From the largest housing providers in the UK to smaller grass roots organisations.
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Our promise to you
We are committed to providing you with a service that is:
Flexible
Providing executive search for housing professionals on a permanent, interim or consultancy basis. Our clients call on us for expertise in a range of areas – from recruiting to key roles for the long term or interim managers to manage through a transition, to consultants implementing joint ventures, special purpose vehicles, reviewing services, turning around underperforming areas or managing change.
Personal
Speak to a director, at any time, we know the sector (with more than 30 years’ experience recruiting in housing) and can understand what your organisation is looking for. Be confident that when we discuss roles with our candidates, we are ambassadors for your organisation and any candidate submitted to you will be fully briefed and have confirmed their interest in the role.
Thorough
Every candidate completes a comprehensive registration process, including all statutory checks. Face-to-face interviews allow us to truly understand each individual’s strengths, enabling confident, well-matched placements. You’ll receive clear, professionally written candidate profiles from the director who conducted the interview, with new, high-quality talent added to our network every week.
Targeted
We understand the importance of finding people who not only have the right skills, but also share your commitment to housing, communities and residents. We promote your vacancy through carefully chosen media channels, including targeted online platforms, to reach candidates with relevant housing experience. Roles can be advertised in your name or ours, depending on your preference.
We manage the process from start to finish, responding to applicants, carrying out initial interviews and taking the time to assess suitability before presenting you with a thoughtful, high-quality shortlist. Alongside advertising, we proactively search for candidates through our housing networks, professional contacts and social media, helping us connect you with people who are genuinely aligned with your organisation and its values.
Knowledgeable
Our market knowledge and understanding of the sector enables us to take a detailed brief, gaining a full understanding of your business requirements and culture. During executive search we identify and target individuals in the sector that we consider to be high achievers in their field and bring you a shortlist of suitable candidates.
Speedy
A fast response – for times when you may need an interim manager immediately, or a consultant quickly, with expertise for a specific piece of work. We have interims and consultants available for short and long-term contracts, many of whom have worked with us for a number of years.
“Over the years I have worked with Tony, Carol, Julie and the team at The Housing Executive on both sides of the fence, as an interim/consultant and as a client. I have kept coming back because of their professional yet personal service and their ability to find good assignments on one side of the fence and excellent candidates on the other.”
“As a candidate seeking a senior position in Housing, I was impressed by the time The Housing Executive took to understand my background, my skill set and what I was looking for in a new position. I was confident that they would think very carefully about my suitability for a position before approaching me and I felt very much that they cared about me as an individual and not just as a piece of business. I would not hesitate to recommend them especially if you are looking for a senior position.”
“I have used The Housing Executive when recruiting both interim and permanent staff and the quality of the candidates they put forward is always excellent. They always make sure they understand exactly what I am looking for and it is clear that they take real care to ensure that the candidates they put forward are the ones that they believe best meet my criteria. I would not hesitate to recommend them if you are recruiting especially to senior positions.”