Housing Contracts and Compliance Manager

Oldham; Oldham; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

LGPS pension

Gym discount

Staff discount

Cycle to Work

Wellbeing support

Peer support

Job summary

Oldham Council is recruiting a Housing Contracts and Compliance Manager to oversee financial and performance management across housing contracts, including HRA and PFI housing, ensuring timely delivery, value for money and positive outcomes for residents.

This role also leads the ongoing development of the HRA business planning programme, including future council house development and stock rationalisation in line with regeneration strategies.

Qualifications

• Experience managing high-value long-term contracts.
• Experience leading housing compliance, governance, or regulatory functions.
• Knowledge of building and fire safety legislative requirements for HRA stock.
• Strong project and programme management skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee contractual programme management of housing projects (HRA, PFI, Affordable Warmth, Fuel Poverty, Housing and Health, Housing Retrofit).
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget, with compliance to statutory requirements and grant conditions.
• Lead HRA Board to ensure robust governance of contracts, work programmes, and stock compliance.

Skills

Contract management

Budget management

Governance & assurance

Regulatory compliance

Project planning

Job description

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Housing Contracts and Compliance Manager

Ref: 001822

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £53,051 - £56,293 per annum (Grade 10)

Hours: 36.66 per week. Hybrid with mixture of home working and office based working

Location: Spindles Shopping Centre, Oldham

Closing Date: Sunday 1 November 2026

Interview Date: TBC

Role Overview:

Responsible for the financial management and performance management of a range of housing contracts including PFI housing to ensure successful delivery of services for our residents.

Responsible for the continued development of the HRA business planning programme. This includes future council house development, expansion, repurposing and rationalisation of HRA stock in accordance with the Council’s regeneration and Housing strategies.

Responsible for legislative compliance for Council Owned stock (this includes existing and new legislative requirements as they arise).

Key Responsibilities:

To be responsible for the contractual programme management of a wide range of housing related projects (including HRA and PFI Housing, Affordable Warmth, Fuel Poverty, Housing and Health, and Housing Retrofit) ensuring programmes are delivered on time and within budget, in compliance with statutory requirements and grant conditions, and ensuring the required KPIs, outcomes, outputs, spend and value for money are achieved.

Responsible for the convening and delivering the HRA Board to ensure robust governance with regards to the delivery of the PFI contracts, HRA work programme of works, financial management and legislative compliance of the HRA and council owned stock.

Key Requirements:

• Experience of managing a wide range of very high value long-term contracts including budget management ensuring projects are delivered on time, to a high standard achieving outcomes, and value for money.
• Experience of leading housing compliance, governance, assurance or regulatory functions.
• Knowledge and understanding of the legislative requirements surrounding building and fire safety to ensure compliance for of the Council’s HRA stock.
• Well-developed project and programme management skills, including the ability to prioritise, manage budgets and resources including developing project plans, risk registers, and technical service specifications.

About Us:

We want Oldham to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. We’ve identified three missions with our residents and partners, focusing on what will deliver the biggest impact:

A Great Place to Live, Healthier, Happier Lives, and Green and Growing.

We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions and we encourage you to download our Corporate Plan: Ready for the Future and our Oldham Plan for further information.

Our Values and Behaviours:

By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate. These are ‘Proud, Ambitious, and Together’, and they shape our culture, inform our decisions, and inspire us to deliver on our commitments to the people of Oldham.

We have translated these values into five behaviours which guide our actions and are the standards we hold ourselves to, day in and day out:

• Work with a resident focus
• Support local leaders
• Committed to the borough
• Delivery high performance
• Take ownership and drive change

You can find out more about our values and behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page.

Our Benefits Package:

At Oldham Council we offer a great benefits package for our employees, which includes the following:

• 25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years’ service
• The option to purchase additional annual leave.
• An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
• Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
• Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
• Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
• Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
• Staff recognition and celebration events.
• Peer support groups

Inclusive Recruitment:

We work closely with employees to help them work at their best, including making adjustments such as flexible working, describing available working patterns, providing equipment or making changes to the workplace.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

If you’re an applicant with disabilities and have previously been in or currently in care, a carer, someone who has served in the Armed Forces, or you’ve participated in the GM Elevate Programme, and you meet the essential criteria of the role, you are guaranteed to reach the first stage of assessment under our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme.

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Important Information:

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