We're recruiting a Director of Marketing and Communications

This is a new era for Gentoo. We have just refreshed our Corporate Strategy and have six priorities: we know our customers; we provide great homes; we help communities to thrive; we are a great place to work; we spend our money wisely; and we are well governed. We have new values developed by our colleagues for our colleagues - people are at the top of our agenda.

We’re looking for a Director of Marketing and Communications who will not only help us deliver our corporate strategy and will also enable engagement with our customers, neighbourhoods, communities and colleagues.

As our Director of Marketing and Communications you’ll deliver and drive the PR, corporate communications, colleague communications, corporate affairs strategy, promoting and protecting Gentoo’s reputation, building brand awareness, and generating support and engagement to delivery of our corporate strategy.

Accountable for the development and delivery of the corporate and colleague communications, reputation management plan, engagement strategy and be responsible for internal change messaging.

You’ll role model our values, provide effective and authentic leadership, and grow colleague engagement. Engaging teams to provide clear direction, motivation, and coaching, you’ll enable them to perform at their best and drive the delivery of our strategic plans.

A background in social housing isn’t essential however the regulatory requirements within social housing are important as is getting it right for our Customers and Colleagues.

A confident and ambitious communications specialist, able to deliver transformation and strategic programmes, you have intellectual flexibility and the ability to develop strong working relationships at Senior leadership level. A highly effective organiser who can prioritise and manage multiple complex projects and stakeholders, you possess excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to inspire excellence in others and build high performing teams.

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