About Housing 21
What is Housing 21?
Housing 21 is a UK not-for-profit national housing association, founded in 1964, specialising in Retirement Living and Extra Care for older people. It operates schemes across England with a large HQ in Birmingham covering operations, finance, development, marketing, IT and HR alongside its regional housing teams.
Where will I work?
Hybrid working from Housing 21's Birmingham HQ for salaried head-office roles; on-site at regional schemes for housing-management and care roles.
What is the team like?
Around 3,200 staff across head-office salaried roles and frontline housing-management / Extra Care colleagues. The 9-day fortnight is offered to salaried employees.
Work-Life Balance
Housing 21 has introduced a 9-day fortnight as an opt-in default for salaried colleagues. From a Housing 21 news article: "Housing 21 has introduced a nine-day fortnight, which allows employees on salaried roles to have the option to spread their working hours over nine days instead of 10. In a recent survey that was conducted, 73% of employees who have made the change reported increased job satisfaction and 52% agreed it had improved performance and effectiveness in their role."
Perks and Benefits
- 9-day fortnight (opt-in) for salaried colleagues — every other Friday off, on full pay
- Pension scheme
- Generous annual leave plus public holidays
- Hybrid working for head-office salaried roles
- Recognised for best flexible-working policy
How to Apply
Current openings are posted on the Housing 21 vacancies portal at housing21.current-vacancies.com (linked from housing21.org.uk/careers).