Housing Manager

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading council is seeking a Housing Manager for the Estate Services Team in Birmingham. The role involves managing a caretaking team, improving services for tenants, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. Candidates should possess strong management skills and experience in housing management, with opportunities for personal growth and training provided.

Qualifications

• Strong management and leadership skills required.
• Experience within Housing Management or facilities cleaning services.
• Ability to work flexibly across various sites.

Responsibilities

• Manage a large estate caretaking team across multiple sites.
• Oversee financial and physical resources.
• Lead service improvement initiatives aligned with regulations.

Skills

Management skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Education

Experience in Housing Management

Job description

Housing Manager – Estate Services TeamPermanentGrade 5 - £41,511 - £49,764Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity ReviewWorking 36.5 hours per week

We are seeking an individual with strong management and leadership skills to join the estate services team and assist in improving services for our tenants and leaseholders.

The role involves collaborating closely with colleagues across City Housing, the wider council, partners, contractors, external stakeholders, and tenants/leaseholders.

We require someone who works well within a team, is committed, motivational, enthusiastic, and dynamic to enhance our estate-based services. Leading service improvement citywide is crucial for success in this position, aligned with the Social Housing Regulation Act 2023 framework.

Responsibilities include managing a large, flexibly deployed estate caretaking team across multiple sites, overseeing financial and physical resources, and developing service improvements.

You will lead the cleaner greener agenda, ensuring cleanliness, appearance, maintenance, and health and safety standards of our neighbourhoods, and manage related resources. Effective inspection and monitoring systems for performance, cleaning, maintenance, and health and safety standards of high- and low-rise blocks, communal areas, land, and assets must be maintained and implemented.

This role offers a chance to influence a high-profile front-line service, with opportunities for personal growth and development. Training for the role will be provided.

As part of a public-facing housing management service, you should possess a strong desire to deliver a top-tier customer experience, including identifying and implementing service improvements. Excellent communication skills are required for interacting with tenants/leaseholders and estate-based teams throughout neighbourhoods.

Requirements of the role include:

• Working flexibly across various sites/locations
• Attending training sessions for the role is mandatory
• Experience within Housing Management/facilities cleaning services

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, andwe arecommitted to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

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We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such, applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.

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We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance withUK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

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