Contract Liaison Officer

Novus Property Solutions Ltd.; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holidays + BH

Pension up to 7.5%

Car allowance or fleet van

Discounted healthcare

Taste card

Volunteer day

Length of service awards

Job summary

Novus Property Solutions is seeking a Contract Liaison Officer based at the Warrington office, covering Greater Manchester and Merseyside. You will act as the voice at contract and site level, ensuring customers and communities are engaged and informed about refurbishment works including kitchens, bathrooms, windows and roofing upgrades.

The role requires strong customer service, IT proficiency and a full UK driving licence; flexibility for hours and travel is essential, with DBS check completed

Qualifications

• Experience in a contract/resident/tenant liaison role in social housing is preferred.
• Face-to-face customer service experience is essential and communication is key.
• Proficiency with IT and MS Office is essential to fulfil the role.

Responsibilities

• Liaise between customers, clients and wider community to support site contracts.
• Deliver social value and excellent customer service as part of Novus commitments.
• Lead on planning and diarising community, skills and employment initiatives in line with Social Value Act.

Skills

Customer liaison

Communication skills

IT proficiency

Driving licence

Tools

MS Office

Reporting systems

Job description

Based : Warrington office, Site based covering Greater Manchester and Merseyside – Typically working 37.5 hours per weeks Monday to Friday

OurContract Liaison Officers sit at the core and heart of everything we do. Ensuring that our teams are working effectively and because of your great communication and relationship building skills our customers are happy.

Your experience in a customer-facingenvironment, along with ongoing training and development,will give you the ability to solve problems and meet deadlines along with the knowledge that what you are doing matters and positively impacts your customers and communities. Working in Social Housing Tenanted properties on planned refurbishment works including kitchen and bathroom replacements, windows, doors and roofing upgrades and various other internal and external refurbishment works

Fast paced and progressive, our people take responsibility and thrive in an environment where they are trusted; with a work/life balance that gives them the opportunity to feel motivated and satisfied at work and at home.

What’s in it for you?

• Attractive salary & benefits to suit you
• 27 Days Hols & BH – option to buy or sell holidays
• Company pension scheme – up to 7.5%
• Car Allowance or Fleet Van
• We also offer a; Discounted Healthcare Scheme, High street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and more….

An outline of your responsibility – Contract Liaison Officers

• Responsible for supporting site or contract with liaison between customers, clients and wider community
• Delivering and managing Social Value and an excellent Customers Service are key parts of the overall service Novus provide to our clients, with a passion to go the ‘extra mile’
• Lead on delivering all added value contractual commitments including planning and diarising community, skills and employment initiatives, keepingthese in line with the Social Value Act
• Dealing with enquiries/issues relating to varying works delivered by our site teams and sub-contractors. You will act as the ‘voice and face’ at a contract and site level, demonstrating experience of delivering social value and a customer focused service in what can be a demanding public facing environment
• Establish an effective communications system to keep all the site team informed whilst maintaining good relationships with the customers and Novus team
• Coordinate the distribution and maintain information regarding upcoming and current works and contractual commitment along with any relevant reporting required.
• Carry out face to face site visits with client and customers
• Dealing with complaints and resolving concerns in a positive manner
• Initiate/generate technical instructions, site notes and other site observations through excellent administration skills and good knowledge of MS Office/internal systems
• Identify possible case studies showing excellent Customer Service and Social Value impact toclients and for use in tendering new contracts
• Promote all good news stories and all initiatives with Marketing, ensuring we capture the good work we do

About you

Previous working experience as a Contract/Resident/Tenant Liaison officer working on Tenanted internal or external refurbishment works within Social Housing preferred. Working in a face to face customer service environment is essential as communication is key along with confident presentation skills. Your ability to be proficient in IT is also essential to fulfil and develop the role. Flexibility is essential with regards to hours and travel. The role requires you to hold a Full UK Driving Licence check will be completed along with a DBS check.

A little bit about us

Novus Property Solutions is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 129-years heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients.

At Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand for many reasons, that people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so, we encourage you to apply to the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award-winning Property Maintenance company in this, or another role.