This is a {Advertised Permanent / Temporary}, {Advertised Full Time / Part Time} vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The vacancy
37 hours per week
At Watford Community Housing, we strive to strengthen our communities while offering much-needed affordable housing. Our success is largely associated to our Repairs and Maintenance staff, who make sure that our neighbourhoods and homes are secure, maintained, and future-ready.
We are searching for a seasoned expert to manage our team of operatives with the assistance of team leaders as our Repairs Manager. In this position, you'll manage our in-house repairs staff to provide excellent customer service and ensure that our properties and other assets comply with all our legal requirements as a landlord. Your knowledge will help us accomplish our company goals, give us strategic direction, and deliver dependable, high-quality services to our client.
What’s the role?
As Repairs Manager, you will use your qualifications and previous experience to help us deliver high-quality responsive repair services enabling us to maintain our current property stock and work towards our ambitious initiatives.
In this role you will need to:
What are we looking for?
You will be customer-focused and a problem-solver with the ability to interact empathetically with a wide variety of people. You’ll have an excellent grasp of compliance, property services and repairs. You will have a background in building services (maintenance or property services), and knowledge of the housing or construction sectors would be a distinct advantage.
The successful candidate should be familiar with monitoring, reporting, and forecasting systems and where necessary, using such data to inform decisions and increase productivity.
Essential:
Desirable:
What can we offer you?
We know that people are our most valuable assets, so we offer a range of benefits including 28 days’ annual leave, an employer pension contribution of up to 11%, development opportunities and access to a comprehensive employee rewards scheme.
How we work
We are committed to embracing the most positive aspects of agile working. We take a blended approach to how we work, so that colleagues have the flexibility to strike the right balance between working in our communities, in our shared spaces and remotely. With digital technology at the heart of our work, teams and individuals are empowered to decide the best way to meet the needs of their role.
How to apply
If this sounds like your next role, click ‘apply now’, tell us why you've got what it takes and send us a copy of your current CV.
The closing date is Monday 29 July 2024 (but please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a large response). Interviews will take place on Friday 02 August 2024.
About us
We are a housing association with homes across South-West Hertfordshire. We aim to make a real difference by delivering better homes and supporting our communities, because we know that good homes give people the chance to lead more fulfilling lives.
We own and manage more than 6,800 homes and associated assets in South-West Hertfordshire. Our business is evolving rapidly as we find new ways to deliver great homes, improved services and much-needed new homes. We also have a one-star accreditation from Best Companies, putting us in the top 25 housing associations to work for.
We have exciting plans for the future – and you could help us to achieve our goals. Find out more at www.wcht.org.uk/letsgo.
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