Senior Regulatory Engagement Manager

Requirements of the role

Job Description:

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) regulates for a viable, efficient, and well governed social housing sector able to deliver quality homes and services for current and future tenants.  Since the 1st April our remit has been extended giving us additional powers and responsibilities around the importance of safe, decent homes for social housing tenants and on landlord transparency and accountability.  As a result, this is a great time to join us and help us shape the organisation.

As Senior Regulatory Engagement Manager (SREM) you will play a key part in this. You will be responsible for the delivery of effective engagement for the team’s portfolio of landlords, directly leading on those that are larger and/or more complex and overseeing, supporting and advising colleagues in the delivery of assessments and inspections of how landlords are delivering against regulatory standards.

Leading a team of regulators to engage with landlords, you will ensure that regulatory activity is focused on seeking evidence of the effectiveness of a landlords governance and management of strategic risks, whether they are viable and the extent to which they delivery good service outcomes, transparency and accountability to their tenants.  Where improvements are required, you will lead the design of follow up interventions and monitoring of delivery. You will also support the Assistant Director in ensuring that regulatory strategies, inspections, responsive engagement and interventions are appropriate and timely, and that the team’s resources are aligned with a risk-based regulatory approach.

Responsibilities:

As the successful candidate, as well as strong leadership and programme management skills, you will have a relevant degree or equivalent experience in governance, risk management or finance-related matters. You will have a good understanding of the strategy, operations and key processes of landlords, and experience of managing external relationships with executives, boards and councillors with credibility.  Strong financial awareness and ability to work with economic or financial data would be beneficial.

You will have experience of dealing with issues within the principles of good corporate governance, and the ability to evaluate how an organisation has applied those principles. You should also have excellent analytical evaluation skills, with the ability to exercise sound professional judgement to reach evidence-based conclusions, as well as excellent oral and written communication skills for a range of audiences.

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