Responsibilities
* Manage and supervise a team, ensuring performance standards and service targets are met.
* Provide advice and support to tenants and landlords, promoting best practice and compliance.
* Oversee service budgets and monitor expenditure in line with Council regulations.
* Develop and implement policies and procedures to improve service delivery.
* Build and maintain effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
* Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, including tenancy law and HMO licensing.
* Represent the Council in legal proceedings and public enquiries where required.
We're looking for a highly motivated person who shares our commitment to improving the private rented sector for all residents and driving out bad landlords.
We're seeking an experienced and motivated PRS Manager to join our Private Rented Services Enforcement team. You will lead a team to deliver high-quality services to tenants, landlords and property owners in the Private Rented Sector (PRS), ensuring compliance with legislation and supporting Birmingham City Council's objectives. This is a dynamic role requiring strong leadership, excellent communication skills and the ability to manage resources effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
* Proven leadership and team management experience.
* Strong knowledge of housing legislation and enforcement procedures.
* Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
* Ability to manage budgets and deliver value for money.
* Flexible and adaptable to meet service needs, including occasional evening/weekend work.
Key Priorities
* A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
* An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
* A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing and tackling homelessness.
* A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
* A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero and becoming a city of nature.
Benefits
* Membership of job-related pension scheme, West Midlands Pension Fund – generous employer contributions.
* Generous holiday entitlement – 30 days, increasing after 5 and 10 years’ service.
* My Rewards Scheme – access to over 800 individual brands providing discounts and savings.
* Health and wellbeing support networks – independent and confidential employee assistance and counselling, occupational health.
About the Council
Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it’s about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city. The Council is a fantastic place to work – an organisation that is challenging and supportive, with leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. We focus our resources on five key priorities and want to ensure services are provided for all, supporting those least able to support themselves through partnership and citizen‑centred decision making.
How to Apply
Please upload your up‑to‑date CV via the attachments part of your application – this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached. Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application. For any informal enquiries, please contact Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk. A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken. Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements before any employment offer can be confirmed.
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