At a Glance
- Tasks: Oversee property maintenance, manage contracts, and ensure safety compliance across our homes.
- Company: Join Racing Welfare, a passionate charity supporting the horseracing community.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, 25+ days leave, and race meeting tickets.
- Other info: Opportunities for professional growth and a focus on employee wellbeing.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in housing while enjoying a supportive team environment.
- Qualifications: Property-related qualification and experience in housing maintenance and contractor management.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 50000 £ per year.
At Racing Welfare, we provide housing and wellbeing support to people working in or retired from the British horseracing and breeding industry. We’re a small but passionate charity where your work has real impact, and your voice is heard. Racing Homes is part of the Racing Welfare group of charities and we are committed to delivering excellent customer service and ensuring our homes meet the highest standards of safety, quality, and compliance.
We have an exciting role which is responsible for overseeing the implementation and delivery of contracts that ensure our homes are safe and well-maintained across our Racing Homes portfolio. You’ll take ownership of everything from day-to-day repairs and void management to capital works and building safety compliance. You'll also manage contractor relationships and deliver our asset management strategy.
If you've worked in a housing/property role in a public, private, or third sector large organisation and are looking for more variety, responsibility, and meaningful connection with your work, this could be your next move.
What you'll be doing:
- Overseeing repairs, maintenance, voids, and planned works
- Delivering capital investment projects across multiple sites
- Managing contractor performance and service contracts
- Ensuring health & safety compliance (gas, electric, fire, asbestos, etc.)
- Working closely with tenants, colleagues, and external stakeholders
- Helping shape our future approach to decarbonisation
What we're looking for:
- A recognised property-related qualification (e.g., property and maintenance, surveying, asset management)
- Solid experience in housing maintenance, compliance, and contractor management
- Experience of asset management delivery and delivering to budget
- An understanding of housing legislation and building safety
- A proactive, people-focused mindset with a passion for quality housing
- A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
Why join us?
- A friendly, supportive team where you can truly shape how things are done
- Varied and meaningful work across beautiful rural and town-based properties
- An environment where your work will be genuinely valued by tenants who take pride in their homes and communities
- Flexibility, autonomy, and opportunities to grow professionally in a respected national charity
- You will be offered a competitive salary, employer pension scheme, 25 days annual leave (rising to 28 with long-service) plus bank holidays, flexible working patterns to ensure a healthy work-life balance, income protection insurance, life assurance, tickets to almost all race meetings at Jockey Club racecourses, twice-yearly two-day staff training and team building events along with a range of other employee wellbeing initiatives.
The successful candidate will be in commutable distance of Newmarket but will be expected from time to time to travel to West Berkshire, Yorkshire, and Epsom for which you will need to use your own car. A mileage allowance will be paid.
We’d love to hear from you. Please apply with your CV and a short cover letter explaining why you’re a great fit.
We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. The closing date for this role is 30 September 2026. We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we receive a large number of suitable applications.
Racing Welfare is committed to safeguarding and will always recruit all personnel in line with government guidelines, relevant legislation, and the Charity Commission's best practice guidance. This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. We only ask applicants to disclose convictions which are not yet spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Racing Welfare’s Safeguarding Statement of Intent can be found on our website.
Racing Welfare is an equal opportunities employer.
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