ABOUT ROCHDALE BOROUGHWIDE HOUSING
Click here to download RBH Annual Report 2008
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Click here to download RMBC’s Housing Strategy – Delivering Change
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Rochdale Boroughwide Housing is a forward thinking, dynamic housing provider committed to creating thriving neighbourhoods where people want to live. Created by Rochdale Council in April 2002, we are an arms length management organisation (ALMO) managing more than 14,000 properties on its behalf.
Employing more than 600 people we are committed to providing equal opportunities and quality, responsive services for all.
RBH is a company wholly owned by the Council but managed by a Board of Directors.
Our Vision, Mission and Values
A new business plan to replace the document published in early 2005 is currently being developed. The first part of the business planning process has been to work with our tenants, parent authority and stakeholders to agree the following Vision, Mission and Values.
Our Vision
To be a champion for the neighbourhoods in which our tenants live ensuring that they are sustainable, strong, safe, clean and well managed, receiving high quality local services and with a good standard of local amenities and facilities.
Our Mission
Our mission is to:
- Become recognised locally, regionally and nationally as a top performing housing organisation – achieving a 3 star rating from the Audit Commission, helping our parent local authority achieve a high CPA rating, and being recognised as providing excellent, value for money services across the board.
- Make the maximum possible contribution to meeting the housing needs and demands of local people through building new homes and remodelling estates.
- Deliver a targeted and customer focused programme of environmental and sustainability investment across our estates.
- Maintain Decent Homes and improve on that standard where possible, achieving the highest standards of energy efficiency for all the properties we manage.
- Ensure that all our activities make the maximum possible contribution towards achieving the aims of the Local Strategic Partnership and the strategic plans of our parent local authority.
Our Values
In order to achieve our vision and mission we will be an organisation that:
- Aligns all our efforts and resources to working constructively in partnership with our customers, parent authority, other partners and stakeholders to deliver our overall vision and mission.
- Is open, inclusive and friendly – listening to, and taking account of customers, staff and stakeholders, using active and creative ways to involve them in developing what we do and the way we work.
- Sets itself challenging but achievable targets - systematically measuring progress against these.
- Is dynamic, progressive and innovative - open to new ideas, and always learning from best practice.
- Is an employer of choice, recognising that the key to excellent performance is the people who work for us - ensuring that they are committed, passionate, and well rewarded, and have all the means at their disposal to deliver the best possible services to our customers.
- Has the highest standard of integrity and probity setting an exemplary standard to our peers in the housing sector.
Working with Us
The post of Chief Executive offers you the opportunity to join the RBH team and make a real difference. Working with RBH you will have excellent terms and conditions and access to a range of employee benefits including;
- Work life balance
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Employee health package
- Excellent training, development and career progression opportunities
- Child Care Vouchers
- You At Work voucher discount scheme
Equality and Diversity
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) is committed to promoting Equality and valuing Diversity. RBH aims to improve community wellbeing throughout the borough of Rochdale, deliver a value-for-money service and enable tenants views to be heard. This policy combines RBH’s major functions as an employer, as a provider and commissioner of services. Our Equality and Diversity Statement forms an integral part of our policy. Employees, Board members and contractors of RBH are required to deliver services in accordance with this policy. Service users are required to respect the policy and the principles behind it.
