Strategy and Performance Lead

Join us as a Strategy and Performance Lead at Thirteen Group! Our vision is to be the most trusted housing association with happy customers. To deliver this, a new opportunity has arisen to join us in this key role, where you’ll shape the direction of Thirteen by driving real, measurable change for our customers and positioning us for long‑term success. You’ll help us stay ahead of the curve by ensuring our strategies are forward thinking, aligned, and measured.

This is a hybrid role, so you’ll work from home and a couple of days a week from our fantastic office at Hudson Quay in Middlesbrough. We’ll need you to be flexible around business and team needs, so you may need to come into the office more frequently when required.

• Salary £45,920 per annum
• Annual leave starting at 28 days and rising to 31 days after three years, a day off for your birthday, plus bank holidays.
• Pension up to 17% contributions (flexible contribution rates of up to 7% colleague and up to 10% employer).
• Simply Health – save money on common health expenses and get access to health and wellbeing support services.
• T’dar our Discount and Reward platform – giving you huge savings on everyday brands.
• Opportunities to buy and sell annual leave

• Shape our strategic direction by coordinating the design and delivery of our strategic plan. You’ll ensure our priorities are aligned, ambitious, and informed by external insight.
• Make sure key strategies and programmes, such as ED&I and ESG, are aligned and deliver measurable results.
• Track and evaluate service improvement, assess impact, and drive strategic growth.
• Translate data into insight by presenting and analysing performance information that provides assurance and strengthens decision making.

• Proven experience in designing and delivering strategic evaluation frameworks and impact assessment in complex organisations.
• A strong understanding of housing, public‑sector strategy, or regulated environments.
• You’ll be confident with carrying out data analysis, measuring outcomes, presenting data, and using evidence to steer improvement.
• Fantastic collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior leaders to create aligned and progressive, evidence‑based strategies.
• An exceptional communicator, with skills in challenging the status quo, influencing stakeholders at every level, and inspiring improvement and innovation.

We’re more than just a housing association – we’re a community builder. As the largest housing association in the North East and among the top 25 nationally, we manage over 36,000 properties. Join a team that’s local at heart but welcomes talent from everywhere. Be part of an organisation that values diversity and inclusivity. Be a part of a company that offers tailored support services, going beyond just housing solutions.

Interested? For more details, please refer to the attached documents. If you’d like to talk more about the role, please contact Kathryn Whittle, Corporate Affairs Director on 07814 583130 for an informal discussion.

Are You Ready for a Rewarding Challenge? Join us at Thirteen Group and be a part of our vision to improve lives every day. APPLY NOW and start your journey towards making a meaningful impact in our community!

As part of our hiring process, if you’re successful we’ll need to verify your right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not a Skilled Worker Sponsoring Employer at this time.