Position Overview & Specifications
An exciting opportunity has arisen at our Coventry Office for a fulltime Housing Services Manager to lead a highly motivated team, providing day to day housing management and support services.
At YMCA Heart of England, we have over 100 employees working across multiple sites in Birmingham, Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire, who are all committed to delivering our mission, to inspire young people to discover their potential so that they can live life in all its fullness.
The successful candidate will be joining a leading charity providing a range of life-changing services for the local community. With a turnover of over £5m, we house over 300 young people, most of whom previously were homeless, and support them to get their lives back on track.
Benefits you will receive:
- 29 days’ annual leave including Bank Holidays plus an additional day after each year of completed service up to 5 days.
- Free on-site car parking
- Workplace Pension scheme
- 20 days sick pay
- Training and Development Opportunities
- Life Assurance of 4 times your annual salary
- 10% discount on purchases made in Eden, our onsite Coffee Shop
- Opportunity to work from home up to 2 days per week by agreement
- Perks at Work and IMPrivilegePlus benefits platforms which offer shopping discounts.
- Attractive family friendly policies
- Enhance Maternity and Paternity pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Pastoral Support
- TOIL Scheme
The Housing Services Manager role:
As a Housing Services Manager, you will lead a multidisciplined team in a dynamic environment and you will be committed to constantly improving services to meet challenging targets and obtain best value for our customers.
Skills, Experience and Knowledge required as our Housing Services Manager:
- A minimum of 5 years experience in a similar position
- Relevant degree
- Professional Housing Qualification
- Management and supervisory experience in managing team successfully.
- Demonstratable Leadership skills and behaviours
- A successful track record of achievement within housing or a similar field
- Experience of managing services for vulnerable people
- Housing Knowledge
- Housing acts
The closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday 30 May 2023 at 12:00pm. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
So if you feel you have what it takes to become our Housing Services Manager then click 'Apply' today we'd love to hear from you!
YMCA Heart of England is an independent Christian charity, a registered provider of social housing, and affiliated to the national and international YMCA Movement.
As an organisation fully committed to the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, a thorough vetting process is carried out as part of the appointment process, including verification of any required qualifications, verification of identity, taking of references and a DBS check as appropriate.