Job Introduction
What you’ll do
Notting Hill Genesis, one of London's largest housing associations, are seeking a Head of Estate Services to join our thriving Places and Estates team! As the Head of Estate Services, you will lead NHGs estate services teams as they deliver a range of key services to over 30,000 homes. Focusing on our better places strategic aims you will make the area around our homes clean, welcoming and safe. You will drive best practice and excellent standards as part of our better places vision via our mix of contractors and in house teams.
How you’ll do it
You will do this by leading and working with your team ensuring our internal teams and external contractors provide the best possible services to make the better places focus a reality. A strong commitment to performance, value for money and sustainability will be at the core of what you do. A dedication to safety with an emphasis on data to help maximise resources in all areas of the team will enable you to achieve the strategic aims of the role.
The ideal candidate
We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation. Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.
Essential:
- A strong track record of leading large scale complex contracts resulting in positive outcomes
- A history of leading and inspiring your teams to deliver whilst retaining the customer at the heart of your work
- A demonstrable knowledge of the key elements of estate services through qualifications or experience.
- A strong understanding of financial oversight and budget management
- A qualification (level 4 or higher) in a relevant subject area e.g. property or management, contract or project management
Desirable:
- The ability to harness large scale and complex data to facilitate targeted outcomes
- A passion for pushing and developing services with experience in modernising teams and processes in delivering outcomes.
What’s in it for you?
Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential. Benefits include:
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
- Health cash plan
- Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
- Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Life Assurance x 4 annual salary
All about us
Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 60,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,500 staff.
For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/
We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.
To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/
Selection Process
Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 24 March 2025
Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessment
Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview
Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via jobs@nhg.org.uk.
Should a redeployee apply for this role, their application will be considered before any others.
NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.
