Independent Crocus Board Member

Proposed Interview Date: 2nd & 3rd November (TBC)

Crocus Homes is looking for an Independent Board Member to bring strategic insight independent challenge and sector expertise to our Board. This is an exciting opportunity to influence business direction support sustainable growth and help ensure strong governance and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Help shape and oversee the strategic direction of Crocus Homes.
• Provide constructive challenge and independent judgement at Board level.
• Monitor business performance development delivery and risk management.
• Support and challenge the Managing Director and leadership team.
• Champion the values and reputation of Crocus Homes.

What Youll Bring

• Significant senior-level experience in housebuilding construction or contracting.
• Strong commercial awareness and financial acumen.
• Strategic thinking and the confidence to challenge constructively.
• An understanding of governance risk management and effective decision-making.
• Integrity sound judgement and a collaborative approach.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive Board that reflects the communities we serve and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

Time commitment: Approximately five Board meetings per year plus occasional site visits away days and events.
Term: Initial three-year appointment with potential for renewal.
Benefits: Remuneration travel expenses and ongoing learning and development opportunities.

Help shape the future of Crocus Homes and make a lasting impact on the communities we serve.

INDMED

We are a housing association based in Norfolk providing quality homes and services to people across the county and in Suffolk.

We manage over 6000 homes including affordable homes for those in housing need who cannot afford to rent or buy in the open market.

We offer specialist homes for older and vulnerable adults and are committed to providing new homes to help solve the housing crisis.

At Saffron

At Saffron we want our people to feel valued supported and proud to be part of our community. We know that by working together learning from one another and embracing new ideas great people deliver great services for our tenants and communities. We care about the impact we have on people and put others at the heart of every decision we make acting with integrity professionalism and empathy. We trust our colleagues to take responsibility do the right thing and look for better ways to serve others. We are looking for people who share our commitment to collaboration care and positive change and whose values align with ours: Achieve More Together Make a Difference and Create Better Ways.

You will have the freedom to learn and grow. We are passionate about investing in our people providing them with the skills they need now and for their future aspirations. We do this by offering a blend of learning opportunities including our innovative e-learning platform where learning is self-directed allowing people to learn what they want when they want to.

We work with and support our people to work in an agile way to ensure that have the right work/life balance. They have the choice to work in the office work from home coffee shop park or a combination of all. We have recently refurbished our offices to encourage collaborative agile working.

As an inclusive employer we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and have a zero tolerance policy relating to discrimination on the basis of age disability sex sexual orientation pregnancy and maternity race or ethnicity religion or belief gender identity or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Saffron Community.