Director General

Role Overview

• 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.

Tech Stack

• TypeScript

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).