Odgers Berndtson

Social Housing - Lead Consultant

The Social Housing practice forms part of the wider Place & Regeneration team. The team is unique in its focus amongst the leading search firms and, in recent years, has been trusted to manage many of the sector’s most high profile and complex roles in the UK. Our track record within the Social Housing sector goes back over a decade. We have seen year-on-year growth and are viewed by clients and candidates as highly credible, informed, and well-networked.

We work with an array of Housing Associations and Registered Providers, and increasingly work with the wider Place & Regeneration team on assignments relating to joint ventures and partnerships. The majority of the G15 London Registered Providers – a group that houses one in ten Londoners and builds one in four new homes in the capital – are already our clients. We also work with smaller and regional Housing Associations, and this is a real strength.

We are recognised within the industry for looking beyond the usual suspects and bringing forward diverse cohorts of candidates. We have a particular reputation for, and strength in, securing candidates from the commercial sector, which has led to us also working with commercial companies, on roles at the interface of both sectors. This joint venture work between Housing Associations, Local Authorities and the Private Sector is a space in which we are successfully embedded through our multi-sector offering.

The Odgers Berndtson Group (Executive Search, Berwick Partners and Interim) already dominates this space. To further profit from the market conditions and our track record, we are looking for a recruiter to join Berwick Partners and become the lead specialist in Housing.

Attracting and retaining the very best recruitment professionals is critical to our success.

Well networked, our consultants have the tenacity and passion to enable our clients to appoint the very best senior individuals. As a Berwick Partners consultant, you will be expected to:

• Identify & develop relationships with clients (new and existing) through high level marketing calls. Offer market intelligence, present at pitches and business development meetings, and actively introduce colleagues
• Listen to and interpret client requirements, developing commercially sound solutions
• Take ownership of candidate management, recognising that talented people are our lifeblood
• Professionally manage and deliver all assignments won, to successful completion
• Create, develop and deliver events that offer clients and senior candidates the opportunity to network
• Develop a personal profile, ensuring that you become a recognised and respected recruiter in your specialism
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, and interact at the most senior level
• Produce excellent quality, well written documents that add value to an assignment

• Intellectually capable, confident, self-assured and a tenacious self-starter
• Self-managed, you will know what it takes to develop your reputation and position both internally and externally, without the need for heavy KPIs
• Able to lead by example, act as an ambassador and uphold the culture, philosophy, integrity, quality, professionalism and ethics of the Berwick Partners brand
• Able to communicate effectively, in writing and verbally

Berwick Partners, a division of Odgers Berndtson, operates in the senior leadership recruitment market. We operate a 100% retained search model within the £70,000-£120,000 basic salary bracket and believe we stand out in a congested market by offering a quality and client-led service.

We are experts in senior recruitment; we understand the markets in which we work, yet we are never complacent about the importance of listening and learning. At times we need to advise and at times we need to challenge; we always need to deliver.

We are a national firm with offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. We collaborate and work closely with Odgers Berndtson, benefiting from their brand, reputation and work. We share a database, offices, events and away-days. This relationship means that for business development purposes, we are not a cold call environment.

Berwick Partners has built an excellent reputation for filling senior management and executive positions across a number of different sectors. We have split our market into three main areas: Commerce & Industry, Public Sector and Functions

We believe that this structure offers clients the opportunity to tap into sector specialists and functional experts as the mandate dictates. We are passionate about what we do. We understand how important it is to deliver the right outcomes for clients and candidates and we take pride in the quality of our work.

What we offer

At Berwick Partners, we have created a mature and “grown-up” culture, one where you are trusted to deliver without weekly targets and sales incentives. We provide our consultants with a huge amount of support to enable them to be as effective as possible. Support comes in the form of:

• Dedicated (shared) PA
• In-house Research Team
• Events Manager
• Marketing Manager

Our Vision

We strive to be the most trusted and respected search firm, setting the standard for excellence in our industry.

Rewards

• Upper-quartile base salary
• Transparent commission structure, equal to a third of billings (less salary costs). Additional support is provided in the 1st year
• Pension (including death in service)
• 25 days holiday (and 3 extra over the Christmas period)
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Flexible working and working-from-home arrangements