Housing Manager

Housing Manager

Salary £32,000 - £38,000, with great benefits including a Health cash plan.

Permanent, Full time (37.5 hpw).

Location:

Central Region – High Wycombe, St. Albans and surrounding area.

We can't offer a CoS for this role.

This is a great job opportunity for a Housing Manager to join Home Group's awesome housing team in the Central Region covering the High Wycombe, Watford and surrounding areas. As our Housing Manager, you'll be the face‑to‑face customer support to our communities on your patch. It is an ideal job for someone who has a passion for neighbourhood management, including managing anti‑social behaviour and supporting our customers through some difficult times.

You’ll join our team with a real focus on delivering for our customers within our communities. You will be supported by the wider housing management teams, Community Housing Assistants and Financial Inclusion Partners. Through visibility, engagement with customers and proactivity on our estates, you'll really get to know our communities. This will help us to improve our local neighbourhoods.

• Understand the community that you work in for our general needs, shared ownership and leasehold customers covering our homes in the Central Region and decide on the necessary course of action.
• Develop and maintain a community patch plan in collaboration with our customers and external stakeholders.
• Represent Home Group in our communities and be present on our estates undertaking Housing Manager tasks such as patch inspections, anti‑social behaviour management, statutory compliance visits, rent arrears visits and viewings/sign‑ups for new customers.
• Progress legal paperwork such as Notices of Seeking Possession and prepare witness statements for anti‑social behaviour cases at court.
• Represent Home Group at Court on cases on your patch.
• Have involvement across our other housing management functions.

This is more than a job - it's a place where you feel valued. With our learning and development offer, and support from friendly colleagues, you'll make a real difference every day! If you're ready to leave behind the ordinary, do something that really matters. Be part of one of the UK's top 10 Great Places to Work!

• A background in neighbourhood management processes, either within the housing sector or an alternative sector.
• An understanding of housing management, housing law and customer service.
• Confidence in IT and the ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Passion about delivering excellent customer service and a genuine desire to help your customers.
• Resilience to handle challenging situations such as complaints.
• Confidence working with external partners and stakeholders such as local authorities.

We do our best work when we're ourselves. That's why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!

• Hybrid working which involves working from home, in the community or your nearest local office.
• Manage your own diary and be accountable for achieving KPIs.
• Be able to drive and have access to a vehicle insured for business purposes. We pay your business mileage.
• Have an Enhanced DBS check done – we pay for that.

• 34 days leave, rising to 39 (including bank holidays and a "me day") and the option to buy 5 more each year.
• 2 paid volunteering days each year.
• Matching pension contribution (up to 7% and life insurance of 3x basic salary).
• Instant pay access with Stream.
• 800 discounts on shops, holidays, days out, tech and more.

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