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Home Group Limited; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days leave

Health cash plan

Discounts on goods and services

Pension with life insurance

Instant pay access

Job summary

Home Group Limited in Aylesbury is seeking a live-in Scheme Manager to oversee a retirement community. You will manage buildings, ensure safety standards, respond to resident needs, and support independent living in residents' own homes.

You'll coordinate contractors for repairs, signpost residents to services, and keep communal areas welcoming while handling budgets, accounts and invoicing for repairs. DBS check is required and provided.

Qualifications

• Passion for providing excellent customer service and building relationships with diverse residents.
• Knowledge of health and social issues affecting older people.
• Experience in safeguarding and carrying out risk assessments.
• Ability to work collaboratively with different partners.
• Strong administrative skills to manage accounts, budgets and invoicing for repairs.

Responsibilities

• Manage the scheme on behalf of residents, ensuring safety and compliance.
• Provide visibility on the scheme, engage with customers and foster a welcoming environment.
• Keep communal areas clean, safe and social for residents.
• Coordinate with partner contractors for repairs and sourcing local suppliers.
• Signpost residents to services to support welfare and independence.

Skills

Customer service

Health & social issues

Safeguarding

Collaboration

Administrative skills

Job description

Scheme Manager - Residential

Earn £26,300 and great benefits including Health Cash Plan (this role is live in and includes a property onsite on a rent-free basis)

Home, a place where you belong

This is a great job opportunity for you to join our leasehold retirement team as live in Scheme Manager. You’ll ensure the smooth running of our retirement community by managing our buildings and ensuring our customers are always supported to live independently in their own home.

What you’ll do

• Managing the scheme on behalf of our residents, ensuring that our buildings are safe, secure and meet required safety standards.


• Providing visibility on the scheme, engaging with customers, responding to calls and providing a warm, safe and welcoming environment.


• Ensuring communal areas are clean, safe and welcoming. Although our customers live independently, they like to get together regularly to socialise in our wonderful communal spaces.


• Working with partner contractors for any repairs and maintenance works required in communal living areas. You might also support sourcing suitable local suppliers.


• Signposting customers to relevant services to support their welfare and make a difference to their lives.

Why join us

If you want to make a difference supporting people to live independently and enjoy their well‑earned retirement, then come and be part of one of the UK’s Great Places to Work!

You have

• A passion for providing excellent customer service being able to build great relationships with customers from all different backgrounds.


• Knowledge of the health and social issues that affect older people.


• Some experience in safeguarding and carrying out risk assessments.


• Able to work collaboratively with different partners.


• Strong administrative skills being able to manage accounts, budgets and invoicing for any repairs to our buildings, communal areas and gardens.

Stronger together

We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!

The practical bits

• There may be some flexibility to adapt your working hours, do let us know about this when you meet us at the interview


• We mainly work Monday to Friday, but you may need to work occasional evenings too, to support our customers. The great news is that you’ll be able to shape your own diary.


• You must be able to use technology for updating records, completing online learning and collaborating with other colleagues.


• You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.

What’s in it for you

• 34 days leave (this includes bank holidays and a \"me day\"!), increasing to 39


• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more


• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us


• Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3x salary


• Instant pay access with Stream

Company: Home Group Limited Salary: £26,300 to £27,613 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Aylesbury, HP21 7RG Job type: Permanent Posting date: 23 Sept 2026 Closing date: 13 Oct 2026

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