Head Of Property Services

Head of Property Services - 9 Month Fixed Term - £87,027

We are recruiting for a Head of Property for a 9 month fixed term contract covering the North Region and Central London area. In this role you will be responsible for providing the day to day delivery of Property Services across North and Central London. Leading a team of professionals from across property related disciplines, you will work in collaboration with colleagues to ensure regional property needs are being promoted, planned and delivered to obtain great customer outcomes.

You will lead delivery a team of surveying and technical advisory services alongside project management of complex cases and legal disrepair across the property portfolio. To be successful you will to be able to demonstrate that you are an accomplished manager able to support the in house and external supply chain deliver repairs, voids and complex works.

You will act as the single point of accountability for property matters across MTVH with housing, development and care and support colleagues, ensuring the delivery of Property Services in region offer demonstrable value for money and manage the complex relationships that exist though first class stakeholder management and customer engagement.

What you'll need to succeed

• Success in working in a senior property operational role in an organisation of similar size and complexity
• Expertise in contract management and providing effective client management of multi-year contracts
• Experience of applying commercial awareness to property maintenance
• A track record of translating technical expertise in to practical and deliverable output
• Expertise in managing property assets in a public-sector or regulated environment
• Good knowledge of relevant property legislation, regulation and best practice
• Expertise in building effective teams and leading professional staff

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, take a look at the attached Job Description for more details and if its the ideal job for you, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.

Interview date

Interview date to still be confirmed - We reserve the right to close this advert early if required.

Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What’s in it for you?

Our benefits include:-

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
• An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off
• Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
• Cycle2work scheme
• Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
• Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
• Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:-

• Gender
• Ethnicity
• LGBTQ+
• Disability

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.