Housing & Communities Manager

SMarTRE Tools; West Midlands Combined Authority; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the housing sector is seeking a Housing and Communities Manager for a 6-month hybrid role based in the Midlands. The successful candidate will lead a team to ensure effective service delivery, compliance with regulations, and drive improvement initiatives. This position offers an opportunity to make meaningful contributions to community housing services while working alongside key stakeholders. Interviews are set to take place soon.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing housing and community services.
• Strong understanding of legislation related to housing.
• Proven track record of delivering projects and improving services.

Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of housing and community services.
• Lead on the Housing and Communities Service Plan.
• Ensure compliance with housing regulatory frameworks.
• Monitor performance against key KPIs.

Skills

Team Management

Strategic Planning

Customer Focus

Compliance Knowledge

Project Management

Job description

Housing and Communities Manager - 6 Months - Hybrid, 2 days in office - Midlands

The role managers 4 team leaders and reports into the Head of Housing, Revenues and Customer Services.

The key duties of this role are;

• Manage the effective delivery of the Council's housing and communities services, aligning key work activities with other corporate and community priorities. To direct the day-to-day work of the team and foster a collaborative and productive environment.
• Lead on the delivery of the Housing and Communities Service Plan, including driving improvements through delivering on key projects around warm homes, updating our housing register and developing our approach to temporary accommodation.
• Lead our approach to ensuring housing and communities services comply with legislative and regulatory frameworks and maximise any funding available, including responding to emerging changes such as the implications of the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023.
• Responsible for ensuring appropriate governance and assurance across housing and communities services, including monitoring performance against key KPIs.
• Support the Head of Housing, Revenues and Customer Services to ensure that the Council delivers excellent, customer-focused, value for money services, which best meet the needs of the public, are compliant and enhance public satisfaction
  
  

They are looking for someone urgently and are looking to conduct interviews either at the back end of this week or early next week.

If this looks like a role that would be of interest for yourself, please contact myself. Furthermore, if you know of anyone who is looking for work and fit the skill set required for this role, please feel free to forward this email over to them!

g2 Recruitment are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships or any other characteristic protected by law.

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