Board Member - Finance and/or Treasury Management Expertise

Gloucester City Homes; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A social housing provider in Gloucester seeks a Non-Executive Director for governance roles. The position requires expertise in financial or treasury management, and a commitment to diversity. Candidates should have a passion for the community and knowledge of social housing. This is a part-time role with a flexible mix of online and in-person meetings. Applications close on October 10th, 2025.

Qualifications

• Expertise in financial or treasury management is essential.
• Interest in the housing sector or regulatory context is useful but not essential.
• Experience in social housing sector or among underrepresented groups is welcomed.

Responsibilities

• Join as a Non–Executive Director on our Board and contribute to governance and decision-making.
• Bring financial or treasury management expertise to positively impact our work.
• Support the organisation’s values while keeping customers at the heart of decision making.

Skills

Financial or treasury management expertise

Commitment to diversity

Job description

Overview

3 Years Fixed Term Contract

Flexible with mix of online and in person meetings in Gloucester

GBP4,500 per annum and relevant training (An uplift in salary is expected to come into effect in 2026)

Approx. two days per month plus preparation time, and up to four strategic planning days per year.

At Gloucester City Homes, we support approximately 12,500 customers in around 5,000 homes in Gloucester – the city and its people are everything that we re about. We re one team with a focus to provide safe and secure homes where people in our community can thrive.

Responsibilities

• Join as a Non–Executive Director on our Board and relevant committees and contribute to governance and decision-making.
• Bring financial or treasury management expertise and use your knowledge to effectively challenge and positively impact on our work in these areas.
• Support and uphold the organisation’s values while keeping customers at the heart of strategic decision making.

Qualifications and Experience

• Financial or treasury management expertise.
• Passion for Gloucester and an interest in the housing sector or regulatory context is useful but not essential.
• Experience or lived experience in the social housing sector, or from groups underrepresented on boards (e.g., people with a disability) is welcomed.
• Understanding of housing sector regulation is useful but not essential; training and support will be provided.
• Commitment to diversity and to representing the diverse backgrounds of our customers.

Why us?

You may have sensed that we re not just any social housing provider. We look to do things differently to achieve our commitment to building a healthy, vibrant and inclusive organisation that treats people with respect and creates opportunities for all.

We have strong community roots and an ambitious five–year strategy, which we re refreshing right now. In the last year we ve undergone significant change in our operating environment, regulatory framework and with the needs and expectations of customers and colleagues.

Our Governance structure is key to enabling us to continue to excel and support our vision of building homes and communities where people can thrive.

Application Information

For more information on the role accountabilities and skills required, please check out the job recruitment pack.

On the following pages you ll find information about GCH, which will provide you with a good overview and help you complete your application. We re interested to know about you, your skills and knowledge, and your motivations and how these align with our vision and values.

We re interested to know about you, your skills and knowledge, and your motivations and how these align with our vision and values.

To help demonstrate this, please provide a CV and Supporting Video.

Supporting videos can be sent to our Comms team on WhatsApp via the number – (phone number removed). If you are unable to provide a video, please do get in touch with the recruitment team to discuss alternatives.

t s important to us that our board represents the diverse backgrounds and communities which we serve. We re not there yet in reflecting the wider organisation and our community on our board, and this is something we re committed to addressing. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process, including this document in a different format.

Closing Date: Friday 10th October 2025.

We ll complete shortlisting throughout the period of the advert, so the closing date may be brought forward if a suitable candidate is found. So, do send us your application at your earliest possible convenience.