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BRC are working closely with a well-established housing organisation to recruit an experienced Empty Homes Supervisor to oversee the delivery and management of empty homes across their operational area.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced property professional with a background in social housing, voids or maintenance to lead a team of trade operatives, oversee vacant property refurbishments and ensure works are delivered on time, within budget and to the required standards.
The successful candidate will drive operational performance, manage contractor relationships and ensure properties are ready for new occupants.

This role involves

Based from the organisation's office in Berkshire, this role will involve occasional travel to other offices and property locations as required.
Duties:

• Take responsibility for the delivery of all empty homes across the operational area, ensuring properties meet the required letting standards and turnaround targets.
• Carry out property inspections and surveys, identifying required works, preparing scopes of work and allocating jobs to the relevant trade operatives.
• Lead, manage and develop a team of multi-skilled trade operatives, ensuring workloads are allocated effectively and resources are used efficiently.
• Monitor team performance against operational KPIs, addressing any issues and implementing improvements to maintain service standards.
• Oversee contractors and specialist suppliers, monitoring performance, quality, costs and compliance with agreed service levels.
• Manage refurbishment and maintenance works, ensuring all activities are completed within agreed timescales and financial budgets.
• Carry out quality inspections and post-inspections, identifying defects, raising issues and ensuring remedial works are completed to the required standard.
• Maintain effective health and safety management across all works, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, policies and procedures.
• Monitor expenditure, manage costs and maintain accurate records to support budget control and performance reporting.
• Work closely with internal departments and external stakeholders to ensure effective communication and a consistent, customer-focused service.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, increase efficiency, reduce turnaround times and enhance the overall empty homes service.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in a supervisory or management position within social housing, property maintenance, voids, refurbishment or a construction-related environment.
• Previous experience managing and motivating a team of tradespeople or multi-skilled operatives.
• Strong understanding of voids management, property refurbishment and the standards required to bring empty properties back into occupation.
• Experience managing contractors, monitoring performance and ensuring works are delivered to specification.
• Commercial awareness, including experience managing budgets, monitoring costs and ensuring value for money.
• A good understanding of health and safety requirements within property maintenance or construction environments.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, allocate resources and deliver against operational deadlines.
• Confident communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving, taking ownership of issues and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Good IT skills, including the ability to maintain records, monitor performance and produce basic reports.

Benefits:

• An opportunity to take ownership of an established empty homes operation and drive service improvements.
• A varied management role with responsibility for leading trade teams and overseeing property refurbishment programmes.
• The opportunity to influence operational performance, quality standards and customer satisfaction.
• A collaborative working environment within a well-established housing organisation.
• The opportunity to make a positive contribution to the delivery of quality homes.

For more information, please call Meg Smith on 02920 231000 or 01179 239100.

To apply, please submit your CV outlining your relevant experience and qualifications.

We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. At BRC Recruitment, we try to respond to all applications; however, due to the high volume of applications, this is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 72 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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