Responsible to: WHL Board/London Councils Chief Executive
Job purpose
The Managing Director of Warmer Homes London (WHL) will provide visionary and accountable leadership to grow WHL into London government’s expert retrofit enabling service. The MD will ensure that WHL meets the Delivery Plan commitments and the strategic objectives which serve its mission: to make Londoners’ homes greener, healthier, and more affordable to heat through energy efficiency.
Working with the support of the Senior Leadership Team, they will shape and develop the capacity of WHL to address systemic barriers which hold back retrofit in London. Together the SLT team will be accountable for effective management of multi-million-pound retrofit capital programmes whilst developing services grounded in evidence-based insights which enable continuous improvement in the quality, pace and scale of retrofit investment and generate health and employment benefits for Londoners.
The MD will guide WHL from its start-up phase to maturity, establishing WHL’s track record as London’s trusted and value for money retrofit delivery partner. Starting with social, private rented and low income owner occupied housing, over time they will create the foundations for cross tenure solutions. From a basis of credibility, they will lead the steady development of the organisation’s financial sustainability and governance to respond to a dynamic policy context and mandate set by the Mayor of London and London Councils as its founding partners.
The MD will be a strategic leader, who understands how to deliver in partnership. They will be able to navigate the challenges, bringing together the stakeholders from across the system to learn, test and evolve services and delivery models. They will be supported by the founding partners and a team of experts and innovators, and will draw on established partnerships, programme delivery and service development-thinking, all built with the shared ambition to unlock retrofit at scale for London.
