Regional Voids Lead

Metropolitan Thames Valley; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing organization in Greater London seeks a Regional Void Lead to manage void property during maintenance periods. The ideal candidate will coordinate with multiple stakeholders, possess strong administrative skills, and support the Head of Region. This role offers a salary range of £41,000 - £43,000, hybrid working opportunities, and various employee benefits including annual leave, health cash plans, and learning opportunities.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Volunteering days

Extended parental leave

Enhanced pension contributions

Life assurance cover

Health cash plan

Learning and training opportunities

Career progression support

Qualifications

• Experience of working with different teams and ability to coordinate actions.
• Ability to understand technical or complex information and link to SOR codes.
• Experience in scrutinizing information to ensure budget spend is allocated correctly.
• Able to constructively challenge colleagues and support the Head of Region.
• Must be self-motivated yet able to work collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Undertake a review of the scope of works submitted and verify SOR codes.
• Run weekly meetings with stakeholders to ensure progress is on track.
• Escalate key themes for review to avoid delays.
• Liaise with contractors and internal departments for day-to-day duties.
• Work with various contractors and departments to ensure void works are delivered.

Skills

Team coordination

Understanding of technical information

Scrutinizing information

Constructive challenge

Building relationships

Self-motivation

Job description

Regional Void Lead

Here at MTVH we are recruiting for 3 new roles to Lead on Void Property management during the maintenance period and all roles will be based within the Regions they are serving. There will be two roles located between our offices at Chalkhill, Wembley and The Grange in Southgate, London plus one role which will be based at our Clapham Park office in South London.

We are looking for someone with drive and enthusiasm to work with all stakeholders to look for continual improvements on performance. The role is multifaceted and reports directly into the Head of Region so if you’re looking for a role where you can utilise your strong administration skills, work together with like-minded colleagues to make a real difference in the ability to offer homes to new customers then this could be the role for you.

Responsibilities

• Undertake a review of the scope of works submitted, verify SOR codes used and raise the necessary works orders.
• Run weekly meetings with stakeholders to ensure progress is on track and to iron out any issues
• To escalate key themes so a review of processes can be undertaken so delays in key to key times are avoided.
• Day to day duties involve. carrying out a review of work requested, raising and authorising works orders, liaising with contractors and internal departments
• Working with partnering contractors, in house contractors, external agencies and other departments to ensure void works are delivered and maintained at agreed levels according to Metropolitan Thames Valley policies and contractual agreements.

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience of working with different teams and ability to coordinate actions
• Ability to understand technical or complex information and link to SOR codes
• Experience in scrutinising information to ensure budget spend is allocated correctly
• Able to constructively challenge colleagues and support the Head of Region to ensure the best turn around times are achieved
• Able to build and sustain working relationships with key stakeholders
• Must be self motivated yet able to work collaboratively with colleagues in other teams to improve service effectiveness

What’s in it for you?

We are offering a salary range of £41, - £43, depending on experience plus fantastic benefits including a health cash plan, pension scheme and many more!

Our benefits include

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
• An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off
• Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
• Cycle2work scheme
• Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
• Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring / coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
• Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document.

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing.

Network groups

• Gender
• Ethnicity
• LGBTQ+
• Disability

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

Please note: we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.