Repairs Manager

Are you a driven, ambitious and experienced individual with an ability to develop a team towards delivering a customer focused and competitive Repairs Service?  Do you want to work in a fast paced, innovative and agile environment? Do you have an appetite for providing an excellent Repairs service operationally whilst keeping an organisations wider strategy at the forefront of your delivery?

If so, we are currently recruiting to our Improvement and Repairs team dealing with the Council’s Housing Repairs, Improvements and new build development programmes.

South Kesteven are an ambitious Council with growth plans at the top of our agenda. The district has tremendous potential and we believe that by working in our communities and concentrating on growth we can achieve our vision which is  to help our towns and villages thrive by creating vibrant communities where people want to live, work and invest.

What we need:

An experienced professional to manage the Council’s Housing Repairs service, meet its statutory obligations and deliver an excellent service that is both customer focussed and commercially driven.

An individual who works collaboratively, with a vision for commercial opportunities and operational improvements.  

What you will do:

You will support the Head of Improvements and Repairs to deliver an exceptional Repairs service via your team, whilst supporting the organisations vision and strategy both internally and externally.

What you will bring to the job:

We are looking for a manager with experience of working in a commercially focussed environment, who has the ability to lead, develop and manage staff in line with the organisations growth, performance and culture objectives.

What we will do in return:

We are committed to caring for our employees both inside and outside the workplace and provide a variety of benefits, such as:

• a generous pension scheme, 
• opportunities to progress and develop your career and skillset
• access to a range of health and wellbeing activities
• Flexible working
• generous leave entitlement of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service),
• travel season ticket loan and a variety of other staff/family friendly benefits and discounts.

To download a job description and apply for the post, please visit www.southkesteven.gov.uk/jobsClosing date: Friday 20^th  September 2019

Shortlisting will take place week commencing 23^rd September  Interviews will be held week commencing 30^th September.