Housing and Property Services Manager

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Red Snapper Recruitment Limited

Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for a Housing and Property Services Manager behalf of our client based in Nottingham

The Housing Manager will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team and report to the CEO.

Our aim is to bring about significant change in the way housing services are delivered.

You will play a key role in delivering ambitious work programmes, contributing to the organisations strategic planning, management and leadership to assist the company to achieve its vision.

The successful candidate will work with other members of the leadership and management team to lead the establishment of our housing management services, ensuring that we have the right culture and capabilities to meet our future ambitions.

The Housing Manager will play a critical role in supporting a time of transition for the company as we move forward into this ambitious and exciting new phase

The ideal candidate will have excellent inter-personal skills, a track record of successfully delivering planned, preventative, responsive and cyclical programmes of work; and have the ability to work on their own initiative and to tight deadlines.

This is a full-time role (35hrs / week) on a permanent basis at 34,160.00

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Be responsible for all housing management and property acquisition.
• To be responsible for project manging the implementation of the expansion of the property portfolio meeting compliance needs.
• Manage outsourced contracts for all housing related works, seeking new contracts including, where necessary, formal tendering processes. This includes managing of contractors, suppliers, solicitors, surveyors initially directly.
• Managing relationships with landlords and tenants, reviewing leases, licences, contracts, and seeking suitable legal advice as needed.
• Creating and maintaining administrative systems to track all such legal documents and commitments. Ensuring the company complies with all legal requirements as a landlord and with all relevant health and safety regulations and guidance.
• Recruiting and, with external partners, training staff as part of the new expanded housing service. Monitoring and projecting budgets for existing and new services.
• Overseeing and managing with finance colleagues, all housing benefit claims and evidence.
• Providing reports and projections for investors and other partners and internal stakeholders.
• Being sub contracted to work for the CIO (Sirona) and partner advisory body who are assisting the company with this process, to apply for Sirona to become a registered social landlord over the next 2 years.
• Ensure a high quality of service to both staff and tenants seeking constantly to review and improve service quality and streamline processes.
• To provide case management and supervision for all housing officers. When necessary, especially at the start of the project, to hold housing cases directly.
• Provide effective leadership and performance management of this department.

Person Specification

• Protect the safety and security of service users, staff, volunteers, and all those in the premises and the confidentiality of records and other information;
• Uphold the right of women, children and young people who have experienced domestic
• violence, advocating vigorously for them while offering protective strategies, and appropriate safe services;
• Adhere to Safeguarding Children and Adult policies, Health & Safety and Equal Opportunities;
• Adhere to the terms of relevant legislation, especially in respect of Safeguarding Children and vulnerable adults, keep updated of any changes or proposed changes in relevant legislation.
• Ensure that the Survivor is at the heart of service delivery and development
• Feminist and committed to fostering innovation and continuous improvement in working practice
• Flexible and open to new challenges, ideas and experiences, and able to be self-reflective
• Committed to understanding diversity and ensuring anti-discriminatory practice is applied in all forms of our work
• Non-judgemental with a commitment to self-care within the team
• Collaborative, building relationships with internal and external partners.
• Non-judgemental with a commitment to self-care within the team and wider organisation

Additional Information

• Driving license and own vehicle required
• DBS compliant
• Due to the nature of this role, only female applicants can be considered.

If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested please refer them. We have a referral bonus scheme and will pay 75, in retail vouchers of your choice, for referrals who are not already known to us.

Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful.

We are a dedicated recruitment company providing top quality professionals and services to Housing Providers across the UK.

Red Snapper Recruitment is a member of the Red Snapper Group.

The Red Snapper Group acts as an employment agency (permanent) and as an employment business (temporary) – a free and confidential service to candidates.

The Red Snapper Recruitment Group is an equal opportunities employer.