Overview
Based in Leighton Buzzard office working on site around Cambridge & Bedfordshire – typically working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Our Contract Liaison Officers sit at the core of everything we do. Ensuring our teams are working effectively and, because of your excellent communication and relationship-building skills, our customers are happy. Your experience in a customer-facing environment, along with ongoing training and development, will enable you to solve problems and meet deadlines while knowing that what you are doing matters and positively impacts your customers and communities. You will work on Social Housing tenanted properties on planned refurbishment works including kitchen & bathroom replacements, windows, doors and electrical/boiler replacement schemes.
Fast-paced and progressive, our people take responsibility and thrive in an environment where they are trusted; with a work–life balance that motivates and satisfies both at work and at home.
Benefits
* Attractive salary & benefits to suit you
* 27 Days Hols & BH – option to buy or sell holidays
* Company pension scheme – up to 7.5%
* Car Allowance or Fleet Van
* Discounted Healthcare Scheme, high street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and more
Responsibilities
* Responsible for supporting site or contract with liaison between customers, clients and wider community
* Delivering and managing Social Value and an excellent customer service are key parts of the overall service Novus provide to our clients, with a passion to go the “extra mile”
* Lead on delivering all added value contractual commitments including planning and diarising community, skills and employment initiatives, keeping these in line with the Social Value Act
* Dealing with enquiries/issues relating to varying works delivered by our site teams and sub-contractors. You will act as the ‘voice and face’ at a contract and site level, demonstrating experience of delivering social value and a customer-focused service in what can be a demanding public-facing environment
* Establish an effective communications system to keep all the site team informed whilst maintaining good relationships with the customers and Novus team
* Coordinate the distribution and maintain information regarding upcoming and current works and contractual commitments along with any relevant reporting required
* Carry out face-to-face site visits with client and customers
* Deal with complaints and resolve concerns in a positive manner
* Initiate/generate technical instructions, site notes and other site observations through excellent administration skills and good knowledge of MS Office/internal systems
* Identify possible case studies showing excellent customer service and social value impact to clients and for use in tendering new contracts
* Promote all good news stories and all initiatives with Marketing, ensuring we capture the good work we do
About You
Previous working experience as a Contract/Resident/Tenant Liaison Officer working on tenanted refurbishment works such as kitchens, bathrooms, windows, doors, electrical and gas replacements/upgrades within Social Housing preferred. Working in a face-to-face customer service environment is essential as communication is key along with confident presentation skills. Your ability to be proficient in IT is also essential to fulfil and develop the role. Flexibility is essential with regards to hours and travel. The role requires you to hold a Full UK Driving Licence; a check will be completed along with a DBS check.
About Us
Novus Property Solutions is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 129-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients.
At Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand for many reasons that people may not meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so we encourage you to apply to the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award-winning Property Maintenance company in this, or another role.
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