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Full/Part time Scheme Manager - Peterborough (PE4)

Employer
Accent Group
Location
Peterborough
Salary
£22,665
Closing date
28 Nov 2021

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Function
Community and Customer Services
Seniority
Manager
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Flexible
Organisation Type
Housing association / RP

Job Details

The role and person

  • Permanent
  • 21 - 35 hours per week (3 - 5 days, 9am - 5pm)

Accent is proud to provide support and affordable housing to people of all ages and circumstances and we are now seeking an enthusiastic professional to help us deliver our services for older people. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to undertake the role of Scheme Manager based at Bevishall in Peterborough.

The ideal candidate will already have experience in a similar role and will be able to demonstrate a positive, proactive approach to the management of the scheme. The Scheme Manager role includes carrying out weekday checks on residents and ensuring the building; communal areas, garden and grounds are cleaned, maintained and secure.

You will be comfortable liaising with other Accent staff, including working closely with the local customer partner and with contractors. You will also be comfortable working primarily on your own and taking responsibility for the scheme.

It is key that you are able to manage residents in order to support them whilst meeting all of Accent’s priorities and values. You will be able to respond quickly and effectively to emergencies when they arise and will appreciate the importance of thorough record keeping, including risk assessments and health and wellbeing plans.

You will have used housing management systems in the past and have good general IT skills. Strong time and people management abilities are essential. You will be prepared to undertake some housing management functions, e.g. dealing with anti-social behaviour and mediating between residents. In addition, you will be supporting older residents in our general needs properties to live independently in their own homes.

 

DBS

DBS Disclosure check required. Successful candidates will be required to pay £25 for their check. The cost can be claimed back on satisfactory receipt of disclosure.

 

Location:

Bevishall, Paston Ridings, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 7PS

 

Salary

The spot salary for this post is £22,665 per annum for applicants who fully meet the requirements of the post. Applicants, who do not meet all of the requirements of the post, will start 5% or 10% below the spot salary.

  

Benefits

  • 28 days paid holiday (pro rata) per year rising by 1 day per year up to a maximum of one working week
  • Option to purchase additional holiday of up to 2 of your working weeks (at managers discretion)
  • Cycle Scheme
  • Learning & Development opportunities
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • A choice of salary based contributory pension schemes, a defined benefit scheme or a defined contribution scheme, each offering life assurance cover

 

Who are Accent?

 We own almost 22,000 houses across the north, east and south of the country.

They are home to over 35,000 customers. We exist to improve lives, providing people with high quality homes, affordably. Whatever their housing need, whether family, single, older or more vulnerable – our customers come first. They are always at the very heart of our business.

If you feel great about putting customers first, then we feel great about you joining the Accent team.

And we are a team. We live and breathe our values – we are smart, we are driven, we are caring and we are inclusive – are you? If you can do what’s right and challenge what you think is wrong, relish the opportunity to work with some fabulous colleagues to improve the customer experience and make sure we keep to our promises, then you are the person we are looking for.

Come and join us and start your own journey with Accent. We aim to be number one, and you could help us get there.

We’re always looking to improve diversity within our teams and across Accent so we would welcome any applications from any underrepresented groups. Please note, due to the nature of this role, there may be occasions where you need to travel to our offices.

Company

We manage and run our business in a way that we can continue to be successful and make a real difference in the communities in which we work. We put our residents at the heart of the business and strive to offer a personal, modern, better service.

Accent Group is a registered social housing provider based in Shipley, West Yorkshire. The Group provides over 20,000 homes to around 34,000 residents across the UK.

We offer an excellent benefits package including flexi-time, a salary based contributory pension scheme with generous holidays and both internal and external training opportunities.

Company info
Website
Telephone
07825827328
Location
Charlestown House
Acorn Park Industrial Estate
Shipley
West Yorkshire
Yorkshire
BD17 7SW
GB

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