Our board diversity programme provides the opportunity for people who have the aspiration and behavioural attributes to become a non-executive but not necessarily all the skills, knowledge or experience to be successful in securing a position.

If you are successful in securing a board associate position you will go through a 2-year Programme which would include the following:

A comprehensive induction to the GroupYou will attend Board Excellence training events which are run by Housing Diversity Network. These sessions will equip you with the skills and knowledge to enable you to operate in a board level environment. You will be assigned a mentor who will either be an experienced executive or non-executive. This will give you the opportunity to receive coaching and feedback from someone who has been successful over a long period of time in the fieldYou will be invited to attend board and/or committee meetings as an observer to put into practice what you have learned in your training. There will be opportunities to participate in development exercises with others on the programme including:

mock board meetings
personal development sessions
Throughout the programme there will be 1-2-1 and peer support provided. At the end of the two year programme it is our aim that you will have acquired the knowledge and experience that will allow you to be ready to be able to make a successful application for a non-executive position

Requirements

How to apply

Please follow this link - https://www.togetherhousing.group/our-news/2024/05/board-diversity-programme-applications-now-open/

Please provide a copy of your current CV, together with a written expression of interest, outlining how you demonstrate the above commitments, including examples of how your experience matches the person specification.

Please also state details of two referees together with a brief statement of the capacity in which, and the length of time for which, they have known you (referees will not be contacted before final interview or appointment without your express permission).

It is essential in your expression of interest that you provide as full an answer as possible to each of the criteria being answered to ensure your application covers all the relevant experience that the selection panel will be looking for in the sift process.

Benefits

Timescales

Friday 7th June at 5pm: Closing date for applications
Tuesday 25th June: Interview date

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