Assistant Director, Repairs and Estates Delivery

2 months ago


Wooburn Green, United Kingdom Braxfield Recruitment Limited Full time
Paradigm Housing have partnered with Braxfield Recruitment to manage their campaign to source an experienced repairs professional to join them in the newly created role of Assistant Director of Repairs and Estates Delivery.
About Paradigm Housing
Paradigm work across the South-East and London with homes in 30 local authority areas.
Their story started in 1988 when Chiltern District Council transferred its 4,500 homes to a new organisation, called Chiltern Hundreds Charitable Housing Association. They have grown into Paradigm Housing Group, owning and managing more than 16,000 homes across the South East.
As a charitable organisation, all the money they make goes into building new homes and providing services for customers. Paradigm are proud to be building 400 new homes a year for sale and for rent. Their mission is to help more people have a home they can afford.
Paradigm have over 600 employees and are a Best Companies 2 Star accredited organisation with high levels of employee engagement and a range of benefits curated to deliver what their employees value.
Benefits of Working at Paradigm Housing
Paradigm Housing have listened to their employees and have created an amazing benefits plan that reflects what their employees asked for. These benefits include:
* A defined contribution pension scheme with up to 9.5% employer contribution rate
* Life cover with 3 times basic salary
* Group Income Protection and Sickness Plan
* 30 days annual holiday + Bank holidays + days in between Christmas and New Year
* Bonus scheme that links to both corporate and individual performance
* A Wellbeing programme that promotes and supports good physical, mental and financial health
* Family friendly policies with generous maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave policies
* Medicash level 3 Health cash plan worth over £1800 per year for employee and dependent children.
* Giving back days - 3 days a year to give back to local communities or charities
* Modern offices with free parking and flexible ways of working
* Personal and Professional Development programmes
The Assistant Director of Repairs and Estates Delivery role
The Assistant Director of Repairs and Estates Delivery will be responsible for managing and delivering Paradigm Housing’s repairs and maintenance obligations and delivering voids standards and turnaround across all managed stock. In addition, the Assistant Director of Repairs and Estates Delivery will manage the Estates contractors covering the cleaning and ground maintenance obligations and oversee the fleet management and procurement of the light commercial fleet of circa 200 vehicles.
Key Accountabilities:
* Lead and deliver strategic direction to operational leads and ensure the provision of high-quality services to customers and service users
* Drive performance across the DLO teams ensuring productivity is in line with the business plan, reducing external supply use and striving to improve upon both efficiency and value for money targets
* Ensure compliance with all statutory health and safety requirements relating to the safe operation of buildings, and working practices of staff, such as CDM, H&S at Work, Building Safety Act and the Fire Safety Act.
* Full responsibility for the repairs, estates, voids, and fleet budget, challenging spend, monitoring financial performance and improving cost effectiveness
* Work cohesively with the Strategic Asset Management team to create and implement robust standards for service delivery, drive efficiency and maximise return
* Work collaboratively with the Executive Director of Property to design, agree and implement a commercially viable function that is cost efficient and provides aspirational service
* Initiate, lead and drive technological improvements throughout the function to streamline and enhance organisational performance
* Promoting and driving a focus on customer satisfaction and welfare across the operation that positively impacts performance and Tenant Satisfaction Measures
* Provide professional senior management support to all direct reports ensuring robust supervision across the function and developing line management skills
* Ensure contracts are procured, mobilised, and managed effectively to meet repairs, estates, void, and fleet investment standards
* Ensure approved contractors and agents deliver a timely, efficient, compliant and value for money service
* Foster and drive a culture of safety first for all team members, identifying and providing all necessary assessments and equipment to ensure colleague welfare.
In Summary
Permanent role, Assistant Director of Repairs & Estates Delivery
Salary £115,213
Paradigm Housing are an excellent organisation to work for as evidenced with their 2* accreditation from Best Companies as an ‘Outstanding’ employer. They are acquiring and building properties and will continue to grow year on year. If you are a Repairs and Estates professional working at a senior level and would like to find out more about the Assistant Repairs and Estates Delivery position then please submit your application or get in touch with Braxfield Recruitment for a confidential conversation.
Paradigm Housing Group, is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. They undertake to treat their staff, residents, contractors, partners, suppliers and others they interact with fairly, as well as to promote equality of opportunity and tackle discrimination.
As a social landlord, they provide and deliver services to a variety of communities. Their diverse workforce brings different perspectives and skills into the organisation, which reflect the communities they work in
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