Commercial Assistant
£29,076 - £30,606
About Us
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has a vision that “everyone has a home and the opportunity to live well”; that means working with partners to create sustainable and vibrant neighbourhoods where our customers want to live. With 57,000 homes and more than 120,000 residents and customers we have a real opportunity to make that vision a reality. Our people care, dare and collaborate to ensure we achieve this People Powered Living.
This role
We are looking for a Commercial Assistant who will be responsible for supporting the Quantity Surveyors and Commercial Manager within the Commercial team. You will be supporting the Quantity Surveyors to carry out tasks as well as being responsible for individual contractor accounts and regular reports and analysis. You will also provide commercial insight and support to ensure financial efficiency is achieved.
You will play a key role in budget management. You will assist the Quantity Surveyor with reviewing applications for payments, as well as creation of weekly and monthly reports for the Quantity Surveyors and Commercial Manager as required
You will be required to liaise directly with the key stakeholders within MTVH as well as contractors to ensure that contracts are achieving their intended goals with regard to financial and performance targets.
What you'll need to succeed
Good planning, budgeting, organising and prioritisation skills
Experience of keeping sound business records
Able to build and sustain working relationships with different departments to achieve goals
Ability to work in a fast paced work environment and manage multiple activities and priorities to a deadline.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role and if it’s the ideal job for you, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.
Expected Interview date: 15th October 2025.
Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.
What’s in it for you?
Our benefits include:-
28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off
Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
Cycle2work scheme
Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation
About us
We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.
Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document
Our promise
Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.
We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing.
We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:-
Gender
Ethnicity
LGBTQ+
Disability
Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
For a full breakdown of company benefits, please see the attached Benefits Digital Booklet