Repairs Delivery Manager in London

As a Repairs Delivery Manager, you'll lead on the delivery of complex and preventative disrepair cases, ensuring our homes remain safe, well‑maintained and compliant. You'll manage the end‑to‑end oversight of high‑risk and in‑jeopardy repairs projects, working closely with contractors, consultants and internal teams to resolve issues effectively and improve outcomes for residents. Leading a team of property professionals, you'll combine strong technical expertise with clear communication and decisive project management. Your work will play a vital role in reducing disrepair risk, improving service quality and embedding learning across the repairs service. As a Repairs Delivery Manager, you'll ensure repairs are delivered to a high standard, on time and with residents at the heart of every decision.

How You'll Do It

• Lead and support your team to deliver complex and preventative disrepair projects efficiently and to a high standard.
• Ensure inspections, surveys and condition reports are completed accurately, with clear records and supporting evidence.
• Manage contractors, consultants and resources to deliver works on time, within target and in line with agreed specifications.
• Coordinate and resolve complex or high‑risk repair cases, reducing the likelihood of disrepair claims or adverse Ombudsman outcomes.
• Monitor contractor performance, embedding quality control and service improvement through data, insight and feedback.
• Produce clear reports on trends, risks and performance to support informed decision‑making and continuous improvement.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience managing a high‑performing team within a repairs or property environment.
• Experience within social housing.
• Experience formulating specifications, managing schedules of works and undertaking technical diagnosis.
• Proven experience managing contractors and external consultants.
• Good understanding of relevant legislation, statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Project management qualification such as PRINCE2 or equivalent.
• Experience managing repair, disrepair or legally sensitive projects.
• DEA and/or FRA assessor training.
• Recognised HND or technical qualification (e.g. Building Surveying or CIOB membership).

What's In It For You?

• Once you join us, you'll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation.
• You'll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.
• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply).
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply).
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
• Health cash plan.
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary.

Equal Opportunities and Legal Information

We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a Basic check via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.