Head of Estate and Development

Blue Triangle (Glasgow) Housing Association; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Head of Estate and Development to oversee its Estates Division in Glasgow. This role involves managing a diverse range of supported accommodations, ensuring alignment with business strategies and net zero objectives. The successful candidate will lead refurbishment programs, oversee capital work, and ensure compliance with regulations while fostering strategic relationships with development partners. Join a supportive organization that values creativity and passion, and make a significant impact in supporting individuals experiencing homelessness.

Benefits

Competitive Salary and Pension Options

Double pay for festive bank holidays

Long service awards

Fully funded SVQ3

Access to benefits platform

Inhouse training programmes

Significant Gym discounts

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

24/7 access to employee assistance programme

Life Assurance cover of 3 times your salary

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement refurbishment and improvement programmes.
• Plan and oversee delivery of capital work aligned to priorities and budget.
• Ensure compliance with regulation and statutory obligations.

Job description

Location: 100 Berkeley Street, Third Floor, G3 7HU

Salary: £55,000 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 35 hours per week

Location: Glasgow

Salary: £55,000 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week)

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and interviews arranged accordingly.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Blue Triangle is a social care organisation that empowers people to thrive, by providing adults and young people with safe, psychologically informed support and housing solutions across Scotland. We are looking for enthusiastic people who share our values (Kind, Passionate and Creative) to join our services accommodating and support people experiencing homelessness.

Blue Triangle recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

What we offer:

Aside from offering a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated, we'll see that your hard work and drive to succeed is rewarded.

• Competitive Salary and Pension Options
• Double pay for festive bank holidays
• Long service awards
• Fully funded SVQ3
• Access to our benefits platform with high street voucher and tech discounts and cycle to work scheme to name a few!
• Inhouse training programmes
• Significant Gym discounts
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• 24/7 access to employee assistance programme, including counselling
• A wide range of family friendly policies
• Life Assurance cover of 3 times your salary
• Credit Union
• £200 refer a friend scheme

And many more!

About the Role:

The Head of Estate and Development will oversee the Estates Division of Blue Triangle, which includes a range of supported accommodation and property types (HMO, owned, leased etc), align our strategies and resultant plans with our Business Plan, ESG and Net Zero objectives and ensure the Estates and Property division provide efficient, timely and high-quality support to teams and supported people across our estate covering Repairs, Maintenance and Health and Safety. This role is based at our Glasgow central support office and involves working 35 hours per week.

Main Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement refurbishment and improvement programmes as identified in stock condition surveys, capital and net zero plans
• Plan and oversee delivery of capital work, ensuring alignment to priorities and budget constraints, delegating to property team members as required
• Work alongside the Head of Finance to develop budgets/spend across the estate’s portfolio, with accountability to monitor performance measures and targets for approval as directed through scheme of delegation
• Ensure compliance with regulation, legislation and statutory obligations within remit
• Lead on new property investment ranging from direct purchases from market, auctions, empty homes and including new build opportunities
• Manage and oversee strategic relationship with development partners, generating proposals, viewing and reviewing sites and site plans, building business cases and understanding ROI models

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To apply for this role, please click ‘Apply’ below where you’ll be given important information regarding the process and how to upload your CV.

Please note we do not accept applications from out with the UK as we do not have a UK visa sponsorship license.

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