Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Jobs | 1 Live Vacancy

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) is a charitable community benefit society and registered provider of social housing that owns and manages more than 12,000 homes across the Rochdale area of Greater Manchester. It describes itself as the UK's first tenant and employee co-owned mutual housing society: both customers and colleagues can become members with a vote on how homes and services are run. Its registered office is the Unique Enterprise Centre on Belfield Road, Rochdale.

Accommodation and support services

RBH's core business is general needs social housing, alongside supported living and extra care schemes for older people, home ownership options and estate regeneration in neighbourhoods such as College Bank and Lower Falinge. It ran the borough's statutory Homelessness Service on behalf of Rochdale Borough Council from 2014, but that service returned to the council in April 2022, so RBH no longer operates homelessness assessment or temporary accommodation itself. Tenant support today focuses on money and benefits advice, domestic abuse support, anti-social behaviour case work, a community hub (The Strand) and a Local Pantry food scheme.

• General needs social housing
• Supported living and extra care for older people
• Money advice and benefit support
• Domestic abuse and anti-social behaviour support
• Community hub and food pantry

Where they work and who they support

RBH operates solely within the borough of Rochdale, including Heywood, Middleton and the surrounding townships, supporting tenants, leaseholders and older residents in its retirement and extra care schemes. Its stated values are putting people first, doing what it says, working as one, delivering quality, and being open and transparent.

Working here

RBH is an accredited Real Living Wage employer with a 36.25-hour full-time week and active support for flexible working. Colleagues get 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, rising by five days after five years, with the option to buy up to five more; a Royal London pension with contributions matched up to 8 per cent and death-in-service cover; a health cash plan; an employee assistance programme; enhanced family leave; two paid volunteering days; and the chance to become a member of the mutual. Roles are advertised through an IRIS Networx careers site and currently lean towards property, compliance and customer service positions rather than frontline homelessness work. Contact: CustomerExperience@rbh.org.uk, freephone 0800 027 7769 or 01706 274100.