Housing Standards Manager

Housing Standards Manager

Wirral

£64 per hour umbrella

Contract (3 months+)

The Role

To manage the Council's Housing Standards services including Clearance, Home Improvements, Empty Properties, Selective Licensing, HMOs, Enforcement and Healthy Homes services; to ensure that private sector housing programmes are successfully implemented, monitored and delivered on time and within the capital programme budget available and that housing standards across the borough continue to improve.

• Monitor and interpret changes in both housing and regeneration policy and legislation to ensure compliance with statutory duties and the application of the most appropriate statutory powers relating to improvements of housing standards and the safeguarding of vulnerable people living in substandard homes. Ensure the enforcement strategy is robust and officers are fully equipped and competent to utilise all enforcement tools available.
• To have overall responsibility for leading, motivating, managing and directing the development and delivery of the Housing Standards services, ensuring high quality services are achieved, monitored and reviewed.
• To be responsible for programme management including setting targets, forecasting, and monitoring delivery of outcomes and programme budgets, including the Housing Capital programme, LCR retrofit Programme, grant funding and team revenue budgets, ensuring that all activities are cost effective, value added, income targets met and budgets balanced. Contribute to efficiencies and savings for Housing Services where required.

The Candidate

Essential criteria

• Experience of and ability to prepare detailed specifications of work for large projects and leading on tendering procedures for housing regeneration projects.
• Substantial experience in the regeneration of private sector housing stock.
• Experience of representing the Council at sub-regional, regional or Inter Agency work groups and forums.
• Experience of procuring or undertaking house condition surveys.
• Able to carry out detailed & complex investigations, inspections and surveys in connection with the work of the Section.
• Experience of leading and managing a large, multi- disciplinary team effectively

Desirable criteria

• Direct involvement in Urban Regeneration, producing comprehensive improvement in the Private Sector.
• Participation in the development of procedures and systems for implementation by staff, including the monitoring, quantification of performance on private sector housing or regeneration projects.
• Experience of large scale, complex project management/co-ordination.
• Substantial experience of complex private rented sector enforcement using a range of enforcement powers including HMO and Selective Licensing.

How to apply

Please submit your application via the contact details provided and you will be contacted with further information about this opportunity or email your CV to me directly; or call me on; .