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HEAD OF GLOBAL POLICY & INFLUENCEMAY 2020

Reall - Head of Global Policy & Influence 2

Contents

CONTENTS

About Reall- Our Mission- Our Strategy- Our History- Our Context

Reall’s response to COVID-19

Our Values

The Role

Summary

Key Responsibilities

Person Specification

Key Competencies

Organisation Chart

How to Apply

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ABOUT REALLWe are building a home for human potential.

We are an innovator and investor in affordable homes.

We develop, refine, and share innovative housing models that unlock the political will, capital investment and end-user finance needed to create the conditions for hard-working families to secure their own home.

We do this because affordable homes not only provide a fundamental human right, they unleash unimaginable human potential to shape a future of gender parity, climate resilience, clean water and air, renewable energy, and socio-economic justice.

We believe that the best way to realise this future is by working in open collaboration using an open-source approach, so that the best ideas can be adapted and adopted around the world.

This enables functioning housing markets to be developed at greater speed and scale and means that together, we don’t just construct houses, we build a home for human potential.


OUR HISTORY

We’re building an affordable homes movement that will improve the life chances of 100 million people across Africa and Asia by 2030.

Reall’s strategy is to get affordable homes built at scale by targeting investments, generating ideas and championing evidence. This accelerates the flow of capital and the availability of end-user finance, leading to catalytic commercial, economic, and socially sustainable change.

We’ve been at the forefront of affordable housing for over 30 years.

Originally operating as Homeless International, we started way back in 1989 as an NGO dedicated to the alleviation of housing poverty in the developing world. A pioneering approach to aid finance saw us devise ground-breaking projects, like the CLIFF (Community-Led Infrastructure Finance Facility) programme.

These initiatives led to deeper market participation and in 2014 we became Reall, a social enterprise and limited company committed to leveraging capital finance to invest in affordable housing.

As of 2019, our 30th year of operation, we have widened our remit. Now our goal is to put a roof over humanity by building the affordable homes movement.

OUR MISSION

OUR STRATEGY


Our greatest challenges are connected. Affordable homes can impact them all.

The 1.2 billion people without a home aren’t a problem that needs solving, they’re a future that needs unlocking.

The rapid urbanisation of our planet is set to accelerate crises spanning a degrading environment and changing climate, a failure of urban planning and critical infrastructure, and both increasing income inequality and social instability.

Left untouched, the world’s informal settlements will exacerbate the planet’s most pressing problems. But housing 1.2billion humans without adequate shelter in quality, affordable homes provides the potential to rewrite the fundamental dynamics of our world.

The global affordable housing crisis can be framed as an unprecedented challenge or unparalleled opportunity. It is, in fact, both.

Building a home for human potential isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do.

Working in open collaboration, targeted interventions set off a chain of events that enable hard-working families to secure a quality, affordable home in a safe and vibrant community.

Then, using an open-source approach, the best ideas can be adapted and adopted around the world enabling functioning housing markets to be developed at greater speed and scale.

Putting a roof over the head of humanity is an audacious goal.

But it’s not an impossible one.

We know that when we create vibrant communities people want to live in, growing markets that businesses want to operate in, and profitable platforms investors want to invest in, we also help create a more secure and just world for us all.

OUR CONTEXT


Investing in the rapid and widespread construction of decent, affordable housing, needs to be a top funding priority now more than ever. It is clear that investing in affordable housing solutions delivers on many fronts – for healthcare, pandemic protection, and prosperity. An affordable home is a gateway to answering 16 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

This is an urgent time for innovation and finding new and better ways to tackle our global challenges. Today there is a deficit of 50 million houses in Africa and 70 million in South Asia; 300 million new homes will be needed by 2030 to meet the demand. Affordable housing is the most comprehensive and sustainable response we have in the face of the current pandemic and future public health catastrophes.

To date, Reall have facilitated for over 300,000 low income people to gain access to safe homes with basic services, protecting the homeowners and limiting the transmission of Covid-19 to the wider community. We now need the same commercially viable and sustainable solution to be scaled up for the 1.2 billion people on low incomes without adequate shelter.

Read more about Reall’s response to COVID-19 here.

REALL’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19

https://www.reall.net/blog/realls-response-to-covid-19-recover-rebuild-resilience/


Reall is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and clients with whom Reall engages. Reall expects all staff to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us. The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which will include criminal records for all roles and finance checks for Exec appointments.

OUR VALUES

Job Title: Head of Global Policy & Influence

Reporting to: Director of Market Transformation

Line Management: Global Policy & Influence Manager x 2, Research, Evidence & Learning Manager

Location: Coventry, UK (with some flexibility to work from home)

Salary: £45,000 - £60,000 per annum

Travel: In normal circumstances, the role includes overseas travel. This will resume when it is safe to do so.

Operating in an uncrowded space, Reall is poised to take our unique offering to scale, transform markets and drive a movement that will improve the lives of 100 million people by 2030. This is a pivotal role for establishing Reall as a global leader on affordable housing.

The role of the Head of Global Policy & Influence is to effectively influence and leverage key stakeholders bringing about changes in attitude, approach, and resource levels to transform global affordable housing markets. To generate changes in policy and practice the postholder must have a strong handle on content and be adept in the analysis and use of data and evidence, alongside superb influencing, and people skills.

THE ROLE

SUMMARY

8Reall - Head of Global Policy & Influence


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES• Policy and positioning: To develop Reall’s strategic positioning and offering vis-

a-vis thematic areas, global development / policy frameworks and global events.• Global and regional actors: To deliver a step-change in Reall’s effective

engagement with multilaterals, global think tanks and consultancies and regional actors in urban development, affordable housing, and related sectors. To design and deliver engagement plans to raise Reall’s profile, influence changes in policy and practice and unlock the potential of affordable housing.

• Strategic networks: To develop and lead on Reall’s active involvement in strategic networks to raise profile, share learning, unlock opportunities related to funding and to influence opinion. The objective is to crowd more actors and resources into the affordable housing space and address market blockages.

• Peer organisations and sector specialists: To establish Reall as a thought-leader, build strong partnerships, share learning, and explore opportunities for collaboration.

• Events: In conjunction with the wider Market Transformation team, to ensure Reall has a platform and engages effectively at key events, sharing evidence, influencing opinion, and catalysing new relationships with key stakeholders.

• Research, learning and evidence: To provide strategic oversight of Reall’s research work, data gathering, learning and evidence sharing. To make effective use of data and evidence to position Reall as a sector leader and to influence changes in policy and practice that unlock housing markets that function for the low-income.

• Body of knowledge: To oversee the growth and development of Reall’s body of knowledge, and to demonstrate leadership in understanding the systemic issues, policy and contextual implications, key players, and latest innovations.

• Strategy and leadership: To co-create Reall’s global policy and influencing strategy, feeding into Reall’s wider corporate strategy. To build and lead the emerging global policy and influencing team.

Additional Responsibilities• Uphold Reall’s responsibilities for vigilance over safeguarding, modern slavery,

and fraud in all dealings with stakeholders both inside and outside of the organisation. When travelling on behalf of Reall, to act as our eyes and ears in reporting any potential problems and helping affected individuals to understand their rights to protection.

• Carrying out such other reasonable duties as may be required by the Chief Executive.• The Chief Executive reserves the right to change the key activities from time-to-

time to meet the strategic objectives in accordance with the job role.

Compliance• Comply with the policies and procedures as set out in Reall’s Staff Handbook and

all relevant procedures and processes.• Adhere to all relevant Data Protection legislation.• At all times to work in a manner that ensures the health and safety of the post-

holder, other staff, colleagues, and visitors to Reall’s premises.

Other Requirements• The post is based in Coventry, with some home working options. At the current

time all staff are working from home and you will be supported to do the same until office work can resume.

• The role will include travel within the UK and overseas (circa 20%).

EducationA degree or equivalent professional qualification. Further education or qualifications in the areas of international development, international relations, policy, or research is preferred.

ExperienceAt least five years’ experience in a senior influencing role within the international development space (policy, advocacy, lobbying, campaigns). Additional experience of research, evidence and learning would be advantageous.

PERSON SPECIFICATION


Essential• Highly effective communicator both orally and in written form. Adept

at pulling together compelling position papers and presenting them persuasively.

• Effective ‘story-teller’, using evidence and examples to bring propositions to life.

• Shrewd navigator of large or complex institutions, able to identify key decision makers and build strong relationships.

• Ability to form an in-depth understanding of multifaceted issues. Strong on content and excellent analytical skills, able to process data to draw out key findings and utilise the information to inform and influence.

• Strategic thinker, keen to think outside the box and to position individual relationships within a bigger picture and evolving contexts.

• Strong experience and understanding of the international development sector, including leading global institutions and global frameworks.

• A collaborative approach to working with colleagues, alongside excellent relationship building and listening skills.

Desirable• Experience of international urban development and affordable housing.• Tangible experience of working for or with key international development

institutions.

Personal Qualities• Dynamic, driven, and proactive• Presentable and highly professional• Confident and articulate• Thorough and reliable• Works well under pressure and at pace• Strong collaborator• Able to prioritise own workload• Culturally sensitive• Conscientious and responsible• Positive learning attitude• Innovative and entrepreneurial

KEY COMPETENCIES


ORGANISATION CHART

CEO

Management Accountant

Finance Analyst

Head of Finance Head of Corporate Services

Head of Investment & Network

Project Manager Infrastructure

Project Manager Quantity Surveyor

Project Manager Project Manager

Executive Assistant

Assistant Project Manager

Administrative Assistant

Head of Transition

Head of Operations Asia

Head of Operations Africa

Head of Fundraising & Investor Relations

Fundraising Co-ordinator

Market Transformation Consultant

Co-ordinator, Market Transformation

Head of Communications External Affairs

CommunicationsCo-ordinator

Digital & Events Communications Mgr

Monitoring & Reporting Co-Ordinator

Research Evidence & Learning Manager

2 Global Policy & Influence Managers

Investor Relations Manager

Head of Global Policy & Influence

Loan & Investment Analyst

Project Manager Climate

Legal Manager

2 Investment Managers

Corporate Services Manager

Head of Risk & Assurance

Risk & Assurance Manager

Director of Finance Director of Investment & Operations Director of Corporate Planning Director of Market Transformation


All correspondence, at this stage, should be via Oxford HR. To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page and complete our online application form. Please provide a CV and cover letter in ONE single document, which should be prepared before applying as they will be requested in the application process.

The cover letter should be no more than two pages long and explain why you are interested in this post and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.

The document should be saved in MS Word in the following format: Your First Name-Your Last Name-Document Name-Date (yymm) e.g: Pat-Jones-CVandStatement-2005.

TimelineClosing date: 19th June 2020Preliminary interviews: Early July 2020

Equality StatementEquality and diversity is at the core of Reall’s values. Staff are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected.

Selection ProcessAll candidates will receive feedback. Shortlisted candidates may be required to undertake an additional assessment prior to the final interview.

QueriesIf you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion, please email [email protected] in the first instance.

HOW TO APPLY


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