What is the job role?
You will lead the delivery of key Property Management projects, ensuring legal compliance, operational efficiency, and value for money across the council’s property estate. This includes managing procurement, contractor performance, and health & safety.
You’ll drive service improvements and represent the division at senior forums, helping shape policy and ensure high standards across all property-related operations.
A key project will be the providing support for Coventry Retail Market, ensuring effective servicing, income generation and maximisation.
All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.
Who are we looking for?
You'll have excellent programme management skills and people management skills and have significant experience of working collaboratively across a range of arears.
You’ll have a track record in problem solving, advocating change, effectively using data to understand our needs and targeting resources in a way which maximises efficiency and effectiveness.
You’ll also be a strong communicator, able to explain and present complex data.
When applying for this role you will be asked to write a personal statement, please include the following information in your statement:
1. Ability and experience of managing multiple work programmes
2. Experience to continuously improve services to drive quality improvements and shape service delivery.
3. Ability and experience of leading and motivating others outside your direct sphere of influence.
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
4. Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
5. Are currently in care or have previously been in care
6. If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview date: Wednesday 4 September
About Coventry
Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.