Supported Housing Manager

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Full time
Location: Watford
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Job offered by: IRIS Recruitment
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Category:
Do you want to make a difference? An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Housing Department for someone with great people skills and in-depth housing knowledge to help lead the Supported Housing team in delivering proactive and customer-focussed tenancy and neighbourhood services. This is a new role and the post-holder will be part of our Housing Department. You will use your leadership skills to help us deliver a high-quality service, including maximising our rental and service charge income, managing ASB, improving services, and delivering a generic day-to-day housing management service to customers who live in our Independent Living, Flexi-care, and Supported Housing homes. The right candidate will need the ability to make decisions and deliver in a fast-paced and busy environment. You’ll work effectively and proactively with colleagues to provide an excellent housing management service to our customers. In this role you will need to:

Ensure a high standard of customer service. Have an understanding of supported housing and housing for older people (including Flexi-care). Manage staff (both direct and indirect reporting). Deliver proactive, customer-focused housing management services, ensuring that they are continually improved to meet changing business requirements. Experience of delivering managed services. Maximise our rent and service charge collection. Manage the supported housing budgets effectively. Deliver on our corporate targets. You will be customer-focused, with the ability to interact empathetically with a wide variety of people. You’ll have an excellent grasp of Housing Law and a proven track record of leading and managing successful teams. You will have a background in Housing Management or Supported Housing, and knowledge of budget management and partnership working would be an advantage. Essential:

Significant experience of managing and developing staff. Experience of setting and meeting challenging objectives. Excellent knowledge of Supported Housing and housing for older people, including related legislation, policy, and good practice. Extensive experience of arrears collection and ASB. You will need to hold a UK driving licence with access to a suitable vehicle, with insurance cover for business use. You will need to maintain a satisfactory basic level DBS check. Desirable:

Knowledge of setting and managing budgets. Educated to degree level or relevant experience. Hold a CIH qualification. What can we offer you?

We know that people are our most valuable assets, so we offer a range of benefits including 28 days’ annual leave pro rata, an employer pension contribution of up to 11%, development opportunities, and access to a comprehensive employee rewards scheme. We are committed to embracing the most positive aspects of agile working. We take a blended approach to how we work so that colleagues have the flexibility to strike the right balance between working in our communities, in our shared spaces, and remotely. With digital technology at the heart of our work, teams and individuals are empowered to decide the best way to meet the needs of their role. The closing date is Friday 17th January 2025, (but please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a large response). Interviews will take place in the week commencing 27th January 2025.

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