Board Member Recruitment pack - Campbell Tickell...Magna Housing April 2019 2 Board Member Your application Thank you very much for your interest in this post. On the following pages,

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Recruitment pack April 2019

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Your application

Thank you very much for your interest in this post. On the following pages, you will find details of the role and the selection process to assist you in completing and tailoring your application. In order to apply you should submit:

• An up-to-date CV which shows your full career history – we recommend that this is no longer than three pages;

• A supporting statement explaining why you are interested in this role, detailing how you are a good candidate for this post and how you fulfil the person specification – we recommend that this is no longer than three pages;

• The declaration form (completion of the equalities section is not mandatory, but is requested for monitoring purposes in line with our commitment to equality and diversity); and

• Indicate on the declaration form if you cannot attend any of the interview dates.

Please note that applications can only be considered if all the documentation is complete. Please send your application, preferably in MS Word format by email to: [email protected].

Applications must be received by 3rd May at 12 noon.

Please ensure we receive your application in good time. If you do not receive confirmation of receipt within 24 hours of sending, please call the team on 020 3434 0990. To help avoid your submission being treated as spam, please use a secure email address from which to send your application and refer to the role and organisation in the header.

Please do call me if you wish to have an informal discussion about the role and organisation, or if you have any other questions to help you decide whether to apply.

Kind regards

Kathy Carter Kathy Carter Senior Associate Consultant 07786 831 690

mailto:[email protected]

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Contents

Welcome to Magna 4

About Magna 5

The Board 6

Role profile 9

Person specification 10

governance structure 11

Key terms and conditions 12

Board & Committee Meetings Calendar 2019-20 13

Key dates and the selection process 14

The media advertisement 15


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Welcome to Magna

Dear Candidate

We’re delighted that you are interested in joining our Board. This is an exciting time to join Magna as we develop an ambitious new vision and strategy for the next decade, starting in April 2020.

In recent years the current Board’s focus has been to increase financial capacity and organisational resilience, which has resulted in an agile, high-performing business with a solid platform to build from. With a new Chief Executive bringing fresh ideas and an ambition to do much more, we are now looking to transform our services, invest in and improve our existing homes, and build as many new homes as our capacity will allow.

As a new member of the Board you will be a strong advocate for change, with a solid understanding of how to deliver against vision and strategy. Working with the Chief Executive and the Executive Team, you will help to drive the organisation’s growth and increase its capability further.

Your ability to understand a complex business whilst remaining ‘upstream’, together with bringing insight and constructive challenge to the Executive Team and Senior Management will be essential. You will be an ambassador for Magna and have the skills and personality to build relationships with our key stakeholders, customers and staff team, as well as with the rest of the Board.

Your understanding of the challenges for housing organisations, now and into the future, coupled with your commitment to making a difference to people in housing need will be central to your own personal values. You don’t have to have a housing background but to succeed in the role you will need to be able to identify with and relate to the key issues and potential opportunities this dynamic environment presents. We are particularly interested in attracting people with experience at a senior level in housing development, customer experience and service transformation.

Most of all you will bring energy and an enthusiasm to see Magna succeed and grow in the years to come.

Best wishes,

Selina White Adam Peat

Selina White Adam Peat Chief Executive Chairman


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About Magna

Magna Housing Association Limited was established in 1993 when West Dorset District Council transferred its housing stock to us. Magna West Somerset was created in 1998 and took over homes transferred from West Somerset Council. We amalgamated Magna Housing Association Limited, Magna West Somerset Housing Association Limited and Magna Housing Group Limited in April 2017 to create Magna Housing.

We are a charitable housing association operating in Dorset and Somerset and we have about 9,000 homes. We achieve top quartile or near top quartile performance in most of our key performance areas.

The work we do is guided by our Purpose: To help people meet their housing needs.

Our current Strategy sets out our Strategic Targets. These are the clear and measurable actions we plan to carry out in order to achieve our Strategic Objectives. We are working to adopt a new 10-year strategy starting in April 2020.

In 2019/20, Magna will be focussing on improving current ways of working and strengthening service delivery. We are growing our in-house maintenance team in order to improve the facilities offered within our Sheltered Housing properties, and to extend our service offer by delivering our own communal cleaning.

During the year we will launch our new I.T. platform, website and mobile app, completing the first phase of our wider service transformation programme.

By the end of the financial year we will have delivered 50 new homes and have started approximately 300 more, as our development programme gains momentum.

We will achieve all of this whilst maintaining an operating margin of 28%, interest cover of 338% and gearing of 29%.

http://www.magna.org.uk/fileadmin/content/Magna_Housing/Pdfs/Strategy/Strategy_2016-21__Revised_25_06_18_.pdf


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The Board

Mr Adam Peat – Chairman

Adam Peat OBE was the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales from 2003 to 2008. He was a senior civil servant with the National Assembly for Wales from 1998 to 2003, having previously spent nine years as chief executive of Tai Cymru (the body funding and regulating the housing association movement in Wales). Adam is due to retire in July 2019.

Mr Asit Acharya

Asit has over 25 years’ experience in senior management roles in local government and housing associations. He is a former chief officer in a combined housing and social services department in London. Some of Asit's other roles include managing director of ASRA (Greater London) housing association and service improvement director for the Guinness Trust and he has been a board member of several housing organisations. He is a graduate of the London School of Economics and has a postgraduate qualification in housing..

Mr Tim Ayre

Tim has run his own consultancy business for the last 10 years providing specialist investment advice to those involved in the commercial property sector. He qualified as a chartered surveyor and was formerly investment director of a large property company. Tim is due to retire in July 2019.

Mrs Debbie Bond

Debbie works in the family business, a long-established domestic appliance sales and repair shop in Bridport. She has previously worked in other retail, customer service and publishing roles. She has over 20 years’ experience of being a tenant of Magna Housing which gives her an insight into issues faced by tenants and puts her in a position to offer solutions based on actual experience. She has a degree in law from the Open University.


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Ms Phyllida Culpin

Phyllida Culpin has 20 years’ experience as a housing professional with a background in regeneration of large estates, community development, social cohesion and development of employment and training for residents. She was executive director of customer and community services at Yarlington Housing Group for four years and is passionate about involving residents and using customer insight to improve services and efficiency. Prior to working for Yarlington, Phyllida was with the Metropolitan Housing Trust in London for 13 years and includes campaigning for low cost housing and social inclusion among her personal interests.

Mr Graham Clarke

Graham Clarke is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and has over 20 years’ experience of operating at executive level for large and small organisations in the UK and overseas. He became finance director for Cornwall Hospice Care, a charitable organisation which provides hospice care across Cornwall, in September 2016. Prior to that, he spent five years as finance director for the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the UK regulatory body for the accounting, auditing and actuarial professions.

Mrs Jill Williams

Jill is a law graduate and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales, who has extensive experience of financial management and some legal experience in property matters. She worked 28 years for Pittards plc, a leather manufacturing company based in Yeovil since 1826, joining as finance and planning manager in 1989, and working her way through to company secretary, HR director and finance director before spending her final 18 months with the company as a non-executive director. Jill is currently a generalist adviser for Citizens Advice Sedgemoor.

Ms Dawn Lang

Dawn Lang is currently housing delivery programme manager for the Isle of Wight Council.

She was previously schools business manager for the Isle of Wight Council and director of finance and business services at UKSA, a charity based on the Isle of Wight. Prior to this she was chief executive at Homes in Sedgemoor and has a sound knowledge of housing associations, having held senior positions at Heart of England Housing Group, South Wight Housing Association and North Wiltshire Housing Association.


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Dawn is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and has been a board member for other housing organisations.

Dr David Penny

David has a scientific background and worked in the energy and defence sectors. He has experience of all aspects of business management including financial control, business development and staff recruitment.

You can read profiles of our executive teams here.

https://www.magna.org.uk/about-us/our-people/our-directors/


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Role profile Responsible to: The Chair of the MHL Board

Role purpose

• To determine Magna’s strategy, purpose, strategic objectives, behaviours, budget, business plan and policies in accordance with the Delegation Statement.

• To direct, scrutinise and monitor Magna’s affairs and its performance in achieving the above.

• To provide leadership within a framework of prudent and effective controls that enable risk to be properly assessed, managed and controlled.

Specific role responsibilities

• To support Magna’s Purpose and Strategic Objectives.

• To promote Magna’s Behaviours and to act in accordance with them.

• To observe and comply with the Code of Conduct for members.

• To act in the best interests of Magna.

• To abide by the decisions of the Board and its Committees.

• To prepare for and attend Board and Committee meetings, General Meetings, continuous development events, conferences and seminars.

Knowledge and experience required

• A knowledge and/or experience of the social housing sector.

• A knowledge and/or experience of at least one of the following:

• Experience of customer services or as a customer/service user of Magna;

• Financial management and accountancy;

• Lending and borrowing;

• Media, public relations and marketing;

• Information technology;

• Human resources, training and development;

• Construction industry or related professional services e.g. property management, building maintenance, surveying, architecture or property development;

• Business continuity;


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• Legal services;

• Health or social services;

• Audit;

• Governance;

• Risk management;

• Equality and diversity;

• Community development;

• Knowledge of the housing needs of the communities and people that Magna serves.

Skills, abilities and personal qualities required

Each member needs to be able to analyse and evaluate information and take decisions. In order to do this we need members who have or are willing to develop the skills, abilities and personal qualities set out below:

• A positive and constructive approach to the role of Board or Committee member;

• Leadership skills;

• The ability and willingness to participate effectively in meetings;

• An awareness of one’s impact on other Members;

• An understanding of the importance of probity, independence and integrity within public service and a desire to direct Magna accordingly;

• The ability to work as part of a team and commit to collective responsibility;

• Effective verbal and written communication skills;

• Numeracy skills;

• Willingness to devote time to prepare for and attend meetings;

• An understanding of social housing issues;

• The ability to provide constructive challenge to the organisation’s executives;

• The ability to exercise independent judgement;

• Strong powers of analysis;

• The ability to take decisions or to delegate authority, when appropriate, and to monitor decisions taken under that delegated authority.

Term of Membership

The term of office for Board Members is three years. Members coming to the end of their term of office are eligible for reappointment and may serve up to three consecutive terms of office. The maximum period of office for Board Members is limited to nine years.

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Structure chart

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Key terms and conditions

The role

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Remuneration

£4,500 p.a.

Time commitment

1-2 days per month

Meeting schedule

See meeting calendar overleaf.

Travel

Most meetings are held in Dorchester, West Dorset. Occasional travel to our offices in Williton, West Somerset, will be required as well as attendance at external events from time to time. Board Members receive a monthly travel allowance and we also reimburse other reasonable expenses.


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Board & Committee Meetings Calendar 2019-20

April 2019

Tuesday 16 10.30 Risk and Audit Committee Oak House, Dorchester

Thursday 25 10.00 Strategy Review Committee and Board meeting Oak House, Dorchester

May 2019

Friday 17 10.00 Finance Committee Oak House, Dorchester

Thursday 30 10.00 Board meeting Oak House, Dorchester

June 2019

Thursday 20 10.00 Board meeting St Peter’s House, Williton

Thursday 20 2.00 pm Membership and Remuneration Committee St Peter’s House, Williton

July 2019

Wednesday 10 10.00 Joint Finance and Audit Committee Oak House, Dorchester

Wednesday 10 2.00 pm Risk and Audit Committee Oak House, Dorchester

Thursday 25 From 11.35 Charter and MHL Board meetings and AGMs, plus lunch, including presentation Oak House, Dorchester

Thursday 25 2.00 pm Board meeting Oak House, Dorchester

August 2019

No meetings

September 2019

Wednesday 11 10.00 Finance Committee Oak House, Dorchester


October 2019



November 2019



December 2019

No meetings

January 2020



February 2020


Thursday 27 09.30 Membership and Remuneration Committee Oak House, Dorchester


March 2020



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Key dates and the selection process

Closing date: 3rd May 2019 12.00 noon.

We will be in touch with candidates on 10th May 2019 to advise on outcome of application.

Interviews: June 2019 TBC

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview with the Membership and Remuneration Committee. This will take place at Magna’s office in Dorchester.

If you are unable to attend for interview on any specific dates or June, please do speak to Campbell Tickell before making an application.


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Media advertisement


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