Head Of Technical Services (Housing, Assets, Repairs, Construction)

Informed Recruitment Limited; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialized recruitment agency is seeking a Head of Technical Services to facilitate procurement projects in social housing. The role requires expertise in asset management, strong technical background, and line management experience. The candidate will oversee a team and ensure compliance with legislation. This home-based position in the West Midlands offers a competitive car allowance.

Benefits

Car allowance

Flexible working

Opportunity to influence service quality

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic delivery within Social Housing Asset Management.
• Line management experience including coaching and feedback.
• Technical background with building regulations and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate delivery of procurement projects for new customers.
• Manage and supervise a team including a Technical Manager.
• Ensure specifications meet relevant legislation standards.

Skills

Strategic delivery in Social Housing Asset Management

Line management experience

Strong technical background

Complex building specifications

Report writing skills

Education

Relevant Certification or Degree

Tools

Office 365 including MS Excel

Job description

Are you a subject matter expert in Social Housing Asset Management, Construction & Building Safety, Sustainability &/or Carbon Reduction and Energy Efficiency? Do you have the experience necessary to act in a specialist advisor capacity? If so, let Informed Recruitment help you achieve your potential with an exciting opportunity as Head of Technical Services for a Business Consultancy that provides Procurement, Asset Management & Development Consultancy to social housing customers.

The main purpose of the role is to help facilitate the delivery of procurement projects for new customers and the renewal of key frameworks by providing key technical, specification, tender, and commercial advice to internal stakeholders. Your day‑to‑day activities will include acting as a key conduit between internal departments, ensuring specifications are fit for purpose, providing technical specification advice, developing an internal specification and cost library, developing a core framework specification that will meet future standards and best practice, reviewing and improving existing documentation and standards, ensuring specifications meet all relevant legislation standards, ensuring pricing models are accurate, keeping abreast of all key technical sector updates and developments, and acting as the lad in developing and delivering a professional in‑house technical consultancy service. You will also be directly supervising a team, including a Technical Manager and Technical Coordinators to ensure the team’s work aligns with the organisation’s goals.

Must Have

• Previous experience in a strategic delivery capacity within Social Housing Asset Management; Construction, Technical Services & Building Safety; and/or Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, and Decarbonisation.
• Previous line management experience, including managing day‑to‑day tasks, providing coaching and feedback, overseeing performance and development.
• Strong technical background covering building systems, construction, building regulations, compliance requirements, and/or quantity surveying.
• Experience of complex building specifications and pricing models, with an understanding of market costs, cost models, cost management, value, and contract payment mechanisms.
• Experience of property maintenance, decent homes, and property defects/remediation.
• Excellent report writing skills, and meticulous record keeping.

Nice to Have

• Procurement experience in managing OJEU or Find a Tender compliant projects in Construction or Asset Management.
• An appreciation for Health & Safety, Construction, Design & Management (CDM) regulations.
• Experience of technical specification development.
• Experience of legal/contractual documentation, construction contracts, and/or the legal and regulatory framework for housing maintenance.
• Knowledge of residential development in the social housing sector.
• Project Management.
• A relevant Certification or Degree, such as one covering Social Housing, Property, Safety, Construction, RICS, IOSH, CIOB, CIAT or similar.
• Office 365 application proficiency including MS Excel.

As an individual you will be an excellent communicator, adept at liaising and influencing at all levels with a variety of stakeholders. You will also be highly analytical with a keen eye for detail, able to analyse data to reach clear conclusions and write clear evidence‑based reports. You will also be a dedicated team player, reliable, forward‑thinking and someone who strives for excellence. This role is home based, with a regular presence required in the office in the West Midlands – therefore a driving licence is required for this post and costs will be catered for alongside a car allowance.

This is an exciting time to join the organisation and an exciting role to heavily influence the quality‑of‑service provision. Interview slots are available for suitable candidates, so please apply without delay.

Informed Recruitment Limited acts as an Employment Agency in respect to this vacancy as defined by the Employment Agencies Act.

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