maintenance management of their on the regeneration of developing new homes. homes to us we our communities. We Senior Lead Senior Lead committed to an ambitious programme to bring want to tackle poverty, regenerate communities This role is critical our approach to major Senior Lead Planned Strategic Asset our homes up to the Welsh Housing Quality and help people into work and training. investment and will support us in delivering our Development Maintenance Management Standard (WHQS) by the end of 2012. goals, playing a leading role in helping deliver In the last three years we have generated over our ambitious Development Strategy. You will We made nearly 60,000 improvements to 97% £9 million of social value for our customers be commercially driven, whilst delivering the of our properties and an investment of more and communities. We measure this using an social aims our business. It’s a big role but it is Development Manager Senior Development Manager than £140 million. We brought more than 500 approach called HACT (Wellbeing Valuation certainly an exciting one. Technical Officer empty properties – some of which had been Approach of Housing Associations Charitable Development and Regeneration Assistant vacant for more than a decade – back into Trust), which has been developed specifically How the Directorate is structured? our housing stock. By the end of 2012 we for housing organisations to record the value of What’s expected of the role? had achieved our programme as well as all 86 the support we offer to both quality of life and There are three areas of business. Under each promises of investment and service improvement wellbeing. function, there are several teams, with the If successful, you will play a key role for the we made to customers at transfer. structure designed to simplify the services we delivery of business-wide objectives, whilst We work with partners to deliver much offer and boost the value and quality of those creating a culture that puts tenants at the heart Being a community mutual means, we are run needed programmes and projects that support services: of everything we do. by our customers, for our customers. They are our communities to be stable, thriving and part of decision-making processes at all levels ambitious. We deliver social value through our • Neighbourhoods consists of – Neighbourhood Managing a team of approximately 5 staff of the organisation – from recruiting our Chief procurement process, ensuring local suppliers Managers, Sheltered, Community Safety, you will lead and support the highly skilled Executive to helping review our policies – and and local people benefit from contracts and job Customer Involvement, Business Support, team of development, regeneration and asset are consulted to make sure we are doing the creation. SAFE, STEPS and Estate Service. management experts. You will also work in right things in the right places at the right time. partnership with the Local Authority, Welsh Employing nearly over 450 people, our staff are • Repairs and Voids consists of – Reactive Government and other key stakeholders to Our Planned Maintenance Programme continues actively encouraged to take part in volunteering Maintenance and Repairs, Voids, Compliance. maximise investment in Rhondda Cynon Taff. to deliver improvements and maintenance events and our Time for Change programme to our homes. In 2013 we embarked on our sees colleagues, staff from partner organisations • Development and Planned Maintenance As a community mutual, we want to place first house build programme, using traditional and members of the community offer time, skills consists of – Development, Regeneration and customers at the centre of all we do and this funding methods. We now have a development and materials to transform community spaces. Planned Maintenance. strategy will need to include ambitious customer programme which is helping to create involvement targets. sustainable communities and deliver on much We have twice been named as Business in the needed affordable housing throughout the Community Wales’ Responsible Company of the valleys. Year and recently in the Times Top 100 list of Best Not for Profit Companies to Work For. We Our multi-million-pound Neighbourhood Spaces hold a silver Investors in People accreditation. 4 Senior Lead Development & Regeneration | Recruitment Pack 5 Our vision and values Our commitment to our people Our Vision: Prosperous