The Vacancy

Closing date: 24th May 2023 

Please note: if possible, we will interview the right candidates before the closing date, so we reserve the right to close the vacancy early. So, don’t delay, apply today! 

This is a genuinely exciting and rewarding opportunity to use your skills and experience to deliver a high quality, forward thinking repairs and maintenance service, for Manchester’s biggest provider of social housing, Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG).

As Head of Property (Repairs and Maintenance) you’ll lead, manage and develop our repairs and maintenance service, along with our in-house trades team. This means you’ll be responsible for 150 colleagues and a budget of £15m, to deliver key services to more than 14,000 homes.

The candidate 

In addition to providing inspirational, empowering leadership to your teams, you’ll also be expected to drive a customer first, value for money culture within your service, as well actively contributing to the strategic direction of WCHG. This is an exceptional role, so we’re looking for exceptional candidates. You’ll need to show us the following:

1. • A demonstrable track record of success at management level within the housing maintenance sector (or similar) with departmental and budgetary responsibility.
   • Proven experience of successfully delivering significant high-quality maintenance services with appropriate infrastructure and in-house delivery teams.
   • Experience of managing Health & Safety and applying CDM regulations.
   • The ability to investigate, identify, develop, plan and implement innovative service delivery models to meet maintenance demands.
   • The ability to carry out financial and risk appraisals of maintenance delivery models.
   • A relevant professional qualification ideally (or extensive relevant experience) and appropriate Health & Safety qualification.
   • Experience of stretching performance targets for yourself and your team.
   • Results orientated and show a determination to reach targets and objectives.

For further information see our Job Description and Person Specification at: Head of Property (Repairs & Maintenance) (current-vacancies.com)

The rewards 

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a genuinely positive impact for our customers and our community, and for that you’ll receive a great employment package, which includes; a highly competitive salary, a great pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, flexible working, an employee assistance and health care plan including staff benefits, paid professional memberships, and excellent ongoing learning opportunities.

About WCHG 

Our colleagues are at the heart of every decision we make, and they underpin everything we achieve for our customers. We’re a great place to work, and we believe in Wythenshawe and what we, as ‘one team’, are doing to make it an even better place to live and work.

We invest in our colleagues, supporting their capacity and motivation to fulfil their roles to the best of their abilities. We actively support colleague well-being and recognise the importance of self-care.

We’re committed to building an inclusive environment where differences are recognised as strengths.

As an organisation, we have a business head and a social heart. We’re a major employer, investor and enabler of local growth, working with local businesses and organisations to maximise our positive social impact in Wythenshawe.

We manage almost 14,000 properties, providing homes for more than 29,000 local people. We have an impressive development portfolio which aims to deliver 1,100 new homes over the next five years through an estimated investment of £195m.

Our community and development teams run programmes right across Wythenshawe, providing help and support to anyone who needs it.