Housing Assurance Business Partner

Kirklees Council; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Kirklees Council is seeking a Housing Assurance Business Partner to join their new assurance team in the Homes & Neighbourhoods service. This role focuses on championing reporting integrity and compliance while driving improvements for the community. Ideal candidates will have experience in risk or assurance and a keen attention to strategic detail.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in assurance, risk, or compliance (public sector or housing preferred).
• Strong relationship-building skills and a strategic mindset.

Responsibilities

• Champion reporting integrity and robust validation processes.
• Drive continuous improvement for the benefit of tenants and communities.

Skills

Assurance

Risk Management

Compliance

Data Quality

Relationship Building

Strategic Thinking

Job description

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

Organisation Kirklees

Directorate Place

Service Area Homes & Neighbourhoods

Hours 37

Number of Jobs 2

Location(s) Huddersfield and surrounding areas

Position type Permanent

Grade Grade 13

We’re building a brand-new assurance team in our Homes & Neighbourhoods service – and we’re looking for strategic, data driven and compliance-focused individuals to join us.

As a Housing Assurance Business Partner, you will work within the Governance and Improvement service to champion reporting integrity and robust validation processes — turning insight into action and helping to drive continuous improvement for the benefit of our tenants and communities.

What you’ll bring:

• Proven experience in assurance, risk, or compliance (public sector or housing preferred)
• A passion for data quality and being evidence-based
• Strong relationship-building skills
• Strategic mindset with attention to regulatory detail

If you feel you have the skills and drive to take us to the next level of business assurance, we would like to hear from you.

Our employees are at the very heart of the services we provide to the community, to help us achieve our ambitions, we want the best possible team. In return, we will make sure you are rewarded with a great range of staff benefits to support you in and out of work.

Erran Taylor is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.

We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: [e-mail] or phone: [phone] and ask for ‘Recruitment’.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.