Company details

HEADCOUNT

100-499

ORG TYPE

Non-profit

SECTOR

Real Estate & Built Environment

WEBSITE

http://www.caledoniaha.co.uk/

About the company

Caledonia Housing Association is a Scottish registered social landlord providing homes and housing services across multiple local authority areas. Public profiles describe a footprint of over 8,000 homes and a staff team around the high hundreds rather than thousands. Alongside core housing management, the organisation employs people across customer services, neighbourhood teams, development, business support, and specialist functions. Careers content puts a lot of emphasis on flexible working, learning plans, and apprenticeships as part of workforce development.

Locations and presence

Caledonia Housing Association lists a registered office in Perth and operates across eight local authority areas including Dundee, Perth & Kinross, Highland, Angus, West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, Fife, and North Lanarkshire. Recruitment materials reference interviews and work taking place across three office locations, plus hybrid and agile working where roles allow.

Palpable Score

68.7

/ 100

Caledonia Housing Association offers credible early-career entry through apprenticeships (including graduate apprenticeships with universities) and spells out a structured recruitment process in plain language. The score is held back by patchy visibility of live junior vacancies in one place and limited published outcome data such as conversion rates, promotion timelines, and early-career retention.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company promotes apprenticeship pathways including Graduate Apprentice opportunities in Data Science and Information Technology via partnerships with the University of Stirling and the University of Dundee.
Caledonia Housing Association has advertised a Modern Apprentice role in Business Administration & Human Resources, framed for people launching a career while completing a funded SVQ.
The company’s public vacancies are not consistently easy to audit for “0–3 years” coverage across teams at any one time, which limits confidence on volume and regularity of junior intake.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company publishes a four-step recruitment process (online application, shortlisting, interview, offer and checks) and explains typical timelines, interview format, and when feedback is available.
Caledonia Housing Association states that applications are screened against essential and desirable criteria in the job description, which supports predictable shortlisting for first-time applicants.
The company does not consistently publish salary ranges across all roles on the main careers pages, so early-career candidates still have to do extra work to benchmark pay.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

15.7

/ 20

The company commits to Personal Learning Plans for all colleagues and describes core induction training plus an upgraded e-learning platform with courses and webinars.
Caledonia Housing Association lists a yearly learning calendar shaped by employee surveys and feedback, with topics including mental health first aid, EDI, first aid, and communication skills.
The company describes “regular 1-2-1’s and team meetings” for support, but role-by-role ramp plans and buddying are not consistently spelled out in public job materials.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company publishes a benefits package that is unusually specific for the sector, including 36 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays from day one and the option to buy up to one extra week.
Caledonia Housing Association describes a pension structure that can rise to 6% employee and 12% employer contributions, plus flexi time, a paid volunteering day, and access to counselling support.
The company has some public salary disclosure on certain vacancies (for example the HR modern apprenticeship at £22,932 per annum, stated as Real Living Wage), but consistent salary transparency across roles is missing.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

12.0

/ 20

The company publishes internal career stories showing progression via secondments, promotions, and supported qualifications (for example staff moving from customer-facing roles into neighbourhood officer roles and management posts).
Caledonia Housing Association has employer recognition signals (for example Best Companies sector ranking messaging and awards referenced in job adverts), but those signals do not replace tracked outcomes like retention and promotion rates.
The company has limited third-party review volume and mixed themes (including flexibility praised but concerns about constraints), and public reporting does not include early-career outcome metrics such as apprenticeship-to-permanent conversion.