Riverside provides housing, care, support and floating housing services to help people lead independent, positive lives across the UK.
Riverside is one of the leading registered providers of social housing in the UK, managing over 75,000 homes. They provide affordable housing and support services to people across England, working with around 175 local authorities. Their vision is to improve the lives of the 140,000 people they house by providing good quality, well-maintained affordable accommodation, as well as employment, affordable warmth and money advice programmes.
Riverside has a long-standing commitment to the Armed Forces community, including a 5-year strategy to create employment opportunities and make Riverside a good place for veterans and serving personnel to live and work. They see clear similarities between their organisational values and military values like teamwork, problem solving and commitment. Riverside records veteran status during recruitment and advertises roles through military transition programmes.
There are various entry-level roles across multiple functions for people with transferable skills, especially the ability to work under pressure. These include project assistant, community assistant, retirement living assistant, care assistant, night concierge and admin roles in HR, general admin and facilities. Full-time salaries start at £21,255 reflecting the Real Living Wage, with a £4,000 London allowance. Work patterns include regular office hours, shifts or a guaranteed minimum with flexibility.
Learning and development opportunities are central to Riverside. Their size and variety of roles provide career development paths. There is extensive essential job training plus personal and professional development like apprenticeships and sponsorship. Pragmatic, work-based courses offer nationally recognised qualifications from entry to masters level. An informal peer support network for veterans provides career advice. Reservists get additional leave for training and informal mental health support is available.
In summary, as a large social housing provider with a commitment to the Armed Forces community, Riverside offers varied entry-level roles with training and progression opportunities to make a difference to people's lives. Their values align with military values, and they aim to create employment and provide housing support for veterans.
We promote that we are an Armed Forces-friendly organisation, to our staff, customers, suppliers, contractors and wider public.
We support the employment of veterans and recognise military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process
We support our employees who are members of the Reserve Forces and actively encouraging members of staff to become Reservists’s
We support Armed Forces Day, Reserves Day, the Poppy Appeal Day and Remembrance activities.
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