Adaequatio Services

Director General

Adaequatio Services

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Brussels • Belgium

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About the role

  • As Director General, you are responsible for the day-to-day management of Comensia under the authority of the Board of Directors.
  • You are the strategic and operational leader of the organisation, ensuring the successful implementation of the strategic plan, the management contract with the SLRB, and compliance with regulatory frameworks.
  • You bring teams together around a shared vision, promote cooperative values, and ensure a balance between performance, social impact and employee well-being.
  • Define and implement the overall strategy (financial, asset, social and organisational).
  • Develop and monitor the five-year strategic plan.
  • Report to the Board of Directors, the General Assembly and the SLRB.
  • Ensure exemplary governance and regulatory compliance.
  • Lead and coordinate the Executive Committee.
  • Supervise and support branch directors and support service functions.
  • Foster a collaborative, empowering and caring managerial culture.
  • Safeguard workplace climate, skills development and team well-being.
  • Supervise budgets, annual accounts and financial balances.
  • Ensure financial transparency and cost control.
  • Oversee internal organisation (HR, finance, public procurement, ICT).
  • Ensure social dialogue and chair joint bodies (Works Council, Joint Prevention and Protection Committee - CPPT).
  • Oversee maintenance, renovation and compliance upgrades of the housing stock.
  • Lead construction projects and property development initiatives.
  • Integrate sustainability, energy performance and innovation considerations.
  • Place the social mission at the heart of the strategy.
  • Encourage tenant participation and cooperative dynamics.
  • Support social and community projects that respond to local needs.
  • Represent Comensia with regional, municipal and sectoral authorities.
  • Actively contribute to strategic reflection on social housing in Brussels.
  • Promote Comensia’s image and values with partners and the general public.

Requirements

  • University degree (Master’s) or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum of 8–10 years’ proven experience in a senior management role.
  • Strong knowledge of social housing, the social economy and/or property management.
  • Proven skills in management, finance, HR, public governance and public procurement.
  • Excellent command of French and a good knowledge of Dutch.
  • Unifying leadership, strategic vision, political acumen and decisiveness.
  • Strong commitment to public service values and cooperative principles.
Benefits
  • Permanent full-time contract based in Brussels.
  • Attractive salary package supplemented by extra-legal benefits (meal vouchers, 13th month, insurance, mobility allowance, company bicycle).
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial managementasset managementstrategic planningpublic governancepublic procurementproperty managementbudget supervisionfinancial transparencyHR managementconstruction project management
Soft Skills
unifying leadershipstrategic visionpolitical acumendecisivenesscollaborative cultureteam well-beingsocial impact focuscommunicationcooperative valuesempowering management
Certifications
Master’s degree