Fair Work First

Osprey Housing is committed to the principles of the Scottish Government’s Fair Work First. One of our four strategic ambitions is to be a great place to work and we demonstrate this aspiration by implementing the following measures:

• All our team members have numerous options to voice their views and ideas through a formal Colleague Council made up of representatives from every department. We also have bimonthly staff meetings, an open door policy from our Chief Executive and other members of our Senior Leadership team. We have an Ideas Sub Group that considers all ideas from our staff team and our Board members.
• We invest in developing our workforce by regular appraisal meetings with all our team members to discuss their performance and developmental needs. We create an annual training plan and invest a relatively high percentage of our budget in funding development opportunities which support our Osprey Academy.
• We do not employ any of our team members on zero hours contracts.
• We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and diversity in our roles as a housing provider and landlord, as an employer and in all areas of our business. We believe everyone is entitled to be treated fairly with dignity and respect. Our Equality and Diversity Policy with its associated action plan is central to organisational governance and its objectives are applied to all organisational services.
• Osprey Housing was accredited as a Living Wage employer in February 2018. As a Registered Social Landlord we feel we have a moral duty to be accredited not only for the benefit of our own team members but also because of our ability to influence and support our local contractors to pay their staff appropriately.
• We offer a wide range of flexible, hybrid and family friendly policies which are available to all our staff from the first day they join our team.
• As an organisation that has attained the Investors in People Gold Standard and is currently working towards Platinum accreditation, we embrace the best possible human resource practice as a legitimate way to manage our staff.

You can also view Osprey Housings Fair Work First statement, this statement is signed by the CEO and the Chair of our Colleague Council as affirmation that we work together to make Osprey a Great Place to Work.