Title:  Scheme Manager

Sanctuary manages rented and shared ownership homes and supports community initiatives for thousands of customers across England. Our staff help make a real difference to the quality of people’s lives.

Scheme Manager

Rose Court - Birkenhead

£23,774 - £24,510 per year

37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday

We have an opportunity for a Scheme Manager to join our Housing Services team within a housing for older persons scheme. In this role you will be responsible for providing a high-quality housing management service which will include providing tenancy advice, following up repairs for residents and promoting independent living. This is a rewarding yet challenging role and is ideal for someone who has previous experience of working with older or vulnerable people in a housing management setting and is aware of safeguarding concerns.

The role of Scheme Manager will include:

• Effectively managing any low level anti-social behaviour which may include attending evictions, gathering relevant information to support this and managing the complaint process for the service area
• Provide administrative support for the delivery of high quality and value for money
• Dealing with part of the lettings process, including viewings, pre void inspections and key management
• Undertaking compliance checks and scheme inspections, ensuring we comply with health and safety regulations
• Working with external agencies such as Social Workers concerning additional support requirements/safeguarding referrals
• Identifying potential repairs or faults in the scheme, ensuring they are reported and monitored

Skills and experiences:

• Experience of working with older people or vulnerable client groups is essential
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, allowing you to build strong relationships
• The ability to work on own initiative in a high paced environment
• Experience of using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Housing Management experience and basic knowledge of welfare benefits and rent accounts is desirable
• Travel is a requirement of the role, therefore a full valid driving licence is essential

Why work for us?

Sanctuary Housing is one of the UK’s leading social landlords, providing around 70,000 homes across England. We give our residents good quality, affordable homes in communities that they can be proud of. As part of a not-for-profit organisation, we reinvest any surplus we make back into the local communities we serve.

Our Benefits    

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holiday
• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans  
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• £23,774 per annum (rising to £24,510 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

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Closing Date: 17 September 2024

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

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Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. 
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
A basic Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Housing Services Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.