Our Vacancies

Full time

Permanent

Closing Date: Monday 22nd December 2025

Are you ready to lead transformational change and shape the future of our organisation’s People, Culture, and Communications?

We are seeking an exceptional leader to join us as Assistant Director (AD) of People, Culture & Communications. This newly created role is pivotal to supporting our transformation agenda and building a high-performing, values-led organisation.

What the role will include:

As AD of People, Culture & Communications, you will:

• Provide strategic leadership across HR, organisational design and development, learning & development, talent management, wellbeing, and communications.
• Champion the ongoing development and enhancement of our People and Communications functions, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Embed a systemic approach to culture, colleague experience, and wellbeing.
• Oversee strategic internal and external communications, ensuring consistent and impactful messaging.
• Advise the Executive and Senior Leadership Group on people, culture, and communications matters.

About you:

We’re looking for an inspiring leader who combines strategic vision with hands-on delivery. You’ll bring:

• Extensive senior-level experience in HR, leading strategy and transformation
• Strong background in organisational design and development, talent, L&D, and wellbeing
• Proven ability to drive People and Comms initiatives
• Excellent communicator and stakeholder manager

What You’ll Achieve

• A high-performing People and Communications function aligned to business needs.
• Improved leadership capability, talent pipelines, and colleague experience.
• Consistent, values-led communications internally and externally.

Why Join Golding Homes?

This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact and help shape the future of our organisation. If you are passionate about people, culture, and communications - and ready to lead change - we want to hear from you!

Background

You'll be part of our Communal Estates team, who provide a high-quality cleaning service to customers of Golding Homes. We're excited to recruit for this role at Golding and appoint a Cleaner/Caretaker.

What you'll be doing

As one of our Communal Estates Team Cleaners your role will be to clean and maintain all internal and external areas identified by Golding Homes. All areas are to be cleaned to the required standard and frequency, using approved materials, equipment and methods as determined by the Community Estates Team Supervisors.

As part of a larger team you will be allocated a co-worker along with a fully equipped vehicle to carry out your duties throughout Kent. You'll be responsible for reporting fly tipping, repairs required as well as highlighting health and safety concerns. This information you and the team provide is recorded on our electronic reporting system for which full training will be given. The position provides a varied workload but will run to a planned schedule in which you will find no two days are the same.

More about you. What can you bring?

We're looking for highly motivated, customer-oriented people from all walks of life to bring the right skills to our team.

Previous cleaning experience including, experience of cleaning and caretaking in a commercial / public / estate environment and using cleaning equipment and materials in a safe and effective manner preferred.

Multi-site experience and working to set targets or standards would be an advantage.

You must have a current valid manual driving licence so that you can drive the company’s vehicles.

Due to the nature of this role there will be a requirement to obtain a basic disclosure certificate and to attend a driver medical.

What will you get in return?

You will enjoy a 37 hour working week and earn an annual salary of circa £24,868 dependent upon your knowledge, skills and experience.

Creating an environment which enables our people to thrive is crucial for us and our Total Reward package goes beyond your salary, designed to support you throughout your working life here.

You’ll get:

• 28 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)
• Company Pension contribution and life assurance
• Flexible Benefits including health cash plan, additional holiday purchase, cycle to work scheme, onsite gym, retail discounts and more.
• An annual Wellbeing Fund

If this sounds like the job for you and you meet the required criteria, we would like to hear from you.

Closing Date: Tuesday 16th December 2025 at Midnight

We will be sifting applications throughout and reserve the right to close this role early or extend the process as required.

We appreciate that people process information in different ways. Please get in touch if you would like some support with your application.

Permanent

Full time (37 hours per week)

Golding Homes are looking for an Applications Support Analyst to act as a supporting role within their IT and Data Function, this role will be responsible for providing the day-to-day support for Golding’s applications, for example the Housing Management System. This role will focus on resolving business-as-usual support tickets, ensuring smooth operation of their application landscape, and being the champion and main point of contact for the ongoing support and improvement of their customer portal.

The role will also involve supporting the Application Development and Support Analysts in ongoing development projects, including both the Power Platform and other housing related systems.

What the role will include:

• Monitoring and responding to application support tickets in a timely manner, providing ongoing support and maintenance for existing applications, ensuring their reliability and performance.
• Troubleshooting and resolving application-related issues and escalating to senior team members when necessary.
• Perform regular system checks, routine maintenance, updates and patches to ensure application security and functionality.
• Act as the main point of contact and advocate for the improvement and enhancement of their customer portal
• Coordinate with the Application Support and Development Analysts and the wider IT team to implement updates, ensuring that the portal meets evolving business and customer needs.
• Provide support in the migration and upgrading of the existing applications as part of ongoing transformation initiatives

Golding Homes are looking for someone with:

• Good level of education, to A level or equivalent
• Previous experience in a support role within an IT or Business Applications environment
• Familiarity with ticketing systems and IT service management processes
• Experience of using the Microsoft Power Platform, or willingness to learn
• An understanding of application support and development
• Knowledge of housing systems and their maintenance.

What will you get in return?

Their Hub, Home, Roam approach allows you to work from wherever suits you best whilst also having a central workspace to collaborate and come together. Their head office is in central Maidstone and is a new, modern and bright space which inspires creativity and innovation.

You will be required to be in the office 5 days a week for the first 6 months and then moving to 3 days in the office.

Creating an environment which enables our people to thrive is crucial for us and our Total Reward package goes beyond your salary, designed to support you throughout your working life here.

You’ll get:

• 28 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)

• Company Pension contribution and life assurance

• Flexible Benefits including health cash plan, additional holiday purchase, cycle to work scheme, onsite gym, retail discounts and more.

• An annual Wellbeing Fund

Please note that we'll be shortlisting throughout and reserve the right to close this role early.

We appreciate people process information in different ways. If you would like any support with your application, please contact us Careers@goldinghomes.org.uk

Closing date: 19th December 2025

Telephone Interviews: Week commencing 5th January 2026

Face to Face interviews: 15th January 2026

It's a great time to join Golding as we're an efficient, local, visible and listening organisation, providing sustainable homes and communities. We've an established track record for building quality homes and investing in our local communities.

We're excited to recruit for a Compliance Coordinator within our Compliance team for a duration of 6 months.

What you'll be doing

You'll support the Compliance Officer and Compliance Leads to ensure that all works relating to compliance are dealt efficiently. Taking ownership of compliance reports and databases so that compliance information is available.

You'll work collaboratively with colleagues, partnering contractors and specialists ensuring the delivery of a customer focused, cost effective, value for money service.

More about you. What can you bring?

You’ll have a NVQ Level 2 in either Business Administration or Customer Care (or similar/qualified by experience).

You'll have experience of working with mainframe database systems, knowledge of Keystone Asset Management systems. Servicing module (KSI) and Orchard housing management systems (Desirable).

You'll have a clear understanding of risk management and compliance and a comprehensive understanding of health & safety. Knowledge of areas of compliance that affect social housing stock and the required inspection regimes (Desirable).

Ideally you'll have demonstrable experience of working with internal and external customers such as contractors, agencies, partners and tenants.

When and where you'll be doing it

You will enjoy a 37 hour working week and earn an annual salary of circa £27000 dependent upon your knowledge, skills and experience.

Our Hub, Home, Roam approach allows you to work from wherever suits you best whilst also having a central workspace to collaborate and come together. Our head office is in central Maidstone and is a new, modern and bright space which inspires creativity and innovation.

What will you get in return?

Our Total Reward package goes beyond your salary, designed to support you throughout your working life here.

You’ll get:

• 28 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)
• 2 x Golding give back volunteering days
• Regular opportunities for training (upskilling and cross skilling)
• Company Pension contribution and life assurance   
• Flexible Benefits including health cash plan, additional holiday purchase, cycle to work scheme, onsite gym, retail discounts and more.   
• An annual Wellbeing Fund  

A full driving licence and DBS are required for this role.

Closing Date: Wednesday 17 December at midnight.

We appreciate that people process information in different ways. Please get in touch if you would like some support with your application.  

Please note we will be sifting applications throughout and reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we find suitable candidates.