Social Housing Executive Consultant

Gravitas Group; Manchester; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited holiday

Pension

Healthcare scheme

Job summary

Gravitas Group is seeking a Social Housing Executive Consultant to lead complex advisory engagements across technology, data, operating models and HMS-related change.

You will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and collaborate with an experienced advisory team to shape services delivery, support capability development, and drive client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong track record in social housing transformation (client-side, advisory, or blend).
• Experience leading complex engagements end-to-end: discovery → recommendation → roadmap/delivery.
• Comfortable engaging around housing regulation and operational realities.
• Collaborative leadership: lead from the front and bring others with you.
• Nice to have HMS implementation experience; Microsoft ecosystem knowledge (M365, Azure, AI strategy).

Responsibilities

• Lead complex advisory engagements across social housing clients.
• Act as trusted advisor to senior stakeholders (Head of Service / Director / Exec).
• Deliver IT/Digital/Data strategy, portfolio & systems reviews, and TO(M) changes.
• Support capability development through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
• Contribute to commercial success via strong client delivery and networking.

Skills

Social housing transformation

Engagement leadership

Regulatory awareness

Stakeholder management

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Azure

MS 365

Job description

Social Housing Executive Consultant

Salary: £70,000–£80,000
Location: UK-wide / Remote-first (with some travel)
Working model: Hybrid / flexible (client-site as needed)
Sector focus: Social Housing

We've partnered with agrowing consultancywho arehiring aExecutive Consultant with strong social housing transformation experience to lead complex client engagements across technology, data, operating model and HMS-related change.

This is a senior, trusted-advisor role for someone who can operate independently on delivery. You’ll collaborate closely with an established advisory team (11 people), support capability development, and help shape how services are delivered.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading and orchestrating complex advisory engagements (often multi-workstream) across social housing clients
• Acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders (Head of Service / Director / Exec level)
• Delivering strategic and transformation work such as:
  • IT / Digital / Data strategy
  • Application portfolio & systems reviews (including repairs-focused ecosystems)
  • Repairs and asset management improvement work (including compliance-driven change)
  • Data platform direction-of-travel (e.g., Microsoft Fabric / Databricks — advisory oversight rather than hands-on build)
  • Enterprise architecture, process reviews, and Target Operating Model activity
  • Systems procurement and selection support
• Supporting team development through mentoring, knowledge-sharing, and improving ways of working
• Contributing to commercial success through strong client delivery and (where appropriate) networking / relationship development

What we’re looking for

• Strong track record in social housing / housing association transformation (ideally client-side, advisory, or a blend)
• Confidence leading complex engagements end-to-end: discovery → recommendation → roadmap / delivery support
• Comfortable engaging around housing regulation and operational realities
• Collaborative style: you can lead from the front and bring others with you
• “Nice to have”:
  • End-to-end HMS implementation experience
  • Broader Microsoft ecosystem knowledge (M365, Azure, AI strategy / Copilot guidance)

Benefits

• Unlimited holiday
• Pension (employer matched up to 5%)
• Healthcare scheme

Working pattern & travel

• Hybrid setup; this will mainly be a remote set up, with travel to customer sites (all paid for).
• Some overnight travel may be required depending on client need

Interview process

• Stage 1: Intro conversation (remote or in-person)
• Stage 2: In-person session (Manchester/ London) including a short written exercise
• Stage 3 (for senior hires): Informal conversation with the CEO