Senior Regulatory Engagement Manager

We are looking for a Senior Regulatory Engagement Manager to join us, as part of the regulator’s multi-disciplinary frontline regulatory teams., The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) regulates for a viable, efficient, and well governed social housing sector able to deliver quality homes and services for current and future tenants. Since the 1st April our remit has been extended giving us additional powers and responsibilities around the importance of safe, decent homes for social housing tenants and on landlord transparency and accountability. As a result, this is a great time to join us and help us shape the organisation.
As Senior Regulatory Engagement Manager (SREM) you will play a key part in this. You will be responsible for the delivery of effective engagement for the team’s portfolio of landlords, directly leading on those that are larger and/or more complex and overseeing, supporting and advising colleagues in the delivery of assessments and inspections of how landlords are delivering against regulatory standards.
Leading a team of regulators to engage with landlords, you will ensure that regulatory activity is focused on seeking evidence of the effectiveness of a landlords governance and management of strategic risks, whether they are viable and the extent to which they delivery good service outcomes, transparency and accountability to their tenants. Where improvements are required, you will lead the design of follow up interventions and monitoring of delivery. You will also support the Assistant Director in ensuring that regulatory strategies, inspections, responsive engagement and interventions are appropriate and timely, and that the team’s resources are aligned with a risk-based regulatory approach., We carry out anonymous shortlisting as part of our commitment to Equality and Diversity and ensuring a fair and consistent approach to recruitment.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, as part of this commitment.
We encourage applications from all sections of the community, irrespective of background, belief or identity, recognising the benefits of a diverse organisation.

As the successful candidate, as well as strong leadership and programme management skills, you will have a relevant degree or equivalent experience in governance, risk management or finance-related matters. You will have a good understanding of the strategy, operations and key processes of landlords, and experience of managing external relationships with executives, boards and councillors with credibility. Strong financial awareness and ability to work with economic or financial data would be beneficial.
You will have experience of dealing with issues within the principles of good corporate governance, and the ability to evaluate how an organisation has applied those principles. You should also have excellent analytical evaluation skills, with the ability to exercise sound professional judgement to reach evidence-based conclusions, as well as excellent oral and written communication skills for a range of audiences., Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Alongside your salary of £68,404, Regulator of Social Housing contributes £19,816 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Why work at RSH?
At RSH, we offer a range of excellent benefits including a 35 hour working week, 33 days annual leave and access to the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
Our staff survey results consistently show that most staff think that the best thing about working at the RSH is the flexible and hybrid working and family friendly policies that support work life balance.
We also offer access to our staff discount scheme, cycle to work scheme, a Nuffield Health Screening; and a range of other well-being focussed benefits. Full information on this and our other fantastic benefits is available on our website.
Location
We operate a hybrid model of working with a mix of office and home working.
This role can be based out of any of RSH’s core offices in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Bristol. We offer a range of flexible working arrangements and staff can benefit from working from home for part of their hours. Most roles involve some travel within England between our offices, for example for learning and development and to attend team and other internal meetings. There are some roles, for example those responsible for front line regulation, that involve onsite visits to social housing landlords, based across the UK.
Benefits and Salary
At RSH, we offer a competitive salary and a range of excellent benefits; full information is available on our website.
The salary for this role is a spot salary within the given range, which will normally be the minimum of the range. There is no incremental progression through a pay scale. Annual salary reviews are determined by the government pay award. In addition, when the probation period is successfully completed, a performance related bonus may be awarded, based on appraisal ratings at the end of the qualifying appraisal year.
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