Head of Regulatory Assurance

In this role you will bring a focus on regulatory assurance and continuous improvement, including leading reviews of lessons learned, consideration of new and emerging regulatory requirements, and areas where we may want to strengthen our regulatory assurance.

You will be responsible for the robust quality assurance system that brings together the evidence and analysis on providers’ compliance with the regulatory standards and provides assurance that regulatory activity and decision making meets internal quality requirements.  You will also be responsible for maintaining and supporting the regulatory assurance framework, including reporting to Executive and Board as appropriate, including assessing the level of regulatory assurance required, identifying where there are gaps against the agreed corporate appetite, and reporting on the extent to which requirements have been met.

This is a collaborative role, working to facilitate calibration of decisions, as well as leading and supporting knowledge sharing and on-going training to support rigorous decision making and capacity building.

As the successful candidate you should have a degree or equivalent experience, with a track record of applied strategic thinking capability and delivery.   You will have excellent ability to digest and present a wide range of complex material for a variety of audiences, as well as a strong awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework and the key policy, operational and financial issues affecting social housing and its regulation in England.

You should also have the proven ability to inspire staff and lead a team to deliver and be able to work across team boundaries in a constructive and collaborative way.

Holiday – The Regulator of Social Housing offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly – At the Regulator of Social Housing we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

These need to be balanced with business needs so they will vary from job to job. If you would like to know more please speak to the Recruiting Manager.

Health and Wellbeing – We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development – At the Regulator of Social Housing we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

Job contact :

• Name : careers@rsh.gov.uk
• Email : careers@rsh.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : careers@rsh.gov.uk