Leadership Support Officer - Circa £38,000 - Southern Housing
Job Posted: 20 November 2025
- Contract Term: Permanent
- Location: Isle of Wight
- Contract Type: Full time
- Salary: Circa £38,000
- Industries: Health & Social Care Management & Executive
Leadership Support Officer
Location: Farringdon, Croydon, Kent or Isle of Wight
Contract: Permanent
Join Southern Housing as a Leadership Support Officer and help us build communities where everyone feels at home. You’ll provide high-level administrative support to Directors and the wider team, ensuring efficient operations and excellent service.
What you’ll do:
- Manage diaries, communications, and range of office systems for Directors
- Coordinate projects, performance reports, and team outputs
- Arrange meetings, prepare documents, and take accurate minutes and meeting actions
- Liaise with colleagues and external partners, including Local Authorities and MPs
- Support continuous improvement and promote our HEART values - Honesty, Efficiency, Accountability, Respectful & Trustworthy
- Provide guidance on policies and procedures, and cover for other team members when needed
- Line management of a Team Assistant
What you’ll need:
- Strong organisational skills and a proactive, customer-focused approach
- Ability to demonstrate confidentiality, sensitivity and professionalism in all activities.
- Excellent communication and IT skills across all channels
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and solve problems collaboratively
- Experience in administration and partnership working
- Previous experience in a similar role
Closing date: Monday 2nd December 2025 at 23:59
Please note, we may close this vacancy early, should we receive a high volume of applications
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About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.
A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
Inclusion & Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.
We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.
Southern Housing
We’re one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the South East, the Isle of Wight and the Midlands, giving over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own. At Southern Housing we understand the difference safe, secure and affordable homes can make to people’s lives. Our vision is to create communities where everyone has a safe home in a place where they’re proud to live. We’re big and we’re local. Residents are at the heart of our services, and we use our size to influence positive change in the areas where we operate. Our values are at the HEART of what we do. As an employee, you will always be honest, working with integrity and respect. You will ensure you work in an efficient and responsive way. You will be accountable and will make effective decisions within your role. You will be professional and respectful and be committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, you will be a trusted and respected team member.
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