Reall - Policy and Influence Manager

POLICY & INFLUENCE MANAGER

SEPTEMBER 2020

Reall - Policy & Influence Manager

Contents

CONTENTS

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

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Reall’s response to COVID-19

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Our Values

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The Role

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Summary

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Key Responsibilities

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Person Specification

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Key Competencies

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Organisation Chart

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How to Apply

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About Oxford HR

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Reall - Head of Global Policy & Influence

ABOUT REALL We 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.

Read the 2020-2025 Corporate Strategy here.

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OUR MISSION

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

OUR STRATEGY 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.

OUR HISTORY 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.

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OUR CONTEXT

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.

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REALL’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19 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 has 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.

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OUR VALUES

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.

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THE ROLE Job Title:

Policy & Influence Manager

Reporting to:

Head of Global Policy & Influence

Job Role:

To work with the Head of Global Policy & Influence to drive changes in attitude, approach, and resource levels, and to generate changes in policy and practice, that will transform affordable housing markets across Africa and Asia.

Location:

The post is based in the Reall office in Coventry with options to work from home part of the week.

Salary:

ÂŁ30,000 - ÂŁ45,000 p.a. depending on experience.

Contract:

Full time.

Travel:

The role will include overseas travel, which will resume once it is safe to do so.

SUMMARY 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 new role will work with the Head of Global Policy & Influence to play a pivotal role in establishing Reall as a global leader on affordable housing. The Policy and Influence Manager will help to leverage key stakeholders, bringing about changes in attitude, approach, and resource levels to transform global affordable housing markets.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Policy and positioning: To contribute to the development of Reall’s strategic positioning around thematic areas, global development / policy frameworks and global events.

• Global and regional actors: To be a core member of the team delivering a step-change in Reall’s 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 profile, influence changes in policy and practice and unlock the potential of affordable housing. Take the lead on designated relationships.

• Strategic networks: To help drive 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 help establish Reall as a thoughtleader, build strong partnerships, share learning, and explore opportunities for collaboration, taking the lead on designated relationships.

• 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 support 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. To include the production of thought leadership pieces and wider collateral.

• Body of knowledge: To contribute to the growth and development of Reall’s body of knowledge, and to ensure deep understanding of the systemic issues, policy and contextual implications, key players, and latest innovations.

Additional Responsibilities • Contributing to the continuous improvement of Reall’s services, products, tools, methods, systems and standards.

• Serving cross-functionally in the execution of Reall’s annual business plan • Carrying out such other reasonable duties as may be required by the Chief Executive.

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

Changes to Responsibilities • The Chief Executive reserves the right to change the key activities from time-totime to meet the strategic objectives in accordance with the job role.

PERSON SPECIFICATION Education A relevant degree or professional qualification. Further education or qualifications in the areas of international development, international relations, or policy, is preferred.

Experience A minimum of 2 years’ relevant experience within a policy, advocacy, campaigns, or lobbying role, preferably within international development.

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KEY COMPETENCIES

Essential • Effective communicator both orally and in written form.

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

• Ability to form an in-depth understanding of multifaceted issues. Strong on content, excellent analytical skills and able to utilise information to inform and influence.

• Experience and understanding of the international development sector • Excellent relationship building, collaboration and listening skills.

Desirable • Experience of international urban development and affordable housing.

Personal Qualities • Dynamic, driven, and proactive • Agile and easily adapts to change • Excellent communicator • Creative and optimistic • Highly professional • Works well under pressure and at pace • Confident and articulate • Strong collaborator • Learning attitude • Strong team player • Constructive, flexible, and helpful • Culturally sensitive • Conscientious and responsible • Innovative and entrepreneurial • Able to work with minimal supervision and use initiative • Able to prioritise own workload and to see a task through from start to finish

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ORGANISATION CHART CEO

Director of Investment & Operations

Director of Finance

Director of Corporate Planning

Director of Market Transformation

Head of Investment & Network

Head of Operations Asia

Head of Operations Africa

Head of Fundraising & Investor Relations

Head of Global Policy & Influence

Legal Manager

Project Manager Infrastructure

Project Manager Quantity Surveyor

Investor Relations Manager

2 Policy & Influence Managers

2 Investment Managers

Project Manager

Project Manager

Fundraising Co-ordinator

Research Evidence & Learning Manager

Loan & Investment Analyst

Project Manager Climate

Co-ordinator, Market Transformation

Monitoring & Reporting Co-Ordinator

Head of Finance

Head of Corporate Services

Head of Risk & Assurance

Management Accountant

Corporate Services Manager

Risk & Assurance Manager

Finance Analyst

Market Transformation Consultant

Head of Communications External Affairs

Executive Assistant

Head of Transition

Communications Co-ordinator

Administrative Assistant

Assistant Project Manager

Digital & Events Communications Mgr

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HOW TO APPLY

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 two different documents, which should be prepared before applying as they will be considered in the application process. The cover letter should be no more than two pages 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 LastName-Document Name-Date (mmyy) e.g., Pat-Jones-CV-082020-Reall or Pat-Jones-CoverLetter-082020-Reall.

Timeline Closing date: Preliminary interviews:

16th October Week of 2nd November

Equality Statement Equality 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 Process All candidates will be notified about the status of their applications.

We advise candidates to add the role email to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder. Shortlisted candidates may be required to undertake an additional assessment prior to the final interview.

Queries If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion, please email reall@oxfordhr.co.uk in the first instance.

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ABOUT OXFORD HR

Oxford HR operates globally - mainly within the international development and charity sectors. We carry out retained executive search mandates at board and senior management levels. We also offer human resource and organisational development consultancy.

Oxford HR has many years of experience in search as well as an extensive network of international development, social sector, corporate, public sector, and academic contacts from across the world.

We carry out comprehensive and often international searches designed to meet the specific needs of our clients.

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