Chief Executive Officer
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to lead an influential and highly-regarded organisation, which will have a far-reaching and hugely positive impact on the delivery, management and impact of affordable housing on the Island of Jersey.
Ian Gallichan will be retiring as CEO in the summer of 2025, after a distinguished career in the housing sector, including the creation and transformation of Andium Homes 10 years ago.
This role will build on the strong foundations laid by Ian, continuing to improve the lives of thousands of Islanders through good quality and well maintained affordable rented housing enhanced by a growing access to low-cost home ownership and regenerating new areas on the Island. In total, providing more homes and building new communities for those who need them most.
Working in a unique and complex landscape, the CEO provides strategic leadership and operational management to Andium Homes, ensuring the organisation achieves the highest standards of conduct, performance and accountability.
Working closely with the Board, the CEO will ensure the organisation’s vision, strategic priorities, strategies and plans are developed for adoption and implementation by Andium following close engagement with the States of Jersey Government and its officials. In particular, the CEO will play a critical role in managing, influencing and leading stakeholder relationships across Andium Homes’s many public, private and charitable sector partners, most notably with the States of Jersey Government Ministers and officials, recognising the accountability that Andium Homes has to its Guarantor and the role it plays across the island of Jersey.
Andium plays an important and highly visible role within the public sector in Jersey, as well as with external private sector partners and providers.
The new CEO will be expected to lead the continued development and enhancement of Andium’s standing and impact, both in its core area of housing provision and more broadly as a highly valued and ‘arm’s length’ States Owned Entity.
Main responsibilities
- Providing effective leadership to the organisation, working with the Chair and Board to establish a compelling long-term strategic vision that is aligned with our vision and values to provide great homes and services.
- Overseeing the financial management of Andium Homes, including budgeting, financial planning and reporting to ensure the long-term financial viability and sustainability of the organisation.
- Ensuring there are effective performance, risk management, investment and control systems in place to ensure quality service delivery.
- Ensuring the Board and its sub-Committees receive timely and high quality advice and information to enable well-informed decision making and the relationships between the Board and senior management are positive and collaborative.
- Ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory and policy requirements related to Company governance and housing management, protecting our assets and reputation.
- Managing and optimising our housing stock portfolio, including acquisition, development, property sales and major works, ensuring that the stock meets the
needs of islanders. - Overseeing the day-to-day operations, promoting innovative practices and systems to ensure efficient and effective delivery across all services and promoting and instilling our core values – in particular, our Customer Obsession.
- Leading, motivating and developing a high-performing team, fostering a positive, inclusive and collaborative organisational culture and supporting individuals’
professional development. - Demonstrating and championing a commitment to continuous improvement, creating a customer-focused culture and encouraging innovation in housing
services, property management and customer service. Implementing new technologies and practices that enhance service delivery, efficiency and value for money. - Driving a continuous programme of engagement with residents and community stakeholders to ensure that our services are responsive to their needs and concerns.
- Fostering partnerships in a highly complex stakeholder landscape, influencing and taking a proactive approach with partners across Jersey and beyond, enhancing service delivery, creating efficiencies, expanding opportunities for growth and placemaking and driving innovation.
- Acting as the public face and ambassador of Andium Homes, representing its interests in the community and media, politically and at public forums.
- Managing, influencing and leading the critical relationships with Government, principally the Minister for Treasury as our Guarantor, but also the Minister for Housing, ensuring alignment with broader public sector goals and providing clear lines of accountability.
- Valuing and promoting the diversity of Jersey’s communities, ensuring equality of access and treatment in service delivery and employment.
- Leading efforts to adopt sustainable practices, reducing the organisation’s environmental impact and contributing to Government’s net-zero ambitions and broader community well-being
Skills and experience
- Demonstrable senior leadership experience, including effective people management, within a public or private sector organisation, with a track record of delivering tangible results.
- Proven ability to work as part of a Board of Directors made up of both executives and non executives and manage governance ideally in a public or non-profit organisation.
- Financial management skills, with strong experience in budgeting, financial reporting and risk management, particularly in relation to assets and investment.
- Experience of leading and motivating a senior management or executive leadership team, with a track record of building and developing high performing teams.
- Demonstrable experience of identifying, analysing and progressing strategic opportunities to facilitate growth whilst at all times focusing on the organisation’s strategy and financial envelope.
- Experience of managing large-scale operations, particularly in property management, social housing or community services.
- Ideally strong knowledge of housing policy, regulation and the socioeconomic factors affecting housing.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with experience in complex stakeholder management and an understanding of the challenges involved in leading public and regulated services within a political environment.
- An understanding and alignment with Andium Homes’s values and behaviours.
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