Are you looking for an opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading registered providers of social housing?

If so, we are seeking an exceptional new Group Board Member who will also become our Vice Chair and chair our Governance and Remuneration Committee.

Riverside is a group of complementary businesses driven by a clear social purpose, with a charitable housing association at its core. A major national provider of affordable housing, care and support services in England and Scotland, we own over 77,000 homes, have an annual turnover of £680 million, and £5 billion of assets. Our vision is to transform the lives of the 140,000+ people we house and revitalise the neighbourhoods in which they live.

This is a highly impactful role on our Group Board which requires an assured influencer and relationship builder. Customers are at the heart of everything we do at Riverside, with all of our Board Members playing a key role in promoting and championing our values, vision and social purpose. You will be an experienced non-executive with a breadth of strategic skills gained in comparably complex, highly regulated businesses. Experience of the social housing sector would be valuable, although by no means essential.

As the role also chairs our Governance and Remuneration Committee, you’ll bring to us a strong appreciation of the people and cultural aspects of an exceptionally customer and people focused organisation such as ours. We would also welcome hearing from candidates who bring skills in finance and treasury, IT and cyber security, or commercial ventures.

At Riverside, our people are our greatest asset and diversity and inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We have signed up to the National Housing Federation’s Chair’s Challenge to increase diversity in our governance community as we strive to reflect the diversity of the communities that we serve. We are committed to supporting and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and this commitment is embraced across the Group.

The time commitment is anticipated to be approximately two days per month.

This is a unique opportunity to join us and help deliver our vision of transforming lives and revitalising neighbourhoods. For the candidate pack and application details please click here. If you then require a confidential conversation, please contact our advising consultants at GatenbySanderson: Nick Roberts on 07393 013697 (nick.roberts@gatenbysanderson.com), Delicia Coutinho on 07741 264 892 (delicia.coutinho@gatenbysanderson.com) or Simon Wing on 07809 195628 (simon.wing@gatenbysanderson.com).

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 21 March 2025.