Walsall Housing Group is looking for an exceptional Group Chief Executive to replace Liz Walford. After leading us successfully for the last five years, Liz is taking well-earned retirement at the end of 2009.

Walsall Housing Group owns and manages around 20,000 homes across Walsall, housing over a fifth of the Borough's population. We are very proud of what we have achieved since transfer in 2003, and have set ourselves a series of challenging goals for the future. We have a great reputation for providing good, affordable housing, improving services and raising resident satisfaction. We work alongside customers and residents to transform communities and deliver national priorities at a local level. We have invested over £350m to date in improving our current housing and providing new affordable homes within a strategic regeneration framework and have a further £120m planned.

We want to hear from you if you have:

• A successful track record of leadership in a major housing association
• Experience of leading, developing and motivating a large and diverse group of colleagues
• Visions, with a strong strategic approach and the ability to deliver change
• Passion and commitment to improving the lives of residents in Walsall
• An appetite for partnership working across the statutory, voluntary and private sector.

To find out more about us, please visit www.whg.uk.com.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact James Tickell of Campbell Tickell on 0798 665 7614 or .

How to apply

Please download and review the recruitment pack and associated documents below.

Send an up to date CV and supporting statement, detailing how you meet the criteria for this role using the person specification, along with your completed compliance and equal opportunities form.

Please note that we will not be able to accept incomplete applications and your supporting statement must relate to the criteria in the person specification.

We advise that your CV and supporting statement are no longer than 3 pages each. Your CV must contain dates worked and a brief description of your key responsibilities for each role including consultancy/project work. If you require a CV template please request one from .

Once complete, please send your application in MS Word preferably by email to or by post to Campbell Tickell (Recruitment) Ltd, 11 The Crescent, London NW2 6HA.

• download the recruitment pack (.pdf file)
• download the Corporate Plan 2008 - 2011 (.pdf file)
• download WHG News Release (.pdf file)
• download the compliance form (.doc file)
• download the equal opportunities form (.doc file)

Key dates

Closing date: Friday 3 July 2009 - 12 noon.
First interview: Friday 10 July 2009.
Assessment Centre & Final interview: 14 and 15 July 2009.