Estate Services Contract Manager / Tenancy Services Manager

Estate Services Contract Manager / Tenancy Services Manager/ Grounds Maintenance / Estate Management /Grounds Keeper/ Social Housing

Bristol, Taunton and Weston

Starting salary £30,281 - £31,040 rising to £33,426

Full Time, Permanent - 37.5 hours per week

Our client is a major housing association operating in the south and west of England.

Our client has an exciting opportunity for an Estate Services Contract Manager to be responsible for management, performance, improvement and procurement of their estate services contracts covering for example, grounds maintenance, gas and electricity, cleaning and window cleaning.

You will be the key contact for estate management staff across our company and residents providing advice and support on day to day queries. Monitoring the performance and value for money of third party management companies you will also spend a proportion of your time on site with contractors, "trouble shooting" and problem solving and monitoring their effectiveness and value for money.

Acting as first point contact on queries from contractors you will work closely with colleagues in rent services, housing management, home ownership and supported housing to ensure that services are appropriate and accurately reflected in service charges set.

The successful candidate will be educated to A level or equivalent with experience of contract management, ideally relating to estate services. Sound knowledge of legislation and best practice relating to the provision of estate services and knowledge of management companies will be an advantage. You will possess good IT skills and will be competent with Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Visio. Excellent numeracy skills and the ability to prepare and interpret statistical and other information accurately are essential. With a methodical approach you will have strong leadership skills and will have a track record for managing change and delivering service improvements.

Due to the nature of the role you will have a full valid UK driving licence.

Closing Date:  27 February, 2012

Interview Date: 12 March, 2012

Key words: Estate Services Contract Manager / Tenancy Services Manager / Social Housing / Grounds Maintenance / Maintenance / Repairs / Tenancy Support / Estate Management / Grounds Keeper / Housing

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