Chief Executive

Berneslai Homes; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 145,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A local housing authority in Barnsley is seeking a Chief Executive to provide values-led leadership, engage with customers, and manage relationships with partners. The ideal candidate has a proven track record in senior leadership within the housing or social care sector, with a focus on strategic outcomes and collaboration. This role offers a salary of £145,718 and the chance to lead an ambitious organization dedicated to creating great homes and communities.

Qualifications

• Proven senior leadership experience within the sector.
• Track record of delivering strategic outcomes in housing, social care, or community services.
• Ability to lead in a collaborative, outward-facing manner and to build strong external relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible, values-led leadership to the organisation and its talent.
• Engage with customers to ensure resources focus on what matters most to them.
• Manage key relationships with partners and Barnsley Council.
• Define clear organisational goals with the leadership team and monitor performance against them.
• Model organisational values: customer first, can do and curious.
• Foster an inclusive culture to empower and develop others, building organisational capacity.

Skills

Senior leadership experience

Strategic outcomes in housing

Collaborative leadership

Job description

Overview

Chief Executive – Berneslai Homes

Location – Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Salary – £145,718

Closing date – 2 Oct 2025

Contract – Permanent

Hours – Full time

Sector – Business leadership & executive; Community & Social Care; Housing & development; CEO; Social care field/environment; Community housing; Housing services; Strategy & policy; Social housing

Job Details

Leadership opportunities like this don't come around often: this could be your career defining role, leading a high performing organisation that is looking to the future with ambition and confidence.

Berneslai Homes is an arms-length management organisation, successfully managing 18,000 council homes and wholly owned by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. We are a key community anchor organisation with a deep understanding of our area and its history that informs our ambitions for its future. Our strategic direction maps our priorities up until 2031 and our current C1 rating from the Regulator of Social Housing confirms that we are well-placed to build on this success. By actively listening to our customers and delivering consistently high-quality services for the Council, we aim to create great homes and communities with the people of Barnsley.

As our new Chief Executive, you will have the opportunity to lead this work: providing visible, values-led leadership to a talented team; engaging with our customers to focus resources on what matters most to them; and managing key relationships with our partners and with Barnsley Council. We are seeking a leader who will lead by example and bring others with you: how you do things is as important as what you do. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with an accomplished track record in leadership within the sector to take the organisation to the next level in delivering great homes for customers. An inclusive leadership style will be key, enabling you to empower and develop others to build organisational talent and capacity. You should be naturally collaborative and outward looking, able to foster positive working relations within and outside the organisation to extend our influence and impact. You will work with your leadership team to define clear organisational goals, measure performance against these, and model our values – customer first, can do and curious.

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Responsibilities

• Provide visible, values-led leadership to the organisation and its talent.
• Engage with customers to ensure resources focus on what matters most to them.
• Manage key relationships with partners and Barnsley Council.
• Define clear organisational goals with the leadership team and monitor performance against them.
• Model organisational values: customer first, can do and curious.
• Foster an inclusive culture to empower and develop others, building organisational capacity.

Requirements

• Proven senior leadership experience within the sector.
• Track record of delivering strategic outcomes in housing, social care, or community services.
• Ability to lead in a collaborative, outward-facing manner and to build strong external relationships.