Business Manager - Housing Repairs and Empty Homes

Business Manager – Housing Repairs and Empty Homes

37 hours, Full-time, permanent

BMG Z3 £67,614 -£71,325 per annum

Hybrid, Castle House, Great North Road, Newark

At Newark and Sherwood District Council we are wholly committed to providing high quality housing services to our tenants, we want to ensure we provide good homes with safety and standards that protect and enhance the lives of those who live in them. Our investment and commitment go beyond legislation, and our tenants are always at the heart of what we do.

Keeping our tenants safe, ensuring their homes are warm and decent and that the services we provide meet their needs is key. We now seek one of two new Business Managers to join the Housing Health and Wellbeing Directorate to lead and drive our operational delivery of repairs and maintenance, the management of empty homes, co ordinating our response to damp, mould and hazards alongside delivering our planned repairs programmes and stores function.

As an innovative and forward-thinking member of the leadership team, tenants will always be at the forefront of your mind and you will guide, coach and manage a a dedicated and committed team to together meet and exceed your KPI’s and expectations to provide an effective and high quality responsive repairs service and ensure our empty homes are turned around quickly and to our standard, receiving excellent tenant feedback.

You will lead on the overall strategy for your business unit working in close collaboration with the also newly appointed Business Manager for Building Safety and Asset Investment. With demonstrable experience in a construction or housing related environment, with excellent knowledge of the RSH Consumer Standards, and the ability to manage transformational change, you will be a member of a professional body such as CIOB/RICS and hold a qualification relevant to the responsibility of this role.

We highly recommend you review the appointment brief for this post to learn more about our work, mission and values.

We’re an ambitious, forward-thinking Council with strong values and a culture of doing our absolute best to serve our customers. We are proud of our organisational culture and receive positive feedback from our employees. We have a programme of internal activity to ensure that the voices of our employees are always heard and that they are kept informed on all Council activity and events. From roadshows to an annual award ceremony, from flexible working arrangements to our Hug in a Mug initiative, it is incredibly important our employees are shown how valued they are and that they remain the beating heart of our workplace.

We offer:

• Enrolment in the career average local government pension scheme.
• Flexi scheme.
• Hybrid working.
• A generous annual leave entitlement that increases with service.
• Family-friendly benefits.
• One days’ paid volunteering leave.
• Lifestyle benefits platform.
• Funded health cash plan.
• Free car parking*
• £10 a month gym membership at one of our gyms in the district.

For an informal chat or more information, please contact Suzanne Shead, Job Title on 01636 655520.

*Free staff parking is valid until 30 June 2026*

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As an employer we will promote an inclusive working environment to maintain and develop a forward thinking and diverse workforce.

Veterans/family of forces/ex-forces, those in care/care leavers, and candidates who declare disabilities (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) will be guaranteed interviews provided they have demonstrated that they meet the essential criteria of the post as detailed in the Person Specifications on their application forms.

Closing Date: Noon - Monday 13th October 2025

Occupational Testing: OPQ32i Personality Testing

Interview: 1st round w/c 13th October 2025

2nd round w/c 20th October 2025