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Job title: Service Manager – Voids/Repairs – Asset Management (Housing)
Salary: £51,356 - £54,495
Hours: 37 / week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Main office - Print Unit, 7 Limewood Approach, Seacroft, Leeds LS14 1NG. However, you may be required to work from any office location within the city. Hybrid working will be offered.
As Service Manager – Voids/Repairs, you will have the responsibility for ensuring the delivery of a large-scale programme of landlord’s repairs activity. You’ll thrive on providing proactive leadership to staff teams, to ensure that value for money is achieved through effective contract and performance management, and for ensuring that council homes are repaired and maintained to high standards. You will have a key role in ensuring that regulatory requirements are met, supporting Housing Leeds’s ambition to be the best local authority housing provider in the UK.
Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.
About You
As Service Manager – Voids/Repairs, you will bring to the role:
About The Role
Most of the councils directly managed housing stock (c 52,000 homes) is split into three geographic areas, east, south, and west of the city. You will be responsible for managing the delivery of repairs programmes to both occupied and empty (void) homes in one of these three areas. You will also take a lead role for ensuring the consistency of void performance monitoring across the city.
The role brings a fantastic opportunity to showcase your skills and work with the residents of Leeds and alongside multi-disciplined teams within the Housing Leeds service, and wider council landlord functions. As the sector transforms in response to significant regulatory changes, your ideas, leadership, and joint working will pave the way for quality housing in the city for many years to come.
What We Offer You
We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:
How To Apply
Please click apply for redirection to the council's recruitment platform and complete the online application form.
If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact Rob Goor by phone on 0113 3781092 or by email robert.goor@leeds.gov.uk.
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
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