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SalaryRepairs Manager
Location: Newent, Gloucestershire
Salary: Circa £44,500 per annum
The Vacancy
This vacancy is a 12-month fixed term contract – 37 hours per week
We are currently seeking a Repairs Manager to support the Head of Repairs who wants to make a difference and help deliver our purpose for warm, safe and affordable homes for our tenants.
Your key responsibilities will include ensuring that the team of office and field-based staff is motivated to support the successful delivery of day-to-day responsive repairs, planned and cyclical works, meeting and exceeding customer service and quality standards. You’ll manage the teams who deliver emergency, urgent and routine repairs, and voids repairs works on Two Rivers Housing properties as well as external clients. To achieve this you will lead the operative and back-office workforce effectively and carry out all performance reviews ensuring that staff are supported, mentored and developed to achieve their full potential.
We recognise that no candidate will meet every desired requirement, so if your experience looks a little different and you think you can bring your great skills and can-do-attitude to the role, we’d love to hear from you.
Experience you’ll possess
Experience of managing Trades and facilities teams within a domestic repairs /maintenance industry.
Experience of providing great customer focussed service.
Knowledge of health and safety and CDM legislation.
Leadership and Management qualification (ILM or similar) or working towards the same.
Successful responsibility for achieving on target KPI performance
Maintenance NVQ to level 3 or equivalent.
A good technical background linked to a relevant trade.
Ideally a Health & Safety Qualification (IOSH, NEBOSH).
Due to the nature of the role a full driving licence is required.
Please call Ian Faul on 07812 667710, if you have any questions or would like to find out more about the role.
We are keen to invite the best people to join us as soon as possible so we will be interviewing and hiring on an ongoing basis. We might close the advert early if we find the right candidate.
Here at Two Rivers’ Housing, we are a progressive and forward-thinking housing association driven by our mission and values to create great homes and support our communities. We are really proud to have been recognised for gaining and maintaining Gold in RoSPA for health and safety standards, as well as being Gold accredited in Investors in People.
Centigen is a Gloucestershire-based facilities management company, providing invaluable services such as grounds and building maintenance and commercial cleaning to clients across the Southwest.
We are a subsidiary of Two Rivers Housing – a charity which provides nearly 4,000 homes for low-cost rent and supports activities and amenities across communities in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. All surplus income generated by Centigen is gifted back to Two Rivers, allowing staff to continue their work for the benefit of future generations.
As a social enterprise business, we combine the best of the private and charitable sectors: a commercial drive for quality, value, efficiency and customer satisfaction, with strong ethics, caring values and financial security.
Our comprehensive package of employee benefits includes pension options, health cashback plan, competitive holiday entitlement, insurance/accident cover and more.
Closing date: - 10th of February 2024
Interview date: - To be confirmed
