Head of Property Services

Adecco; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A nonprofit organization is seeking a Head of Property Services to provide strategic leadership in their housing operations. This role requires overseeing service development, financial management, and team leadership to improve services for residents. The ideal candidate will have a RICS qualification and extensive experience in the housing sector, along with strong communication and organizational skills.

Benefits

Car allowance

25-28 days holiday

Pension scheme

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in leadership and staff management.
• Proven financial management and budgetary control experience.
• Ability to lead and motivate teams through effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the Housing Strategy.
• Lead the development and growth of property services.
• Manage resources effectively to meet organizational aims.

Skills

Leadership and management expertise

Financial management

Verbal communication skills

Data analysis for service improvement

Organizational skills

Strategic thinking

Collaboration

Education

RICS qualification

Job description

Adecco's specialist Property Services Division are proud to have been commissioned to partner exclusively with St Annes to assist them in recruiting a permanent Head of Property Services to work out of their offices located in Leeds.

About St Anne's

St. Anne's Community Services (St Anne's) is a charity that is committed to enabling people to live their best life. We believe that the people we support should live a life without limits.

Founded as a daytime shelter for homeless men in Leeds in 1971, we have expanded over the years to become the charity we see today. Our very first service was established to support some of society's most vulnerable people, and we have maintained this ethos, with the people we support at the centre of everything we do.

We are proud to support over 1,600 adults across the North of England, and as a 'not for profit' organisation, we are proud to reinvest every pound we earn back into the charity and the services we provide.

Job Purpose

As Head of Property Services, you will provide strategic leadership and vision in achieving our emerging Housing Strategy by leading the development and growth of the service, contributing towards business and operational plans and utilising resources effectively.

Candidate Requirements - Essential

• A formal built environment qualification eg RICS.
• Extensive experience of staff leadership and management.
• Demonstrable, knowledge and experience of significant financial management and budgetary control.
• Effective demonstration of clear written and verbal communication skills and experience in using communication to lead and motivate teams and bring about culture change. Strengths in active listening.
• Ability to critically analyse data to support service improvement.
• Experience of leading teams where there are significant regulatory compliance requirements and where the teams are responsible for housing construction/maintenance/improvement.
• Experience in commissioning/procuring contractors including the use of frameworks and knowledge legislative requirements and compiling multiple year procurement programmes.
• Excellent organisational skills and abilities to manage competing demands, be self-directed, and anticipate the needs of others, as well as highly collaborative.
• Experienced in developing asset investment plans, in line with stock data, funding availability and best practice including consultation with the wider organisation to ensure the plan reflects resident aspirations from feedback.
• Extensive experience of service improvement and organisational development.
• Demonstrable ability to see beyond operational needs to strategic service developments within organisational aims and values.
• Detailed understanding of compliance requirements within the housing sector.

Candidate Requirements - Highly Desirable

• A relevant management qualification.
• Experience of working in the social housing sector.
• Experience of leading teams within a direct services organisation.
• Demonstrable understanding of the operating context for the housing association sector
• Experience of working with repair and asset databases.

Salary & Benefits

• £64,725
• £3,000 car allowance per annum
• Holiday entitlement is 25 days rising to 28 days per each years' service + bank holidays.
• Pension is 8% ER 5% EE
• Flexible/Hybrid working

To discuss the finer points of this fantastic opportunity please don't hesitate to contact me directly or email (see below) to book in a conversation.