Voids Repairs Manager

Greenwich, London
Goodman Masson

Are you a dedicated leader with a strong background in housing repairs? Join the Royal Borough of Greenwich as a Voids Repairs Manager and oversee the transformation of void properties, ensuring they are fit for purpose and ready for new tenants.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage Voids Process: Oversee the entire process of void properties from handover to completion, ensuring timely, high-quality repairs within budget.
• Lead a Skilled Team: Direct a large, multi-disciplinary team to achieve service priorities, staff development, and excellent customer care.
• Budget and Resource Management: Strategically manage budgets and resources to ensure cost-effective operations and value for money.
• Ensure Compliance: Maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation and ensure all work meets health and safety standards.
• Collaborate Effectively: Work with various departments to ensure smooth operations and effective service delivery.

Person Specification:

• Knowledge:

  • Comprehensive knowledge of managing trade staff within a housing repair setting.
  • Extensive experience in enabling roles of local authorities for delivering affordable housing.
  • Understanding of housing strategy, investment programmes, and working with external partners.

• Skills and Abilities:

  • Strong ability to delegate effectively while maintaining organisational control of the Voids Team.
  • Substantial experience in a senior housing environment role within a similar organisation.
  • Excellent leadership skills with the ability to motivate teams and implement improved working methods.
  • Proficient stakeholder management, both internally and externally.
  • Experience in housing strategy, preparation of investment programmes, and collaboration with external partners.
  • Competent in budget planning, financial cost modelling, and life cycle costing.

• Experience:

  • Significant experience in the enabling roles of local authorities in delivering affordable housing.
  • Familiarity with housing and relevant legislative, regulatory, budgetary, and funding frameworks, including government priorities.

• Equal Opportunities:

  • Commitment to the Council’s equal opportunities policies and the ability to implement them in practice.
  • Dedication to achieving the Council’s staff values and applying them in all aspects of the role.

Our Greenwich Plan sets out our vision for the next 4 years focusing on the changes we collectively want to see in our borough and Council. We want to become a more strategic, efficient and adaptive organisation, to deliver for our communities. Our workforce is key to making this happen.

At Royal Greenwich, we are proud to be a borough synonymous with first class modern services alongside our Maritime history, Greenwich Mean Time and Royal Status. A world heritage site, our communities are vibrant and diverse and our elected members are ambitious to realise the potential of the borough whilst responding to our financial challenges.

Royal Greenwich is a great place to live and work. Benefiting from excellent transport links ranging from Crossrail to the Elizabeth line to the Uber boat, we’re one of the easiest boroughs to get to and navigate your way around.

Employee benefits include:

• A range of flexible working arrangements
• Excellent pension scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Learning and development opportunities to maximise your potential, including excellent apprenticeship opportunities at all levels
• Vibrant staff support networks
• GreenwichCard which entitles you to discounts at local businesses
• Payroll giving scheme
• Generous leave entitlement, starting at 29 days per year (plus bank holidays)
• Employee Assistance Scheme including external counselling service

If you’re ready to make a significant impact and help shape the future of housing services in Greenwich, apply today. Join us in our mission to improve residents’ lives and opportunities.

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In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.