We are currently partnering with a leading Housing Association based in Bristol, who are recruiting for a Scheme Manager to join their growing team on a permanent basis.

This is a full-time position with a salary band of £25,034 - £27,815 (subject to experience) and the start date is subject to notice.

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Being responsible for a caseload of clients withing the sheltered scheme to promote independent living and safety in their homes (55 years old +)

• Ensuring the building’s safety, reporting repairs, prioritising health and safety issues, managing voids, conducting estate inspections, addressing tenancy, and lettings to ensure quick property turnover

• Raising important issues with the relevant manager on own initiative and communicating instructions or requests to various department

• Ensuring that key duties are completed in order to support the work of the services

• Monitoring daily contact with tenants as required, being proactive in checking on their welfare in line with their individual support needs

• Ensuring the designated scheme is linked to the relevant alarm response system, and to maintain regular liaison with the staff in relation to any tenant which includes making referrals for dispersed alarms where required

• Developing and maintaining an up to date and extensive knowledge of service available to the client group and be able to signpost tenants to these services and empower them to make use of them independently

• Experience required:

Experience required in Social Housing

Experience working with customers within housing

Skills, knowledge and expertise required:

successful candidate will hold housing experience and great knowledge on improving residents’ wellbeing

Rewards and Benefits:

• Discretionary Bonus scheme

• Death in Service benefit (3 x salary)

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays with service-related increase to your entitlement up to 30 days plus an option to purchase extra annual leave

• Family Friendly policies

• Health Cash Plan including dental and optical cover (worth up to £1,100 per annum)

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Health and Wellbeing programme which includes enhanced sick pay, monthly campaigns, training and yearly flu jabs

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Car Benefit scheme

• Learning and Development including coaching and professional qualification support

• Volunteering days

• Defined Contribution pension scheme – employer contribution of 6% - 9%

Working hours:

37 hours per week

Monday – Friday, 8am-4pm, No evenings or weekends

Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

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