Job Profile
Job title:
Director of Property Services
You will report to:
Executive Director - Housing
Primary purpose:
To lead the combined Property Services Maintenance, Asset Management and Contractor organisations within emh group covering both emh homes and emh care & support.
Key responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of the Property Services function including emh Sharpes to deliver value for money; ensure adoption of best practice and maximise employee engagement.
- Ensure operational and financial targets are met across Property Services & emh Sharpes and targets and plans are in line with the group business plan
- Ensure working practices are effective, health and safety and safeguarding compliant, and demonstrate commitment to equality and diversity
- Ensure key contracts and other commercial arrangements including sub-contracting are effective and well managed
- Drive continuous improvement and appropriate social housing and commercial benchmarking to ensure the ongoing competitiveness of the services and to maximise benefits of innovations and new technologies
- Provide accurate, timely and well presented information, data and sector intelligence to the Executive Management Team (EMT) and Board
- Manage risk across all areas of Property Services, ensuring that EMT and Board are informed of areas of concern and advise on corrective actions and mitigation
- Ensure compliance with quality assurance and auditing requirements and recommendations
- Develop and implement strategy to deliver the future needs of Property Services in line with the Group Strategy and Financial Plan
- Develop new profitable income streams to contribute to the viability of the emh group
Leadership responsibilities
- Lead, motivate and inspire employees by fostering a trust based culture of engagement
- Act as an ambassador for emh internally and externally promoting the organisation as a partner, employer and service provider of choice
- Lead consultation and negotiation with employees and their representatives to ensure employee relations underpin service provision
- As a member of the Senior Management Team of emh group participate (and lead where appropriate) in Homes and wider group initiatives and projects
- Deputise for Executive Director Housing as appropriate