The Role About this Post
The Deputy Chief Executive is the key post in the organisation and has responsibility for operational oversight, the co-ordination of all of Unipol’s services and important aspects of the charity’s governance. The Deputy Chief Executive is directly responsible to the Chief Executive. In the absence of the Chief Executive they automatically deputise for their role. This is a significant opportunity to sit at the strategic and operational hub of Unipol and have real impact on the charity’s values and the offer the charity can provide to its users. The Deputy Chief Executive is a leader for four members of the Assistant Chief Executives who reports directly to them: • The Assistant Chief Executive - Housing • The Assistant Chief Executive - Standards (in all matters excepting their role as Company Secretary) • The Assistant Chief Executive - Hub Services • The Assistant Chief Executive - IT and Communications and has a major role to play in ensuring that Unipol offers a high quality service to all of its users and delivers on its values, commitments, operational efficiency and strategic plans. The Deputy Chief Executive must also work closely with the Director of Finance. The Deputy Chief Executive is a key management post with 4 important strategic areas of first line responsibility for overseeing, delivering and co-ordinating service outputs: i) from the Assistant Chief Executive - Housing in respect of lettings, services, housing management and health and safety and for initiating and maintaining a number of mechanisms to assist in the development and enforcement of quality control in both the consumer services and housing management areas. ii) From the Assistant Chief Executive - Standards in respect of the correct operation of Unipol’s accreditation systems and ensuring Unipol’s values are consistently and efficiently applied through marketing and branding. iii) From the Assistant Chief Executive - Hub Services in respect of all forward facing services to partners and Unipol’s customers (particularly landlords and students) and for overseeing the on-going development of those services, currently in Leeds, Bradford and Nottingham iv) From the Assistant Chief Executive - IT and Communications in respect all all IT operations, security and forward investment. In these four areas the Deputy Chief Executive will guide, inspire, support and meet regularly with these senior managers, setting a performance framework for those staff and ensuring that quality, efficiency and delivery are being achieved as set. v) In addition to this the Deputy Chief Executive has operational responsibility for overseeing all human relations policies and recruitment and has first line responsibility in respect of operating the joint staffing contractual relationship with the University of Leeds vi) Working with the Financial Controller and the Chief Executive in respect of maintaining an oversight of key budgets and their correct application and use.
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