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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Aug 4

The Greenacre Summer edition of Housing Insights is now live and ready for browsing as you brown your legs!

👓 So take off those shades, pop on your varifocals and dive in🌊🏄‍♂️

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Greenacre Housing Insights Summer 2025🌿

Your quarterly roundup of the latest housing industry insights, news and opportunities

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 30

Cheltenham Borough Council are seeking an operations manager (Responsive Repairs)
Contact [email protected] or apply by Sunday 31st August 2025 at midnight. buff.ly/fWysYFj

#OperationsManager #ResponsiveRepairs #Cheltenham #Gloucestershire #hiring #housing

Operations Manager - Responsive Repairs

Position: Operations Manager – Responsive RepairsClient: Cheltenham Borough Council Salary: £55,220 to £62,396 per annu...

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 30

If you’re passionate about housing and making a difference, we’d love to receive your application for Head of Housing Repairs, Maintenance & Improvements.
Conatct Rhys: [email protected] buff.ly/ufCwAgC

#repairsandmaintenance #headof #hiring #cheltenham #gloucestershire #housing

Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 30

If you’re passionate about making a difference, we’d love you to appy for Operations Manager – Technical & Investment
Contact [email protected] or appy by Sunday 31st August 2025 at midnight. buff.ly/ozJEhAA

#operationsmanager #cheltenham #gloucestershire #hiring #housing

Operations Manager - Technical & Investment

Position: Operations Manager – Technical & InvestmentClient: Cheltenham Borough Council Salary: £55,220 to £62,396 ...

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 30

Cheltenham Borough Council are seeking energetic, ambitious leaders/future leaders who are ready to drive progress and make a tangible impact.
Please contact [email protected] or apply by Sunday 31st August 2025 at midnight.

#compliance #hiring #gloucestershire #cheltenham #housing

Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 29

⚽️Hiring in 2025: Time to Retire the Red Cards⚽️

If recruitment were a football match, some hiring practices would be shown the red card before kick-off.

20 Outdated Hiring Practices To Avoid (And What To Do Instead) buff.ly/VRgFoN6 #hiringpractice #recruitment #recruitmentprocess

20 Outdated Hiring Practices To Avoid (And What To Do Instead)

Focus on what candidates can do, not just where they’ve been. Use skills assessments, real-world tasks or job auditions to identify true talent.

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Lionesses have done it again! 🦁

Just like a well-built home, great leadership starts with solid foundations, shared vision, and spaces where each voice matters. 😊

#Leadership #TeamSpirit #Lionesses #Social Housing #InclusiveCulture

Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 25

A six-month global trial across 141 organisations has shown that a four-day working week, with no reduction in pay, can be a game-changer for individuals, organisations, and communities alike.
#FourDayWeek #WellbeingAtWork #EDI
Four-day week study shows benefits to health

Four-day week study shows benefits to health

A four-day working week - with no reduction in pay - can have a positive impact on workers’ mental and physical health.

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 24

Leadership isn’t for the faint of heart - just ask a guineafowl.

Leadership can be incredibly stressful, even for birds buff.ly/rlyES2g

#LeadershipMatters #HousingSector #InclusiveLeadership #SystemicChange

Leadership can be incredibly stressful, even for birds

Birds like Wild guineafowl feel major stress when they try to lead their group. Their heart rates rise most when group members don’t agree.

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 23

When we talk about housing need, we're not just talking about bricks and mortar.

1.5m homes – building at scale across all tenures; which are most in demand? buff.ly/l2etBs1 #housingdemand #housingcrisis #socialhousing #equity #culture

1.5m homes – building at scale across all tenures; which are most in demand?

NHBC's Andrew Milsom examines the need for affordable housing in delivering the Government's housing targets

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 22

If we've learned anything from the data post pandemic, it's...well it's not much, apparently 😐

Fear of being ordered back to office affecting UK staff wellbeing, poll finds buff.ly/utqHkLM #workplacewellbeing #worklifebalance #employment #backtowork #flexibleworking

Fear of being ordered back to office affecting UK staff wellbeing, poll finds

Exclusive: More than a third of employees surveyed say stories about firms hardening stance have had impact

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 21

Greenacre’s latest NEDworking session brought together Non-Executive Directors from across the housing sector to explore a pressing and often polarising question:

❓How do housing associations balance their role as placemakers with their core operational responsibilities?"❓

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NEDWorking Session Recap - Housing Associations as Placemakers vs Core Operations

Greenacre’s latest NEDworking session brought together Non-Executive Directors from across the housing sector to explore a pressing and often polarisin...

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 21

A hearty and warm welcome to our July jobs bulletin🌞

If you are ready to search for your next role in housing, what better time to pop the kettle on and have browse?☕

buff.ly/tYJutAS #jobs #hiring #housing #recruiting #hsocialhousingrecruitment

July 2025 Jobs Bulletin🌞

Latest Opportunities in Housing and the Built Environment🏠

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 18

In housing, asset management is a cornerstone of strategic decision-making. Yet, the sector struggles to attract and retain female leaders.

Challenges still exist for Women in the Workplace buff.ly/GAg0qky #womenintheworkplace #bias #assetmanagement

Challenges still exist for Women in the Workplace | Recruiter

An update on the Better Hiring Institute’s 2024 report on Women in the Workplace was released yesterday [14 July 2025].

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 17

Using AI and new technology for recruiting should be about co-creation rather than delegation.

Teach First job applicants will get in-person interviews after more apply using AI buff.ly/RnKmjWw #AI #Cocreation #recruitment

Teach First job applicants will get in-person interviews after more apply using AI

Graduate recruiter says much use of AI goes undetected as specialist says half of candidates are now using it

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 16

Is your workplace suffering from a dialogue deficit? Esther Perel thinks so.

#WorkplaceCulture #Leadership #PsychologicalSafety

Cultivating Workplace Culture Through Meaningful Dialogue buff.ly/Wl3PJX4

Cultivating Workplace Culture Through Meaningful Dialogue

Esther Perel, renowned psychotherapist and relationship expert, explores how to bridge the dialogue gap to build healthy and productive workplace cultures.

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 16

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Compliance Administrator to join a dedicated team within a growing housing organisation in Bradford.

Contact Kelly on 07715 658150/[email protected], or apply here: buff.ly/DxogjPP

#complianceadministrator #hiring #bradford #administrator

Compliance Administrator

Compliance Administrator – BradfordLocation: BradfordHours: 08:30 – 16:30, Monday to FridayContract: Full-time, PermanentSalary: £...

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 14

Greenacre’s latest NEDworking session brought together Non-Executive Directors from across the housing sector to explore how housing associations balance their role as placemakers with their core operational responsibilities.
Read the full recap here👉 buff.ly/tZVsvEU
#NEDworking #Leadership

NEDWorking Session Recap - Housing Associations as Placemakers vs Core Operations

Greenacre’s latest NEDworking session brought together Non-Executive Directors from across the housing sector to explore a pressing and often polarisin...

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 14

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Compliance Administrator to join a dedicated team within a growing housing organisation in Bradford.

Contact Kelly on 07715 658150/[email protected] buff.ly/DxogjPP

#Bradford #hiring #housing #compliance

Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 14

An established housing support provider is looking for an empathetic and organised Resident Support Worker to join their dedicated team in Bradford.

Contact Kelly on 07715 658150/[email protected] buff.ly/X7I2qhP

#hiring #Bradford #residentsupportworker #housing #recruiting

Resident Support Worker

Resident Support Worker – Bradford Location: Bradford Contract Type: 12 month FTC Salary: £24,150-£28,350Do you ha...

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 14

We’re hiring on behalf of a respected South London-based housing provider who is looking for a proactive & personable Customer Service Advisor to join their dedicated team.
Contact Kelly on 07715 658150/[email protected] buff.ly/5BcaIq2 #hiring #customerservice #London #notforprofit

Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 14

A new study by by academics at Heriot-Watt University has laid bare the stark truth about inequality in England.

#tenantequity #housinginequality #housingleadership buff.ly/NYXmqkp

Black people in England four times as likely to face homelessness, study finds

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 11

As housing crises ripple across Europe, Vienna continues to stand out as a global benchmark for ints innovative, collaborative and sustainable housing models.

#SocialHousing #ViennaModel #AffordableLiving #UrbanEquity

Vienna has been declared a renters’ utopia – here's why | Justin Kadi

Social housing makes up almost half of the city’s 1m homes. The system isn’t perfect, but it gets a lot of things right, says housing expert Justin Kadi

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 10

In a sector that recieves its fair share of negative media, it's important to celebrate the progress, acknowledge the challenges, and keep pushing for service improvements that truly resonate with tenants.

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Social housing satisfaction rises to nearly 75% - PropertyWire

Three quarters (74.5%) of social tenants are satisfied, rising by around 1% year-on-year, the Pulse Survey from data company Housemark shows. Satisfaction with repairs also rose, to 89.7%.…

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Greenacre Recruitment @greenacregroup.bsky.social · Jul 9

From October 2026, social housing providers will be navigating new waters, as the long-awaited Competence and Conduct Standard takes effect.
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#SocialHousing #Professionalisation #SectorReform #WorkforceDevelopment #HousingProfession

Professionalisation rules to take effect from October 2026

New professionalisation requirements for social housing staff will come into force from October next year

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