Apply to join your Housing Assurance Board

Our Housing Assurance Board has saved you a place...

For more than a year our Housing Assurance Board, made up of tenants and leaseholders has been scrutinising our services, making recommendations to help us improve and holding us to account.

They're making a real difference, and you can too as we're now on the lookout for more tenants and leaseholders to join the Board!

The Housing Assurance Board has played a big role in shaping and strengthening housing services over the past year.

Click on the two drop-downs below to read a few examples of what they've achieved and to read a message from the Chair of the Board.

You can also read the minutes of the meetings that have been held by clicking here and scrolling to the bottom of the page.

Improving how we report on performance

Thanks to input from the Board we now present performance data in a more accessible way - with added information to make it easier to understand. You can take a look at our performance information by clicking here.

Vulnerable Persons Policy

HAB's feedback on this policy was incorporated - along with a commitment to review it after a year to allow for continued improvement and consultation.

Glossary of acronyms in reports

Thanks to HAB's recommendation, all reports we produce now include full definitions of acronyms used to make them clearer and easier to understand for both Board Members and residents.

Reviewing our Grounds Maintenance service

The Board has been heavily involved in the review - driving forward service improvements to make sure we're offering a high-quality, value for money service.

Engagement and visibility

The Board has been out and about at various events and locations over the year - from taking part in a tour of our housing stock, to presenting to more than 1,000 housing colleagues at our staff conference in the summer.

A photograph of HAB Chair, Tanaiya Daniel

Tanaiya Daniel (pictured), Housing Assurance Board Chair:

"I'm really proud of what the Housing Assurance Board has achieved this year. We've helped shape key policies to make sure that tenants' voices and real experiences are central to how services are designed and delivered.

"We're now looking for new board members. If you're passionate about improving housing services and want to make sure that tenant voices continue to be heard, we'd love for you to get involved. You don't need previous board experience or special expertise - just your lived tenant or leaseholder experience and a willingness to work together."

What's the commitment?

HAB meets once every two months - usually online and you'd be expected to be able to attend these meetings wherever possible.

There's usually some preparation / reading of papers that's needed for before each of the meetings and there might also be ad hoc opportunities / commitments across the year that we might ask for your support with. As a member of HAB you'll be given a laptop to help you with this and expenses will be paid.

And we'll support your involvement every step of the way - with a wide range of training and support on offer from our Involvement team. And it'll look brilliant on your CV! The skills you'll develop and the experience you'll have will be great if you're looking for employment or furthering your career or if you're just looking for other volunteering opportunities in the future.

How to apply

We're delighted that you're interested in a role on our new Housing Assurance Board. We'd love to hear more about you, why you're interested and the skills or experience that you have that will be relevant to the role.

Please take the time to complete and submit this short application form below.

You can read the role profile by clicking on the drop-down below and HAB's terms of reference are available by clicking the drop-down on the bottom of this page.

Pop-up engagement events

We're also holding a number of pop-up engagement events in January where you can come and talk to us about the Housing Assurance Board and ask any questions. We'd love to see you. Here's where we'll be:

Strelley Library, Wednesday 7 January, 10am to midday
Clifton Cornerstone, Wednesday 14 January, 10am to midday
Bulwell Riverside, Wednesday 21 January, 10am to midday
The Dales Centre, Wednesday 28 January, 10am to midday

To download a copy of the role profile, click here.

Area of responsibility	Requirement (Essential or Desirable)
Providing assurance that standards are being met	Interest in social housing regulation (Essential) Understanding compliance with regulatory standards (Desirable)
Challenging unsatisfactory performance	Ability to understand and interpret performance information, including reports and data (Desirable) Experience of holding organisations to account (Desirable)
Making sure tenant and leaseholder experiences are being noticed and acted on	Ability to understand and interpret performance information, including reports and data (Desirable) Ability to make sure that diverse experiences are reflected in organisational strategies and policies (Essential) Awareness of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion principles (Essential)
Making sure strategies and policies reflect tenants and leaseholders' experiences	Ability to understand and interpret strategies and policies and to look for outcomes (Desirable) To make sure own experiences and opinions do not influence decision making (Essential) To act on evidence (Essential)
Working with others to make sure tenants and leaseholders are being noticed and acted on	Experience of working as part of a collegiate team, in either a paid or voluntary capacity (Essential)
To be a tenant or leaseholder of Nottingham City Council	Essential

What happens after you've applied

Once applications have closed (Friday 30 January), we'll review all the applications we've received and invite short-listed applicants for an interview. This is a chance for us to have a chat about you and your application. Following that, successful applicants will be invited to join our Board.

Reasonable adjustments

Reasonable adjustments for any stage of the application process can be made if needed to support you. Please get in touch if you'd like to discuss this further by emailing involved@nottinghamcity.gov.uk or call us on 0115 746 9100 and ask to speak with a member of the Involvement Team.

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Or if you'd like this in a different format, please contact the Involvement Team using the details above and we'll do our best to support you where possible.

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We look forward to reading your application!

Housing Assurance Board application form

Your name

Your address

Telephone number

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Are you a Nottingham City Council tenant or leaseholder?

Yes, tenant
Yes, leaseholder

Why are you interested in this role (for example, there might be parts of the role profile that really appeal to you, or it might be something else)?

What can you bring to the role (you could tell us about anything you've done in the past that might be similar, or skills and experience that you have that is relevant. Please provide examples of how you meet each part of the person specification if you can)?

Tell us which parts of the role worry you a little (if any), and why

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Apply to join your Housing Assurance Board

Our Housing Assurance Board has saved you a place...

HAB achievements over the last 12 months

A message from the Housing Assurance Board Chair

What's the commitment?

How to apply

Pop-up engagement events

HAB role profile

Housing Assurance Board application form