Contracts Manager

Southway Housing Trust; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job description

Contracts Manager

Location: Hybrid and Didsbury, Manchester

Salary: £49,934.00

Full time: 35 hours per week

Permanent contract

Agile working with 3 Days per week in the Office (Fully office-based throughout the training period)

About Us

Southway Housing Trust is a committed and forward-thinking community-focused housing association dedicated to providing excellent homes and outstanding customer care. With a vision of Thriving Communities, Southway manages over 6,500 homes across Greater Manchester.

Southway strives to reduce child poverty, loneliness, and isolation and increase employment, social connectedness, and pride in neighbourhoods. Our REACH values of Respect, Equity, Ambition, Compassion, and Honesty reflect Southway's culture, how we deliver our services, and our relationships with customers, colleagues, and partners. Southway values diversity in all aspects of its communities and operations.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Property Services Team for a Contracts Manager. For the right person, we offer a 35-hour week, competitive salary, excellent contributory pension scheme, and 25 days' holiday (rising 1 day per year of service up to 30 days) and a non-contributory healthcare cash plan.

The post holder will support the Assistant Director of Property Services in delivering the maintenance and investment programmes on time and within budget, ensuring that the delivery of maintenance/construction programmes demonstrates great working practice, strong product choice, quality customer care, compliance, health, safety, and wellbeing - all to the highest standards.

The successful applicant will have experience of managing a team and responsibility for the delivery of maintenance/construction programmes through our internal and external contractors. These programmes include reactive repairs, void works, legal and investment works.

The ideal candidate will likely have experience of procuring construction projects, managing contractors, and achieving value for money. You will have financial acumen, the ability to work creatively, and proven experience in this area. You will have sound building-related technical knowledge, coupled with enthusiasm and a desire to deliver to tight deadlines.

Closing Date: 7th May 2025

Interview Date: w/c 12th May 2025

For an informal discussion, please contact Steve Percival - (phone number removed).

Applications are being reviewed as they are received, and interviews will be arranged for successful candidates in date order.

The Trust reserves the right to remove the job advert once vacant positions have been recruited; please do not wait until the closing date to apply.

Strictly no agencies.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community.

All applicants who have a disability or are from an ethnic minority background or ex-armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex-armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form. Please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview.