Lead Contracts Administrator

6 months ago


Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Grand Union Housing Group Full time

Are you passionate about delivering exceptional service while leading your team to success? Join us as Lead Contracts Administrator and play a pivotal role in ensuring our Repairs Hub operates smoothly, providing top-notch administrative support to our Internal Repairs Team.

**What you’ll be doing**

This role is ideal if you excel in both administrative duties and leadership - 80% of your role involves efficiently managing administrative tasks to facilitate the progress of our Internal Repairs team's work, and the other 20% of your time will involve taking on leadership responsibilities for the Contract Administration team.
- Lead and manage a team of Contract Administrators, conducting regular check-ins and identifying training needs.
- Ensure alignment with individual and business objectives, monitor performance, and maintain high standards.
- Liaise with customers and internal teams to address queries and ensure smooth repairs progression.
- Identify and report inefficiencies to the Repairs Hub Manager, driving continuous improvement.
- Coordinate resource allocation to meet target dates and customer needs, and maintain accurate records.
- Provide excellent customer service by updating customers on repair progress and booking appointments.
- Build strong relationships across GUHG to resolve issues and maximise efficiency.
- Deliver on-the-job training to new Contract Administrators and provide ad hoc refresher and new process training.

***What we’re looking for**
- Experience in planning and organising resources.
- Ability to react quickly to situations impacting service delivery.
- Prior experience in a busy customer-facing environment.
- Excellent IT skills and proficiency in data processing.
- Clear and effective communication skills.
- Strong organisational and prioritisation abilities.
- Negotiation skills and problem-solving ability.

**Perks of working at Grand Union**

️ Annual leave of 25 days, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service

Generous pension scheme - employer contribution up to 10%.

Extra day's leave for no sickness absence in the financial year.

Christmas week off (no need to use your annual leave allowance)

Opportunity to buy/sell annual leave.

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.

Paid emergency and compassionate leave.

Life assurance (2x salary).

Generous sick pay.

Free annual flu jabs.

Paid qualification.

Plus more - check out the full list of benefits in the attached document

*** Important Information**

We do not provide visa sponsorship; you must be eligible to work in the UK, reside in the UK for the duration of your employment and provide Right to Work evidence.

**Closing: 20 May**

**Phone screening: 24 May**

**Interviews: 3 June**

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At Grand Union, we know that what we do matters. We build more homes, stronger communities and better lives.

We’ve been in business for over 25 years and provide 12,500 homes for more than 27,000 people across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Hertfordshire. We’re an £86 million turnover social business with 400 staff.

Our mission is **more homes, stronger communities, better lives**. We build affordable homes, provide personal support, and help people to learn, work and be healthy.

We’re a financially stable and innovative not-for-profit organisation that believes in partnership and collaboration. We plan to build 1,959 more new homes in the coming years to play our part in ending the housing crisis.

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