Community Hub Manager - Housing

We’re building thriving communities as one of the UK’s largest housing groups and a leading developer of affordable housing.

We believe everyone is entitled to a good home they can afford, in a place they are proud to live. More than 100,000 people live in our homes.

If you want to experience work that’s truly rewarding, join us. Because when we achieve together, customers and communities thrive.

Work for Orbit. Believe in people.

The role

Orbit are recruiting for a Community Hub Manager to join our team in working across all of our Orbit Sites to work within the heart of our communities, managing the day to day operations and future developments of our Community Hubs.

In this role the Community Hub Manager will To improve social inclusion by transforming local buildings and green spaces into community venues to create a network of “Better Days” Hubs for customers to meet and engage with each other and with services.

This role can be based out of any of our Orbit sites - Coventry, Stratford upon Avon, Norwich, Erith, Kent or Hastings, and will involve travel to all sites (driving license and access to own vehicle, essential).

This role is part of our Customer directorate where you'll help us to lead the way in keeping our promise to more than 100,000 customers.

What you'll achieve

• Responsible for developing and managing Orbit’s portfolio of Community Hubs.
• Responsible for ensuring our Community Hubs are well managed, accessible and offer a range of support services in line with community need.
• Responsible for developing plans to enable the Hubs to become financially sustainable.
• Responsibility for the management of budgets across the portfolio of Community Hubs.
• Line manage a team of Community Hub Officers.
• Work with the Community Investment Local Teams to enable our customers to design and shape services and activity delivered from the Hubs, brokering partnerships with external providers, and / or commissioning activity to help deliver services that meet the changing needs of our communities.
• Work with communications teams to ensure the Hubs are promoted within local communities.

What you'll bring

Essential skills

• Demonstrable experience in working with local communities to create community venues and facilities.
• Experience of service development within a community or voluntary sector setting.
  Experience of leading a team and working across organisations to develop coherent delivery plans.
• Ability to build effective networks and partnerships that lead to revenue generation/ funding and increased outcomes for customers.
• Experience of developing and securing external funding with partners as well as managing delivery.
• Excellent project and contract management skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant government strategy, policies and trends and their implications for the service and our customers.

Why Orbit?

Choosing us means being rewarded in every sense.

Here’s what you can expect to enjoy with us.

A rewarding experience that works for you

We strive to create an inclusive experience with benefits and wellbeing programmes designed to help you, and your loved ones, to thrive. For a better work life balance, we offer flexible working opportunities for many roles.

A place to progress

From training programmes to professional qualifications, we provide opportunities to learn and develop at every stage of your career. Whether you’re a student, graduate or experienced professional we’ll support you to grow.

For leaders, our tailored development journeys are designed to stretch and strengthen your leadership skills. As well as practical training, we give you access to renowned business schools and experiential programmes for greater breadth and depth of learning.

A purpose to feel proud of

We’re proud to make a difference to people together. We’re values-driven with a commercial focus on performance - because the more profit we make, the more we can achieve for people.

What brings us together is a passionate belief in progress and people.

Read more about the values and purpose that drive us on our careers website.

How we hire

We aim to make our hiring process simple and fair:

1. Online application
2. Interview(s)
3. Decision and offer

We put the safeguarding of our customers, colleagues and contractors at the heart of everything we do and as such, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check.