Job Description

Are you a strategic leader with a passion for good governance, safety, and continuous improvement? Do you want to make a genuine difference in people's lives by helping to ensure safe, well-managed homes and services? If so, we'd love to hear from you.


At Abri, we're committed to delivering high-quality housing and services that truly support our customers and communities. As our new Director of Governance, Health & Safety, and Assurance, you'll oversee our compliance, health and safety, governance and risk and assurance functions, all while living our values and behaviours and providing exceptional leadership to high-performing teams.


In this role, you'll be tasked with ensuring regulatory compliance across the Group and overseeing Board and Governance effectiveness reviews, all while acting as the subject matter expert on a whole host of governance-related queries for senior leaders in the business. You'll also oversee occupational health and safety across the business, championing a culture that puts wellbeing and employee safety at the forefront. Additionally, you'll enhance our approach to risk management, assurance, and regulatory compliance, ensuring we remain a trusted, transparent, and high-performing organisation.


Excellent stakeholder management and engagement skills will be essential as you'll not only represent Abri but be able to clearly articulate and explain complex information and statutory requirements to senior leaders across the Group.


We're looking for someone with senior-level experience in governance, health and safety, or assurance -- ideally within housing or a similarly regulated environment. You'll bring a strong understanding of relevant frameworks and a confident, collaborative approach to leadership. Most importantly, you'll share our values and commitment to delivering meaningful, positive outcomes for our customers.


This is a fantastic opportunity to join a purpose-driven organisation that values integrity, inclusion, and innovation. In return, we offer a supportive culture, a competitive salary and benefits package, and the chance to make a real, lasting impact.


We can be flexible about which of our offices you'll be based at but regular travel to all our office locations to connect and collaborate with colleagues will be an essential requirement.


Abri is a large housing provider who own and manage over 55,000 homes and various community assets, serving more than 120,000 customers across the South of England.


We believe everyone has the right to a good quality safe, warm and sustainable home in a community where they can belong, grow and thrive. What does that look like in real terms?


We're investing 689m over the next ten years in our existing homes to improve building safety and make them more energy efficient.

We're delivering 10,000 homes by 2030, ensuring affordable housing is built where it's needed most We're investing in our communities, to address local issues and create opportunities for everyone

As we grow, we're re-establishing our strong local presence to provide a really good service. Abri has adopted a regional approach to service delivery, with our operating areas split into three, each with their local governance and leadership. This will ensure our colleagues are more visible, accountable and better connected to our customers and local communities to meet their diverse needs.


More information about Abri and our strategic objectives can be found at

www.abri.co.uk