Head of Client Housing Technical Services
£57.24 per hour – PAYE
£77.29 per hour – UMBRELLA
Full Time
3 Month Contract Initially
Swindon
As a Head of Service, you will take a lead for a professional team of asset management and client surveyors, providing professional leadership technical support and client direction in relation to the Councils housing stock with strategic client oversight in respect of the delivery of the Housing repairs, capital investment, and asset management services including the Asset Management Plan for housing, stock condition data updates through the necessary timely delivery of stock condition surveys.
The primary objectives will involve the postholder in ensuring the housing property assets are well maintained and that planned works and capital investment are delivered in accordance with the client priorities as defined by the Asset Management Plan, which meet housing improvement targets, and full compliance requirements including the meeting of the specified KPI targets as set out in the Client Housing Technical Service Annual Plan as agreed with Operations. The postholder will be familiar with the HRA financial regime and will be able to effectively work with the Finance officers and Director of Finance to create a viable medium, and long term 30 year HRA BP.
Knowledge & Experience
* Candidates must have substantial knowledge and experience in the following areas of business and will be required to provide evidence of this:
* Senior Head of Service role within a housing organisation preferably within a Local Authority environment
* Significant experience of managing complex budgets and knowledge of the HRA Business Plan Process.
* Deep expertise in their area, in addition to deep knowledge of policy issues in social housing and particularly housing Technical services emerging trends in regulation and compliance
* Ability to scan the long-term horizon and understand implications of broader national, regional and local government trends for the service area
* Ability to conduct systematic reviews of the application of risk management policies, procedures, and systems across the service area and of making evidence-based recommendations on appropriate improvements or amendments to achieve service objective
* A proven commitment and established knowledge and experience in respect of the provision of excellent housing Technical client services working and engaging service users in the service development journey
* Significant experience of managing professional staff in a senior role
* Strong organisational and political awareness, drawing on experience of working with elected members and interest groups to build consensus and shape services
* Report writing and presenting reports
* Significant experience of working with tenant and resident groups and understanding their needs
* Ability to influence and change behaviour, inspiring others to work toward a vision, through effective relationships building across the Directorate and wider organisation
* Strong influencing skills at all levels
* Innovative and ability to recognise and develop potential for doing things differently
Preferred
* Experience of equal opportunity issues
* Experience of Microsoft packages and operational knowledge of a landlord information system application and the NEC Housing system environment
* Management Qualification
Qualifications
* Professionally qualified Chartered Surveyor
* Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
* Current Driving Licence
If this role is of interest and you meet the above criteria, then please apply immediately