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Vida Homeloans is 'helping more people find a place to call home' through its 'incredible team of talented individuals.'
The London-based mortgage lender wants to help those 'typically ignored by high street banks to get life moving.' Since 2015, it's supported 11,000 customers with its 'flexible and efficient' approach.
Operating in a competitive and challenging environment, it sees its 'positive and engaging culture' as the secret to its success.
Its happy customers reflect its satisfied employees, with the company supporting its team of more than 170 staff to bring their best selves to work.
They get uncapped 'V-Time' – the opportunity for time away from work to deal with personal stresses and life events. And there's always somebody to talk to, with a new team of Mental Health First Aiders ready to listen and signpost staff to practical support.
Employees benefit from private healthcare and wellbeing sessions, including mindfulness, yoga and inspirational guest speakers. And it's the little things too, with gifts of tea and biscuits to encourage staff working from home to take a break.
For Vida Homeloans, encouraging connections is vital. Teams can shout about their successes via the company's instant recognition tool – part of a wider communications hub where colleagues can post business updates and share messages and good news.
And quizzes, competitions, challenges and the summer party are focused on fun and colleagues getting to know each other better.
The leader of this organisation runs this organisation based on sound moral principles
Regular 'Town Halls' keep teams focused on the company's strategic priorities, vision, ambition and how they relate to everyone's personal objectives. Weekly CEO-hosted calls ensure everyone has updates on business activity, financial performance and other key areas like wellbeing and diversity. And quarterly and annual V-Star awards recognise performance and value-driven behaviours.
I believe I can make a valuable contribution to the success of this organisation
Business inductions now run weekly to ensure new starters have crucial information and connections from the get-go. Regular virtual 'meet and greets' help new hires learn about their colleagues, and a toolkit has been added to the e-learning platform explaining key systems and processes to help new managers hit the ground running.
This job is good for my own personal growth
In-house soft skills training is being developed after a review of everyone's personal development plans. And monthly scorecards ensure internal promotions, role expansions and internal applications are monitored to inform succession planning and what further support employees may need to build their careers at the company.
The leader of this organisation runs this organisation based on sound moral principles
Regular 'Town Halls' keep teams focused on the company's strategic priorities, vision, ambition and how they relate to everyone's personal objectives. Weekly CEO-hosted calls ensure everyone has updates on business activity, financial performance and other key areas like wellbeing and diversity. And quarterly and annual V-Star awards recognise performance and value-driven behaviours.
I believe I can make a valuable contribution to the success of this organisation
Business inductions now run weekly to ensure new starters have crucial information and connections from the get-go. Regular virtual 'meet and greets' help new hires learn about their colleagues, and a toolkit has been added to the e-learning platform explaining key systems and processes to help new managers hit the ground running.
The leader of this organisation runs this organisation based on sound moral principles
Regular 'Town Halls' keep teams focused on the company's strategic priorities, vision, ambition and how they relate to everyone's personal objectives. Weekly CEO-hosted calls ensure everyone has updates on business activity, financial performance and other key areas like wellbeing and diversity. And quarterly and annual V-Star awards recognise performance and value-driven behaviours.
Our people are our most valuable asset and we are blessed with an incredible team of talented individuals. As a business we make it our mission to ensure we create the best possible environment for them to be challenged, develop their careers, have fun and thrive. As we are constantly evolving our business, we want our staff to feel empowered, be part of the change and so we provide an environment where they feel they can make suggestions and share their ideas and concerns. The Best Companies survey provides an excellent platform for us to obtain actionable feedback. Since undertaking the first survey last year, we have introduced Culture Champions, created focus groups and made a number of improvements that make Vida Homeloans a better place to work. But we don’t rest on our laurels and want to continue to improve and build a better, and even more engaged, organisation going forward. Our aim is to become 3 star accredited and will continue to focus on this through the coming years.
Anth Mooney, CEO - Vida Homeloans
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