Seven Resourcing are currently looking for a Housing Maintenance Manager to work within Wellington, Somerset.
Role Purpose:
- Lead for Housing Property Teams, overseeing the responsive repairs and void section within the housing team, ensuring all projects and works are delivered to cost, quality, and time constraints.
- Works to housing stock are critical to minimise the risk to residents and the public, as well as to meet legislative and regulatory requirements and maintain the future value of the Council's housing asset portfolio.
Qualification/Knowledge/Experience/Skills
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general standard of education (minimum to A' level standard or equivalent) and relevant professional qualification or experience.
- Evidence of continuing development of professional and managerial skills, e.g. through training, qualification and/or experience.
Desirable
- Membership of a relevant professional body
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent in a c onstruction or related field.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Office
- Principles of good customer service
- Demonstrates a range of management skills - able to deploy resources and staff, manage change and respond flexibly
- Experience and a high level of knowledge of issues surrounding local government and understanding of other related service areas and issues
- Clear understanding and experience of the responsibilities within which a local authority must operate to deliver the role including statutory requirements
- Detailed understanding/knowledge of medium-term financial planning and the integration between service and financial planning
- Detailed and up-to-date knowledge of all property related statutory responsibilities, Government Policy, Regulatory Requirements, approved Codes of Practice and guidance
Desirable
- Understanding, experience, and knowledge of project management practice in relation to a variety of service areas
- Relevant local government experience and understanding of the whole local government sector and its current challenges
- Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of equality and Health and Safety issues and legislation. In particular, how they impact upon service provision, and how these policies can be integrated into business plans, strategies, service delivery and employment practises.
Skills
- Flexibility and ability to multi-task
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to lead, motivate, enthuse, inform, and develop people, both reporting directly to the post holder, and those in other services
- Able to demonstrate a strategic thinking capacity and be pro-active in developing and implementing continuous improvement across the service.
- Numerate and analytical with the ability to interpret, analyse and extract relevant information from complex reports and translate these so they can be understood by a wide range of people
Some Key Information is Highlighted Below:
Rate: £29.52 per hour
Hours: 37 hours per week
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