Balance
(our Women's network)
Working with us
We’re one team working together for our tenants.
Our values
We’re people focussed.
We want to make things better and we hold ourselves and each other to the highest standards. We know our environment and evolve to stay ahead of the curve.We’re inclusive.
Our differences are our strength. When we listen to each other and pull together good things happen. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, your contribution matters.We’re professional.
We act with integrity and take ownership of what we do. We think about how our actions affect others and how they make a difference.
What's on offer?
In reward for your hard work, you'll benefit from:
Salary
Flexible working
Annual leave
Company pension
Health cash plan
Career development
Professional membership
Discounts and perks
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Salary
A competitive salary that’s reviewed each year to ensure you’re getting the salary you deserve.
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Flexible working
'Smart Working' that empowers you to deliver services from the location that they're best delivered on any given day, including remote working.
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Annual leave
25 days holiday, increasing to 30 days after qualifying service, plus the option to buy additional leave to enjoy a well-earned rest.
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Company pension
Company pension scheme, with up to 8% matched contributions.
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Health cash plan
Medicash gives you access to Virtual GP and lets you claim money back for using some health services such as dental and optical.
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Career development
We champion lifelong learning by investing in our people to develop the skills for today and the future. You’ll enjoy a flexible learning journey with access to soft skills courses, technical training and professional qualifications.
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Professional membership
We’ll cover the cost of one Professional Membership each year.
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Discounts and perks
Access to travel, retail and leisure discounts across a variety of brands.
Belonging
We believe in creating a workplace where everyone feels like they belong, regardless of their background.
We have four brilliant Inclusion Networks that all our colleagues are welcome to join. There’s Balance (our Women’s Network), Harmony (our LGBT+ Network), Unity (our Race Network) and Liberty (our Disability Network). Together, they run events and activities throughout the year to help educate, inform and celebrate all of our colleagues.
Our Gender Pay Gap, Ethnicity Pay Gap and ED&I Reports
We’re nationally recognised as a leading inclusive employer. This is a proud acknowledgment of our ongoing work to ensure our people have the opportunities they need to thrive, no matter what their background. As part of that commitment, on an annual basis we publish our Gender Pay Gap, Ethnicity Pay Gap and ED&I Reports. All three reports contain key updates, highlights and valuable data on our approach, the results we’re seeing, and where improvements are being made.
Please click here to download our 2024 ED&I Report
Please click here to download our 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report
Please click here to download our 2024 Ethnicity Pay Gap Report
Harmony
(our LGBT+ network)
Unity
(our Race network)
Liberty
(our Disability network)
Colleague
Champions
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Balance, our Women’s Network
Our focus:
- Raise awareness of women’s health conditions and how they can present, with an initial focus on ADHD, neurodiversity and endometriosis
- Improve support for colleagues experiencing menopause
- Plan and deliver celebrations for International Women’s Day to embed a sense of belonging
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Harmony, our LGBT+ Network
Our focus:
- Plan and deliver activities for Pride, including Birmingham Pride
- Support development and launch of LGBT+ inclusion e-learning
- Support development of the guidance for transitioning at work
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Liberty, our Disability Network
Our focus:
- Build stronger engagement with Unity members to strengthen network and support a culture of inclusion through the lens of ethnically diverse colleagues
- Understand barriers to career progression affecting ethnically diverse colleagues and help shape further career development activities
- Plan events for Black History Month to raise profile of the network and embed a sense of belonging
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Liberty, our Disability Network
Our focus:
- Support the review and improvements to the reasonable adjustment processes
- Support the implementation of the new “My Adjustment Pass” and development of related guidance - creating central Disability Records, making it easier for colleagues as they move internally
- Working with comms to support in improving the accessibility of internal events
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Colleague Champions
Our work has been recognised nationally, being names amongst UK’s top 50 most inclusive employers and the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Places to Work.
Giving back
Our values
As a leading provider of affordable housing, giving back is at our core.
We’re proud to have partnered with Acorns, a local children’s hospice, as our Charity of the Year for 2023/24. Amazingly, together, we raised almost £25,000!
Each year, our colleagues choose an inspiring charity for us to support. We’re pleased to be working with the charity Mind in 2024/25, who work to make mental health an everyday priority and offer support to those who need it.
A sustainable workplace
Sustainability is key for us, across our homes, neighbourhoods and offices. Here are a few of the things we’re doing to help us reduce our carbon footprint:
Smart technology
We use the latest smart technology sensors to analyse the conditions in our homes and understand how we can use modern, sustainable technology to make them more efficient and comfortable places to live.Greener offices
We have solar panels across all 3 of our offices to make sure we’re using as much renewable energy as possible. Our total peak solar capacity is over 70 kW. Enough to power around 70 homes.Protecting our neighbourhoods
We’re making our estates cleaner and greener places to live, through community clean-up events and biodiversity initiatives in our communal gardens.
Electric vehicles
We’ve started to make the transition over to electric vehicles for our in-house maintenance team. We are increasing the number of electric vehicles in our fleet, with the aim of being 100% electric by 2035.Homes of the future
We’re building homes with the future in mind. We have whole developments, such as Project 80, which run with 80% less carbon than today’s homes. They use the latest, greenest technology to make sure our homes are running as efficiently as possible.Educating our tenants
We’re making sure our tenants who live in homes with new technologies are properly informed on how to use the technology most efficiently, to reduce energy consumption and lower costs.Green economy
Sustainability is at the forefront of how we talk to our investors. We've been able to link our sustainability targets to how we borrow money, ensuring that we spend sustainably.