Title:  Retirement Communities Manager

Location: 

London, London, GB, E3 4SW

Department:  Health and Social Care (Qualified and Non-Qualifie
Operation:  Sanctuary Supported Living
Closing Date:  06/10/2024
Salary:  £37,864 - £39,857 / per annum
Requisition:  220814

Retirement Communities Manager

 

Coopers Court, London

 

£37,864 - £39,857 per annum

 

37.5 hours per week

 

 

Sanctuary Supported Living is delighted to be recruiting for a Retirement Communities Manager for our Retirement Communities Service at Coopers Court, London.

 

At Sanctuary Supported Living, we specialise in delivering a wide range of personalised housing, care, and support services to help people across England to live as independently as possible.
 

We’re a national organisation, but we’re not-for-profit and we think locally by putting our customers at the heart of what we do. We’re committed to being our best and helping customers to be their best, as we support them on their pathways for independence.

 

No matter your job – delivering support directly or working in our offices to support our frontline teams – your work makes a difference every day.

 

And working with us isn’t just another job. It’s rewarding, inspiring, exciting and it provides an opportunity to make a real, positive impact on people’s lives. Plus, we’ll support you in reaching your aspirations and career goals, through comprehensive training and benefits.

 

The role of Retirement Communities Manager will include:

  • Taking overall responsibility of all aspects of life at the service as a 24/7, 365-day operation, including overall financial performance, asset compliance and other regulatory requirements
  • Managing and motivating a multi-disciplinary team to achieve performance targets
  • Working closely with the Chef Manager to deliver a value for money, high quality food offer
  • Delivering high-quality customer focused services to residents and stakeholders
  • Strongly delivering regulatory compliance across all areas of business.
  • Working collaboratively with the onsite Care Providers to ensure the care service is safe, compliant, efficient, and effective and maintain high standards
  • Working closely with relevant support teams to drive apartment sales and rentals
  • Managing relationships with leaseholder and tenants
  • Managing relationships with commissioners and key stakeholders
  • Ensuring delivery of a high-quality housing service including repairs monitoring
  • Developing and supporting volunteering opportunities to enhance the service
  • Assisting with the preparation of annual budgets and targets for your location, monitoring performance, reporting and action planning where needed
  • Responding positively to complaints and breakdowns in service delivery to ensure excellent customer service is consistently delivered

 

Skills and experiences:

  • A passion for working with older people
  • Great customer service skills
  • Previous housing experience
  • Proven experience in working in a fast-paced environment where the need to manage a range of conflicting demands effectively is essential
  • Good organisational skills 
  • Experience of working in a retirement village setting or an understanding of our client group
  • Experience of ensuring contractual compliance
  • Proven financial and business acumen
  • Experience in dealing with challenging situations
  • The ability to be empathetic and have good interpersonal skills
  • Keep accurate/ thorough records
  • Ability to work on your own initiative
  • High levels of motivation, flexibility and communication

 

Are you ready to be your best?

Brilliant work deserves brilliant benefits! As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary Supported Living a great place to work, here are just some of the ways we’ll reward you:

  • At least 25 days paid holiday, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service (plus public holidays)
  • A pension scheme with employer contributions
  • A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers
  • Health and well-being plans
  • Life assurance
  • Family friendly arrangements, including opportunities for flexible working
  • Tax efficient savings through our Cycle to Work scheme
  • A wide range of learning and development opportunities

 

Job Reference: 220814

 

Closing Date: 6 October 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.

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.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.


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