Housing and Communities Manager

Housing and Communities Manager

Needed

Contract type:         Temporary 

Hours:                    37.5 hrs

Location:                Warwickshire 

Venn Group are seeking a dynamic and proactive individual to join a council  as a Housing and Communities Manager.  If you are passionate about providing exceptional service and keen to secure a new exciting position apply now!

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Representing the Council on local partnership boards
• Identifying and securing external funding for the delivery of service improvement
• Being accountable for the budgets relating to the Housing and Communities service area to ensure they are managed in accordance with service expectations
• Leading the Housing and Communities effectively to ensure the council excellent housing needs/provisions
• Providing a coherent cross-tenure private sector housing service
• Overseeing the councils statutory duties in relation to the private sector housing function
• Overseeing the Communities and Social Inclusion Team
• Acting as Safeguarding lead and drive the improvement of the approach to safeguarding organisationally
• Undertaking homelessness and housing register reviews as they arise
• Supporting Head of Service as required
• Monitoring expenditure and income against agreed revenue and capital budgets
• Identify opportunities for reducing expenditure

The successful candidate will have:

• Relevant Professional Qualifications
• Proven track record of managing a team
• Experience of commissioning and contract management services
• An understanding of homelessness and housing legislation
• Detailed knowledge of the private sector housing standards, agenda and legislative framework
• The ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels
• Full UK Driving Licence and access to own car

To secure an interview for this excellent opportunity contact Emily Wilson orEliza O’Reilly on 0121 616 0660or alternatively email ewilson@venngroup.com as soon as possible

At Venn Group we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the volume of applications which we receive this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 48 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.