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Head of Legal and Governance Rochdale £74,907 Permanent, Full Time We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Legal and Governance to join our team. Reporting to the Director of Governance, the Head of Legal and Governance is responsible for a multidisciplinary team made up of Executive Assistants along with Legal and Governance professionals. This role is responsible for the overall leadership and direction of our Legal and Governance function delivering the Governance Framework across the organisation, ensuring compliance to the National Federation of Housing Code of Governance, the RSH Standards and associated company obligations. This is a senior role within RBH and one that ensures we provide effective assurance to our Board, meet our legal requirements and support excellent business practices. It also ensures that our governance is built upon the needs and views of our customers so that we provide excellent services that improve lives in line with our corporate strategy. The head of service is also required to provide comprehensive legal advice to the Executive and Senior Leadership team on a wide range of complex housing related issues. And to undertake a small caseload of complex cases, ensuring all legal resources and external legal spend is managed appropriately. As a leader in RBH, the Head of Service works collaboratively across the organisation, building strong relationships with colleagues. Externally the role is a strong RBH Ambassador, building meaningful and productive connections with a range of partners. As a visible and engaging leader, the role ensures strong leadership throughout the service area, setting clear direction, with a focus on high performance, identifying areas for improvement and development and celebrating success. What are we looking for? · An excellent understanding of corporate governance is complex organisations · Possess a high standard of data and information literacy with excellent attention to detail with the ability to produce documents and minutes of meetings to a high standard. · A comprehensive understanding of the legal standards and practice in the UK · The capability to find innovative solutions to complex problems and to adapt and prioritise deadlines with competing tasks in a fast-paced environment. · Skilled in the analysis of complex legal documents and proficient in dealing with large amounts of information distilling down to the key salient facts. · The experience and expertise to act as the senior solicitor within RBH with the ability to provide advice on complex housing related issues across RBH. · Ability to exercises expert judgement in managing a small portfolio of complex tenancy cases, ensuring timely progression, robust case oversight, and effective resolution in line with organisational standards and statutory requirements. · Establishes, upholds, and continuously improves organisational standards across all Legal and Governance functions, providing leadership to ensure robust compliance, ethical practice, and excellence in RBH’s governance framework. · An understanding of the regulatory regimes affecting the housing sector e.g. Regulatory of Social Housing, Financial Conduct Authority, Companies House, Solicitors Regulation Authority etc. Closing date: 21st April 2026 Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited (RBH) is the UK’s first tenant and employee co-owned mutual housing society, with over 12,000 homes throughout the local area. As we’ve refocused our strategy back to our core housing role, we’ve taken the opportunity to work with our customers and colleagues to review and modernise the values that motivate us and will underpin everything we do. Our mutuality is focused on bringing genuine voice and influence to our customers and our colleagues in how we deliver our services. Our values get to the root of who we really are and what we stand for. Putting People First: We listen with empathy, respond with compassion, and make it easy for our customers to access our services. Doing What We Say: We earn trust through honesty, integrity, caring and keeping our promises. Working As One: We embrace our mutuality and work together to deliver great outcomes for the people living in our homes and communities. Delivering Quality: We invest wisely in our people and make it easy for them to deliver services and create places that our customers are proud to call home. Open & Transparent: We are curious, embrace diverse ways of thinking and seek feedback to help us improve

Employee Relations Advisor Employee Relations Advisor (ER Advisor) - 3 Month Temporary Contract Greater Manchester (Office-based) Up to £18.27 per hour (approx. £38,(Apply online only) FTE) Employee Relations Advisor Role Overview: Deliver a professional, proactive and flexible Employee Relations service by providing appropriate generalist advice and support to all colleagues. Driving best practice and ensuring compliance with all Company policies and procedures in line with employment legislation. Key Duties/Responsibilities: To provide practical and effective first line employee relations advice across the Group to Line Managers and colleagues. This includes (but is not limited to) providing timely and accurate advice with regards to disciplinary, grievance, absence management and family friendly policies. Able to manage queries empathetically and in turn communicate outcomes clearly and articulately with the aim of minimising appeals. Act as a team player with the wider People team by sharing knowledge and expertise. Support and coach Line Managers to effectively manage and resolve employee relations matters through to appropriate conclusions. Provide support to Line Managers and the wider People team during meetings. Have an excellent working knowledge of up to date employment legislation, best practice and case law. Able to work autonomously and prioritise accordingly (with guidance and support from the People Leadership team where required). Be able to use Occupational Health appropriately within employee relations casework and write referrals to OH Advisors. Communicate with and support the People Leadership team to ensure employee relations policies and procedures are fairly and proportionately applied, whilst identifying opportunities for improvement to current practices. Understand the Groups' responsibilities to statutory regulations. Maintain clear audit trails for all People records in accordance with GDPR regulations. Support in ensuring that critical monthly and annual cycle People processes are executed within the relevant timescales. Assist with project work when required. Skills/Knowledge Needed: CIPD qualified to a minimum of Level 5. Level 3 may be considered if the candidate is able to demonstrate substantial relevant HR generalist based work experience, with a desire to gain Level 5 qualification. Previous HR/People Advisor related experience is essential, preferably in a retail environment or another fast-paced, constantly changing People environment, with responsibility for managing high volume complex caseloads. Excellent knowledge of employment legislation and Employee Relations policies and procedures. Be comfortable offering advice and minute taking in formal meetings to ensure all interactions are documented accurately and conducted appropriately. Good communication skills with the ability to guide and influence and the confidence to challenge current practices appropriately where required. Able to communicate clearly and articulately with all stakeholders throughout the business. Proficient knowledge of Office365 and HR Systems (Previous experience of Dayforce would be advantageous) Accurate typing skills recognising the need for attention to detail. Proven experience of working within a constantly changing environment. Flexible to work outside of standard office hours if required to support a 24/7 operation. 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