Repairs And Housing Compliance Officer

Repairs and Housing Compliance Officer

An exciting opportunity to join our client as a Repairs & Housing Compliance Officer, as they continue to grow as a social care provider.

Salary: up to £36,000 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours

Job Type: Permanent

Department: Housing

Location: London

Benefits

- A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop

- 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays & enrolment onto a pension scheme

- 24-hour Employee Assistance

- Paid Enhanced DBS

- Eye care vouchers & Perkbox (employee benefits platform – for wellbeing and discounts)

- Salary sacrifice schemes available: Travel to work loan, Cycle to work Scheme, Gym Membership & Tech Purchase

About the role

Our client’s Housing Team’s aim is to deliver a high-quality housing management service/support and to ensure that a high-quality property and tenancy management service is delivered across all locations. Their responsibility is to ensure the best outcomes for both the organisation and the people they support, by ensuring that they provide appropriate support to ensure the people they support live in well-maintained and good quality homes. Our client works closely with landlords (Registered Providers) in developing and implementing new contracted housing management services and this important role will ensure that their systems, contractors and processes are all working well, to deliver the best quality services to the people they support, colleagues and partners.

Role Purpose

The role of a Repairs & Housing Compliance Officer is to liaise with colleagues, managers, families, external contractors and suppliers to ensure the delivery of repairs is effectively delivered to the required targets for all properties and to support the team in ensuring all processes and Housing systems within the housing department run efficiently and are compliant.

Duties will include:

- Support and lead on the activities required as set out in the Building Compliance Framework for the properties.

- Support the Housing Team and operational managers in overseeing the repair performance of our client’s partner landlord’s maintenance contractors, ensuring that non-performance issues are escalated to senior housing managers where appropriate.

- Attend ad hoc building inspections when required and ensure that repair audit findings are resolved in a timely manner for the properties owned by our client and those where our client does not provide tenancy management.

- Manage the housing database, management systems and act as Administrator for the housing systems, equipment and the Housing section of the intranet.

- Oversee contractor performance and contractor management.

- Assist with the setting up of properties and residents on the housing database.

About you

To be a Repairs & Housing Compliance Officer, the following are essential:

- Good all-round experience in working within Repairs and maintenance.

- Experience of carrying out property inspections and identifying repairs.

- Experience of working in partnership with contractors, suppliers and frontline services.

- Good knowledge and experience of using Excel and producing reports.

- Ability to collect, record, maintain and report data intelligently using appropriate systems/methods in accordance with GDPR regulations.

Do you want to be a Repairs & Housing Compliance Officer? Complete an application form and someone from the Recruitment Team will be in touch!

All our client’s posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure as well as a full employment history and employment references. Our client is committed to equal opportunities in employment and the support provided and they welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Our client reserves the right to close vacancies before the date stated when they have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.

Housing, Maintenance, Repairs, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Learning Disabilities, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Community Development, Vulnerable People, Not for Profit, NFP

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