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 - Part Time

Blackman Gardens, Swindon

£12.19 - £12.57 per hour

27.5 hours per week

We have an opportunity for a Scheme Manager to join our team, ensuring that all Housing for Older people properties are managed and maintained in accordance with government legislation.

You will be responsible for providing a high quality housing management service which will include providing tenancy advice, following up communal repairs and promoting independent living. This is a rewarding yet challenging role and is ideal for someone who has previous experience of working with older people in a housing management setting and is aware of safeguarding concerns.

The role of Scheme Manager will include:

• Providing tenancy advice to residents
• Promoting independent living and sign posting to appropriate agencies
• Encouraging residents to organise and get involved in activities
• Completing mandatory compliance tasks along with health and safety checks
• Reporting and monitoring repairs to conclusion, ensuring all necessary paperwork is completed
• Wellbeing calls to residents via warden call system
• Supporting the lettings team to manage vacant flats
• Providing cover at schemes in the region for other Scheme Managers
• Managing low level anti-social behaviour

Skills and experiences:

• Numeracy and literacy to the equivalent of GCSE Grade C or above in English and Maths
• Some experience of working with older people and understanding their individual needs or similar
• Ability to work alone and manage workloads to meet deadlines
• Working knowledge of handling confidential and sensitive information
• Good interpersonal and customer care skills
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams
• Occasional travel may be 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 holidays (pro rata)
• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
• Life Assurance
• Employee Volunteering scheme
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans  
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• £17,434 per annum (rising to £17,974 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

The full time equivalent salary for this role is £23,774 based on 37.5 hours per week rising to £24,510 after 12 months service and subject to satisfactory performance

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Closing Date: 7 July 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.