Board Member – Finance
Hours: Time commitment includes: 4 evening meetings per year for Committee meetings (remote), 5 evening meetings per year for Board meetings (Currently three hybrid, 2 in person meetings only meetings), ISHA’s AGM, 2 Board away days (January and November) and time to prepare for the meetings. You may also be asked to participate in board ‘task & finish’ groups. Members are required to attend one resident event per year.
Location: ISHA, 102 Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, N4 2DR
Salary: £3,600 per annum
Contract: 3 Year Term with a maximum tenure of 6 years.
We are seeking someone who has senior level skills and experience in financial management and business planning and would also like to sit on ISHA’s audit and risk committee. ISHA’s code of governance requires that this committee has at least one person with recent and relevant financial experience proportionate to the size and complexity of the organisation (turnover 29 million, total assets £321 million. Our more senior board member with this experience is due to retire in 2025 and we are looking to fill this vacancy.
You
You will need to have a passion for our belief that everyone is entitled to a quality, affordable safe home. You will need to be highly committed and motivated to contribute to our mission to be viewed as a brilliant housing association by our residents, stakeholders and staff.
We expect that you will already hold governance experience, this could include roles on the board of a company, charity or voluntary organisation; roles in school governance’ or involvement with tenant resident association, scrutiny panel or other types of resident groups.
We want to ensure that the composition of our Board reflects the communities we represent and encourages diversity in all aspects, including diversity thinking.
Don’t feel you meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement. At ISHA, we are dedicated to building an inclusive workforce, so if you’re excited by this role but your experience doesn’t quite align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You just might be the right candidate for this, or other roles, because of your transferable skills.
Other information
About ISHA
We are a small but ambitious housing association at a critical juncture. Our ambition is for the communities we are anchored in and exist to serve, and we have done and achieved much over the past few years. But in these challenging times we know we’ll achieve nothing unless we are equally ambitious for own our people.
Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. We strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to bring, and be, their best self to work.
We can’t be a brilliant landlord if we don’t partner with brilliant colleagues. Could you be one of them and be trusted to make the difference?
If this sounds exciting, we want you on our team. Please do apply.
This role is based at our Head Office but there is some flexibility to work in a hybrid way if preferred.
Deadline: Midnight 30 October 2024
Interview: Preliminary interview will take place by video conference week commencing 11 November 2024.
Final interviews will be in person at 102 Blackstock Road week commencing 18 November 2024
Please note: We can only accept applications from candidates with eligibility to currently work in the UK.
Interested?
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Please note: We can only accept applications from candidates with eligibility to currently work in the UK.
Inclusion and Diversity
We want ISHA to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBTQ+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that passionate commitment to customers, respect for everyone, pride in Team ISHA and trusted to make the difference remains at the heart of everything we do.
Asking for adjustments
ISHA is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview, or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us.
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