Community Housing Mananger

At Places for People, we hire People, not numbers! So, if you like the sound of one of our jobs, please apply - you could be just who we're looking for! Of course, experience and track record are important, but we're more interested in hiring someone that embodies our People Promises. That’s someone that does the right thing, is enthusiastic and motivated to grow, believes in Community spirit, is respectful and enjoys their work.

As the UK’s leading Social Enterprise, we’re dedicated to creating inclusive and thriving Communities for both our Customers and Employees.

More about your role:

• You will be our presence in the neighbourhoods you manage, spending the majority of your time working in our communities, providing an effective and efficient tenancy and estate management service to our customers.
• With support from the Tenancy Enforcement Team you will ensure that customers meet their contractual obligations and that neighbourhoods are as safe, clean and attractive as possible.
• An important aspect of your role will be carrying out tenancy reviews and property inspections, working with your team to create neighbourhood and continuous improvement plans that ensure estate standards are upheld, and budgets adhered to within a customer-focused framework.
• Reporting into the Area Manager, you will work as part of an established team to manage our neighbourhoods.

The essential criteria for this is listed below:

• Social housing experience in a Community Housing Manager position, preferably holding a CIH (Chartered Institute of Housing) qualification.
• Communication skills.
• Capable customer delivery.

This role is agile/home based and, the majority of your work will focus mainly around Hertfordshire. You will also be required to support the team from time to time covering our other areas these being, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire.

More about you:

• We need you to have excellent communication skills ensuring a polite and courteous manner, this is paramount to this role – you won’t be sat behind a desk or phone; you will be working closely with our customers and external agencies.
• Therefore, you should be able to demonstrate the ability to create and maintain effective working relationships.
• You should have experience working within a similar tenancy and estates management role and have relevant and up to date knowledge around housing and tenancy legislation and procedures which can be acted upon to make informed decisions.
• You will need to demonstrate tenacity, resilience and attention to detail, as well a commercial approach to what you do, using your initiative and is eager to contribute towards making positive changes.
• Therefore, you should be able to evidence where you have introduced or contributed to service delivery improvements.
• You will need to be a positive motivator with the ability to support others deliver an effective service, whilst maintaining your own motivation levels working autonomously.

A basic DBS check is mandatory for this role.

Benefits:

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. We know that there’s always more we can do to make you smile, that’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly.
• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%.
• Excellent holiday package – up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave.
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year.
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%.
• Training and development.
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.