Job Description

Housing Operations Manager
Salary 53,000 to 58,000 per annum plus work your way with flexibility and family friendly policies.
1 x Temporary 3 months and 1 x Permanent
Full time 37.5 hpw
Southeast coast Hampshire to Kent
Home, a place where you belong
Are you an experienced housing professional who leads and inspires? Join us to manage a diverse housing portfolio across our South region delivering rented, leasehold and supported housing services. You'll ensure regulatory compliance, operational excellence and outstanding customer outcomes while shaping strategy and leading high-performing teams to achieve real impact. If you're ready to step into a role with real scope, this could be your switch moment.
What you'll do

• Lead and support Service Managers and Housing Managers and their team performance across rented, leasehold and supported housing
• Manage your own housing portfolio ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory standards and internal policies
• Drive operational efficiency, including void management, tenancy sustainment and continuous improvement across all service strands
• Monitor KPIs for compliance and performance and manage budgets, making data-driven decisions to improve services
• Build strong relationships with colleagues, customers and stakeholders to support our strategic objectives

Why join us
You'll join a team that's collaborative, experienced and genuinely supportive - our colleagues make a real difference here. You'll have the freedom to shape your role, grow your skills, influence outcomes for our customers and make a real impact. Be part of one of the UK's top 10 Great Places to Work!
You have

• Significant experience managing housing services in rented, leasehold and supported settings. You'll ideally have - or be working towards CiH Level 4 too.
• Proven leadership skills and a track record of developing brilliant teams and ensuring a high-performance culture with measurable outcomes
• Knowledge of housing regulations and compliance requirements
• Ability to manage budgets, interpret financial data and make commercial decisions
• Excellent communication, coaching, negotiation and conflict resolution skills

Stronger together
We do our best work when we're ourselves. That's why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!
The Practical bits

• You'll manage your own diary and we're open to agree a working pattern with you.
• We typically work on a hybrid basis with 2 days per week in our local services or out in our communities, with the rest from home. As you're covering a large geographical patch there will be a fair bit of travel to our services and teams.
• We have an office you'll visit in Port Solent, and your patch will cover Hampshire, Sussex and Kent.
• You need an Enhanced with barring list DBS check (we pay)
• You need to be able to drive and have access to your own vehicle insured for business purposes (on the job mileage? We've got you covered!)

What's in it for you?

• 34 days leave, rising to 39 (this includes bank holidays and a "me day"). The option to buy 5 more each year
• 2 paid volunteering days each year
• Health cash plan saving you (and your children) 1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more
• Matching pension contribution (up to 7% and life insurance of 3x basic salary)
• 800+ discounts on shops, holidays, days out, tech and more

Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see our Operations Manager , find out about us, for help to apply and our benefits. Roles can close early, so don't wait.
For reasonable adjustments email recruitment@homegroup.org.uk

Skills Required