RCH Group Greenock, Hybrid
Position: Group Services Director
Location: Greenock / Hybrid
Salary: Competitive Salary (available to applicants on request)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 20 June 2025, 12:00
Hours: Full Time (37 hours per week).
RCH Group consists of River Clyde Homes (RCH), one of Scotland’s leading social housing providers, and Home Fix Scotland (HFS), a wholly owned subsidiary carrying out planned and responsive maintenance works and grounds maintenance works.
We are seeking an experienced Group Services Director to oversee and enhance our organisation’s key support functions, ensuring seamless and efficient service delivery across all departments.
As the Group Services Director, you will lead our corporate services, including finance, HR, IT, legal, governance and health and safety. You will be instrumental in shaping our strategy, optimising processes, and driving a culture of continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
* Ensuring both organisations have sound resources, strong finances, and operate sustainably and efficiently meeting key business objectives
* Promote and support agile and digital working practices to enable business growth, delivery of value for money and encouraging innovation in all aspects of customer services
* Ensuring that the voice of customers is heard in the development and delivery of strategic and operational plans along with the ongoing scrutiny of performance and outcomes
A Qualified Accountant, You Will Be An Inspiring, Solutions-focused And Forward-thinking Leader With a Proven Track Record In Corporate And Financial Planning And Reporting And Governance, As Well As Relevant Experience In Directly Managing Multidisciplinary Teams. An Accomplished Communicator, The Successful Candidate Will Be Able To Build And Maintain Strong Working Relationships With a Range Of Stakeholders And Also Demonstrate
* Relevant strategic planning exposure, ideally with direct experience in contributing to/facilitating the growth of an organisation
* Strong strategic financial modelling experience coupled with direct involvement in both the budgeting and longer-term financial forecasting processes
* The ability to develop and maintain effective relationships and partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders
This role will provide you with a genuine opportunity to shape future strategy and deliver significant change in a truly dynamic organisation that plays a key role as a community partner in Inverclyde. Whilst the RCH Group companies operate within the Social Housing and Construction sectors, they would welcome applications from candidates currently working in other sectors.
NB: RCH Group embraces hybrid working and whilst our Headquarters are in Greenock, the successful candidate would not be required to be in the office on a full-time basis.
If you have the ambition to deliver the RCH Group vision in relation to our key support functions, the application pack is available to download here.
Please note: CV will not be accepted.
Completed applications should be returned to recruitment@evh.org.uk
Key Dates
Closing Date: 12 noon on Friday 20th June 2025.
Shortlisting: Candidates will be shortlisted week commencing 23rd June and could include being invited to a coffee with Richard Turnock, Chief Executive to discuss the role.
Online Testing: Shortlisted candidates will be required to participate in an online management test week commencing 7th July 2025.
Interview: A panel interview will be conducted at RCH offices on Wednesday 23rd July 2025.
RCH Group is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity. #J-18808-Ljbffr