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Strategic Lead Housing Services and Customer Standards INTERNAL ONLY


Job Location:

Edinburgh - UK

Yearly Salary: GBP 72000 - 78000
Posted: 24 October 2026 (10 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 21 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Strategic Lead: Housing Services and Customer Standards

  • Location: Edinburgh Glasgow or Dundee base (with regular travel across our Communities in Scotland and opportunity to work remotely available)
  • Hours: Full-time 35 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9:00 AM 5:00 PM)
  • Salary/Benefits: 72000 to 78000 per annum plus annual Car Allowance

The Opportunity
We are looking for an inspiring and influential senior leader to lead our housing function oversee our customer contact service and ensure that tenant voice insight and experience set customer standards and shape decisions. This role offers a significant opportunity to provide corporate and system leadership and turn strategic priorities into high-quality compliant and sustainable services for older people across Scotland. You will lead housing strategy performance and improvement; influence policy and partnerships; and help develop accessible responsive and seamless customer journeys.


Working collaboratively with fellow organisational leads you will foster a culture of joined-up leadership to deliver Bields strategic priorities and enhance outcomes for our tenants customers and colleagues.

Reporting to and deputising (when required) for the Chief Operating Officer this is a key role within Bield you will be responsible for:

Key Responsibilities

  • Strategic direction performance and continuous improvement across Bields housing services.
  • Customer standards and the ongoing development of our customer contact service as an effective first point of contact.
  • Meaningful tenant engagement listening and co-production making sure insight is translated into action.
  • Housing management rents service charges income maximisation and effective use of Bields housing stock.
  • Regulatory compliance statutory returns risk and assurance including clear reporting to the Executive Management Team and Board.
  • Housing development community-based models and strategic partnerships across the housing care and public service sectors.
  • A values-led inclusive and high-performing culture that empowers colleagues and delivers better outcomes for tenants.

About You

You will bring demonstrable senior leadership experience from a complex housing care supported living or public service environment together with a strong track record of service transformation and operational delivery. You will combine strategic awareness with sound operational judgement strong financial skills and highly developed influencing and communication skills.

You will be able to demonstrate:

  • Proven experience of leading housing management a customer contact service or similar at a senior level.
  • Experience of leading across multidisciplinary teams building organisational capability supporting knowledge transfer and embedding inclusive values-led ways of working.
  • Excellent communication influencing negotiation and decision-making skills
  • Experience of leading tenant engagement co-production or customer insight activity to shape priorities service standards and future direction.
  • A creative and adaptable approach to leading change in a complex environment.
  • Educated to degree level with a relevant professional qualification or equivalent senior professional experience to support professional membership of Chartered Institute of Housing.
  • A valid UK driving licence and access to a roadworthy care insured for business purposes is an essential requirement of the role.

We Offer

  • A genuine commitment to your work-life balance supported by flexible or remote working in line with business needs.
  • Excellent holidays of up to 34 days per year (pro rata for part-time employees)
  • A defined contribution pension scheme which includes salary sacrifice options
  • Learning and development opportunities which include financial contribution or funding for vocational and/or professional qualifications
  • Enhanced and paternity and maternity pay
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Long Service Awards
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme

    Bield is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds experiences and perspectives.

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    Bield Housing & Care is a Scottish non-profit charity providing housing, care and support services so that older people can live independently.

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