Inspiring Lives
We don’t just give people a key, we offer on-going support to unlock their potential.
We don’t just give advice; we offer genuine warmth and non-judgmental care.
We don’t just provide business services; we offer expert consultancy and management.
About Squared
Squared is a not-for-profit housing association that has been providing affordable housing in Luton and South Bedfordshire since 1962. We strive to find ways to continuously develop and grow with our tenants and residents needs at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to support the local community and embrace its diversity. Our aim is to empower individuals to make choices about their lives on their journey to lead fulfilled, independent lives, through an innovative approach to tackling local housing needs and homelessness.
We provide homes for independent living and homes with support in Luton and Central Bedfordshire. To complement this work, we also run a lettings service for private landlords; a social enterprise inspired cleaning and gardening service; and an employee excellence focused HR consultancy – People Excellence.
Life at Squared
Every day, the people on our team make a difference to our customers. Whether they’re working with them directly or supporting behind the scenes they’re helping them regain their independence and live more fulfilled lives. As we expand our services, we’re also helping other businesses to thrive. This continued positive impact on our customers is extremely important to us and our success, and we can only achieve it by finding the right people to work with us.
We look for people who share our ambitious, forward-thinking outlook and supportive, hardworking approach. If you join us, we’ll invest in you and continue to nurture your potential to help you achieve great things for you, us and – most importantly – our customers. We strongly believe in providing a working environment which recognises individuals’ differing needs, therefore encouraging a work/life blend is key to us.
Benefits at Squared
At Squared, we believe in supporting our employees both personally and professionally with a range of benefits that help them thrive, including:
Competitive salaries
We believe in compensating our team members fairly for their hard work and dedication. We carry out regular salary benchmarking exercises to ensure they remain competitive.
Flexible work arrangements
We understand that everyone has different needs and responsibilities outside of work. That’s why we encourage flexibility to benefit our customers but also our team members.
Health and wellbeing
We believe in taking care of our employees’ physical and mental health. That’s why we offer all team members a free Simply Health cash plan membership, access to an employee assistance programme, weekly mindfulness sessions, annual flu vaccinations, personal accident cover and life assurance.
Holiday trading
Our team have the opportunity to take part in Holiday Trading which gives you the option to take some further time off for a special occasion or free up some cash by selling your holiday back. It’s simple, you can buy or sell up to 5 days.
Pension
We offer our team members an enhanced employers pension contribution to help with your retirement savings.
Perks at work
We offer our team members access to thousands of discounts and savings! You can collect reward points, called WOWPoints, select cash back offers and order reloadable discount cards.
Personal development
We are committed to the training and development of our entire workforce with a view to their gaining the necessary skills to reach their full potential. Some training may be covered in-house, however if specific developmental training or professional qualifications are highlighted as being of benefit to you in your role, we will consider funding or part funding this.
Family friendly policies
We offer enhance maternity paternity & adoption leave and our flexible approach to working also supports those with caring responsibilities.
The right kit to do the job
All our team receive the right equipment they need to do the job be it a laptop, phone, uniform, car or van for certain roles.