Housing roles and responsibilities

The roles and responsibilities of senior staff in the housing and environment directorate includes details of responsibilities in relation to our compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing’s Consumer Standards. 

Housing and environment leadership team    

Strategic director of housing and environment    

Strategic responsibility for:

  • housing landlord services
  • housing asset management
  • housing demand/homelessness (including temporary accommodation and lettings and allocations)
  • waste and recycling
  • safer communities
  • transport, highways and parking 
  • overall responsibility for compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing Consumer Standards

Assistant director of landlord services

Responsible for landlord services including: 

  • housing management
  • resident engagement
  • leasehold and income services
  • responsible for compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing Consumer Standards

Assistant director of housing asset management   

Responsible for:

  • asset management
  • commercial and compliance
  • asset data and building information 
  • compliance with the regulator of social housing consumer standards

Landlord services    

Head of housing management    

Responsible for:

  • housing management
  • sheltered housing
  • joint working with community safety
  • compliance with transparency, influence and accountability standard - fairness and respect and diverse needs
  • compliance with the tenancy standard
  • compliance with the neighbourhood and community standard

Resident engagement manager

Responsible for:

  • resident engagement
  • compliance with the transparency, influence and accountability standard - engagement with tenants

Head of leasehold and income services    

Responsible for:

  • leasehold services 
  • income services and financial inclusion
  • central rents

Home ownership manager  

Responsible for:

  • home ownership services

Income services manager  

Responsible for:

  • income services and financial inclusion

Central systems and finance manager  

Responsible for:

  • rent setting
  • rent increases
  • account creation and closure
  • former tenant accounts
  • creating sub accounts and managing back-office systems

Housing asset management  

Head of assets and capital investments

Responsible for: 

  • stock quality, decency and capital investments
  • compliance with the safety and quality standard 

Head of building safety and compliance

    Responsible for:

  • building safety and compliance 

Head of repairs and maintenance

Responsible for:

  • responsive repairs
  • complex responsive repairs
  • void works 
  • repairs service
  • compliance with the safety and quality standard 

Head of resident experience and assurance    

Responsible for:

  • enhancing and understanding customer journey
  • tenant satisfaction within housing asset department
  • customer resolution of complaints and disrepair issues
  • performance monitoring on key compliance metrics
  • compliance with the safety and quality standard

Key officers from across the council supporting housing and environment

Chief Executive  

  • strategic responsibility for Ealing Council 

Strategic director of resources    

  • responsible for strategic resources and S151 officer

Strategic director strategy and change    

  • Responsible for strategic change and transformation 

Strategic director children's services    

  • Strategic responsibility for children’s services

Strategic director adult social services and public health  

  • Strategic responsibility for adult social care and public health 

Strategic director economy and sustainability    

  • Strategic responsibility for economic sustainability 

Leader of the council    

Duties and responsibilities include:

  • manifesto delivery 
  • policy overview
  • major projects oversight
  • performance management 
  • strategy and change 
  • community engagement strategy 
  • civil protection 
  • elections 
  • local strategic partnership 
  • communications marketing and public affairs 

    Deputy leader and cabinet member for safe and genuinely affordable homes

    Duties and responsibilities:

  • housing asset management
  • estate management
  • fire health and safety (housing)
  • housing revenue account including business plan
  • housing allocations
  • tenancy management including housing hubs
  • homelessness and temporary accommodation management
  • housing strategy (with good growth and new homes)
  • tenants union
  • private housing sector supply and leasing
  • private rental sector licensing
  • oversight of compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing Consumer Standards