Chief of Supply and Operations - Temporary Accommodation WCC624129 in City of Westminster

Salary range: £109,833 per annum. A market based salary supplement may also be considered for this role.

Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QPHours per week: 36

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: 2 June 2026

Interview date: Week Commencing 8 June 2026

About Us:

Housing in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where dedicated and compassionate professionals bring everything to their work.

The Role:

As Chief of Supply & Operations for Temporary Accommodation, you too can make a powerful contribution. This role sits at the intersection of policy, finance, legal and delivery. You will lead our efforts to secure high quality, value for money homes for vulnerable people. Plus, you will oversee significant investment across a complex temporary accommodation portfolio. This will involve the acquisition and leasing of single and multi-unit residential properties, either directly or via specialist third party temporary accommodation providers.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing, managing and delivering programmes that supply residential property for temporary accommodation.
• Ensuring that these fit legal, regulatory and financial requirements.
• Owning the Temporary Accommodation Supply Plan, ensuring that it provides a robust, evidence led framework to inform acquisition and leasing decisions.
• Setting standards, policy, and performance expectations for temporary accommodation.
• Ensuring surveying, refurbishment and pre-handover processes are complete.

As a leader, you’ll have the opportunity to shape and lead a newly formed multidisciplinary team. You will shape strategy, governance and ways of working. We’d like you to embed a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability. Together, you will deliver compliant, sustainable, cost-effective outcomes for our residents.

Collaboration will be key to this role. By working with Housing Solution Services, you’ll understand their requirements and translate them into long-term acquisition strategies. Across the Council, you will be looked to for advice and support on matters relating to temporary accommodation. You will also establish positive relationships with landlords, so that we can further drive value for money and maximise the provision of high-quality accommodation.

We are seeking someone with extensive senior property experience, including in investment and leasing, to join us. You have a proven ability to develop strategies and deliver high-value, complex property transactions within budget and on schedule. You’re knowledgeable about national public sector laws and relevant local planning implications, such as the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and S106 financial contributions. This is complemented by an in-depth understanding of property valuation standards, planning principles, and market trends.

Strong financial literacy is core to this role. You can produce viability and financial assessments, manage budgets, and drive cost savings. Plus, you have excellent commercial skills and an eye for spotting new opportunities.

You’ll bring experience in leading multi-disciplinary teams within a property service. You’re a strong, visible leader who seeks to develop and inspire those working with them. A commitment to equality and diversity is critical.

Given the nature of our work, it would be beneficial if you’ve worked in a political environment with competing pressures before. You’re aware of the challenges faced by local government. Superb negotiation skills are critical, as you’ll need to secure arrangements in a highly competitive marketplace.

Crucially, you’ll maintain a central focus on our residents – ensuring that their needs are prioritised in all business strategies.

We’d like for you to be a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is Our Westminster Way.

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As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.