Details:
- Salary: £55,000 - 65,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Dorchester Dorset
- Date: 4 days ago
Description:
The role
We have an extensive portfolio of buildings and support people with tenancies from registered social landlords. We are also planning to acquire additional buildings as we grow our business. We have now reached a point where we need to grow and professionalise our property, assets, and facilities management team.
We are seeking to recruit a senior manager to bring together all our building and property functions including relationship management of registered social landlords.
Key responsibilities
* Take responsibility for a team of up to five people including facilities management, health and safety, contract management, relationship management with registered social landlords and a small administration function.
* Manage property-related day-to-day operations of sites, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and project timelines.
* Act as the strategic leader for property and recognised expert
* Lead the coordination with subcontractors, suppliers, and internal teams to ensure efficient workflow and quality control of development inspections, dealing with planned and reactive maintenance issues, liaising with and instructing contractors regarding works required etc.
* Manage all responsive building maintenance works.
* Monitor project progress, resolve issues, and communicate updates to stakeholders.
* Implement best practices in property management to optimise efficiency and minimise risks.
* Maintain accurate documentation, including progress reports and regulatory documentation, such as fire safety.
* Prioritise the allocation of property maintenance budgets across the portfolio to ensure that property assets remain safe and fit for purpose.
* Take responsibility for property portfolio’s, ensuring properties meet health and safety standards and arranging risk assessments. Deal with leaseholder queries and maintain strong relationships. Coordinate major works.
* Work with property partners to develop new innovative model of delivery.
* Champion and embed a performance and quality assurance culture that delivers results through rigorous open challenge, personal accountability, and continuous improvement.
* Actively identify and promote sustainable property initiatives to reduce Carbon usage across its estate.
* Share vision, values, ethos, aspiration and ambition.
What Benefits Will I Receive
* Generous Annual leave entitlement - starting at 27 days, rising to 31 after 5 years (exc. Bank holidays)
* Enhanced Maternity Pay
* Occupational Sick pay entitlement from day one
* Funded Blue Light discount package (superb discounts on travel, leisure, entertainment and more)
* Access to Employee Assistance Programme
* Comprehensive induction
* Excellent training & development opportunities supporting career progression.
* Access to Litmos online learning platform – our one stop shop for learning & development
* Refer a Friend Bonus - up to £300 per person you refer (Uncapped and paid on successful appointment)
* Celebrated success through annual awards ceremony
Person specification
Must haves
Experience and Qualifications
Extensive social care experience
Evidence of successfully working in a senior management role in a relevant property environment (within a large and complex organisation with comparable scope, responsibilities, budget and resources).
In depth knowledge of promoting, preserving, and protecting the health, safety and wellbeing of colleagues, people we support, contractors and partners; ensuring that the provisions of all relevant legislation are achieved, such as the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Evidence of successful partnership development or delivery through partnerships including an ability to work with local partners.
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Excellent management and leadership skills, which encourage commitment from others that promote a positive and motivated organisational culture to harness the strengths and talents of colleagues at all levels.
Ability to establish and sustain positive relationships that generate confidence, ability and trust of directors, senior stakeholders, colleagues, partners and the wider community.
Ability to influence outcomes through reasoning, persuasion and tact at all levels within the organisation.
Strong financial and budgetary awareness with the ability to manage finance and wider resources within a strong performance management culture.
Good to have
Experience and qualifications
A relevant higher professional qualification or other relevant industry experience.
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Able to use project management disciplines