Job Description

As a leading 60,000+ home housing Association, Sovereign are committed to providing quality, affordable homes, and services within sustainable, successful communities. We\'re led by our values and driven by a strong social purpose, placing our customers at the heart of everything we do.

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Delivery Manager - Contracts to join our Compliance Services Property Team, with flexibility around office location within our South/South West operating geography.

The role

Reporting into the Senior Contracts Manager, you\'ll lead on contract managing specialised contractors within the compliance and property safety delivery area, these will be in multiple localities covering Core and Non-Core compliance activities.

You\'ll ensure that all works are undertaken in a competent and safe manner with our customers at the centre of everything we do and ensure that SHA meets its commitments, monitors its performance and evidences its delivery relating to all its Regulatory and legislative obligations.

You\'ll also be responsible for:

• Delivering the right outcome for our customer in a safe and timely way
• Promoting a positive collaborative culture of Building Safety and Compliance
• The delivery of property safety and compliance Contract Management to agreed performance and financial targets, ensuring customer satisfaction, cost effectiveness and value for money, and performance managing issues outside of the SLA
• Maintaining an up to date knowledge and awareness of technical, statutory, regulatory and legislative requirements, standards and best practice in relation to delivery of specialised Contracts

What you\'ll need

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Experience and Knowledge of managing contracts in delivery of complex compliance/safety work types, with a high knowledge of compliance requirements
• Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary Compliance and Property Safety contracts in a large and complex Housing Association, managing specialised contractors
• Evidence (or working towards) of basic compliance qualifications in the specialised area relevant to the contract that is being managed
• Ability to plan, track and forecast income and expenditure against relevant budgets, to deliver a value for money service whilst taking actions to mitigate any risks to Sovereign
• Ability to operate with commercial acumen
• Proficient use of Microsoft office suite with Intermediate or advanced Excel skills

There will be some travel involved with this role so you should be happy to travel, have access to a car and a full UK driving licence.

What can we offer you

• \xc2\xa3450 flex-pot annually, discounted shopping & cycling scheme
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Industry leading pension scheme, 12% matched contributions plus life cover at 4x your salary
• Flexible working - we\'re committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover

It\'s a fantastic time to join us at Sovereign. We have an ambitious corporate plan to deliver an inspiring agenda of change and growth in a sustainable way. You\'ll be joining a highly skilled team at the forefront of driving these improvements and we\'d love to hear from you to explore your skills and experience further.

Sovereign Housing Association