Voids Manager-Social Housing

A large Housing Association has an exciting temporary role for an experienced Social Housing repair and Maintenance Manager. This role is mainly working from home, with the occasional need for site visits within the East Midlands area.

As the Voids Manager, you are primarily responsible for co-ordination and tracking of all the Void Properties and ensuring they are ready to be re-let on time and on budget. You will review the survey reports and look at the scope of work quoted, challenging where needed. Then liaising and working with the external contractors who will be carrying out the works, checking for variations in the contract raised and ensuring jobs are being carried out on time and on budget. You will be directly managing 3 schedulers who plan the work on the void properties and indirectly work closely with the surveyors. There may be the need to visit sites from time to time.

You will be an expert in Social Housing Maintenance- be it from a Housing Association, Local Authority or maintenance contractor background. You will need to have good knowledge of the letting standards for social housing and have excellent IT skills, including Excel and ideally Microsoft Dynamics. You will be able to demonstrate experience of control and ownership in a similar role and have experience of working within Void management.

What you'll get in return . This role is paid weekly and offers a day rate, either Umbrella or PAYE.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk