Sutton Connect Housing Support Manager

About the Borough

With a workforce of two hundred colleagues we're small enough to be friendly and large enough to give you scope to develop and progress your career. We are based in Sutton Town Centre with great transport links in and out of London. Our colleagues work and engage with residents in the borough and wider for our private sector colleagues.

At SHP our strength and depth lies primarily in the knowledge, experience and commitment of our colleagues; to deliver excellent services to residents. As a landlord organisation this means enabling families and households to be safe in their homes, sustain their tenancy and lead healthy and rewarding lives.

About the Role and our Ideal Candidate

If you have the following or transferrable skills that support...

Essential

• Experience of managing/leading a dynamic service delivery team
• Aware of changes in the housing sector and develops skills and knowledge to meet new challenges.
• A positive approach to achieving key objectives of the organisation.
• Responds positively to changing business needs and happily adapts behaviours accordingly.
• Plans ahead and uses time efficiently and effectively.
• Budget management experience with forecasting competency.

Preferable

• Knowledge of Housing Management, Repairs, links to support services and service delivery for older persons
• Housing benefit knowledge
• Managing a multi-channel multi-disciplined service in a similar environment
• Service Development to deliver improved customer experience/efficient operations
• Ability to prioritise, make decisions and provide clear outcomes for staff.
• Good understanding of housing and landlord regulatory and compliance requirements

• A commitment to recognising Equality, diversity and inclusion.

About Us

We have an excellent one year fixed term opportunity that has arisen for a Housing Support Manager in the Sutton Connect team.

This is a fantastic and exciting opportunity to learn and be part of a team which ensures short term tenancy support intervention services for the residents of Sutton are delivered within satisfactory timescales, and that quality and a great customer experience is provided both internally and externally.

The role requires an agile team member who can operate within a fast paced environment, see the golden thread and liaise with Residents, stakeholder such as London Borough of Sutton, Age UK Sutton, Sutton Mental Health Foundation, Social services and Occupational Health to deliver outcomes that ensure that all customers journey is a satisfactory one.

It is essential that the service has a leader in place to ensure decisions and outcomes are timely to maintain operational using data insight to chase or challenge in this area for maximum service delivery.

Our Offer To You

Colleagues at SHP take pride in delivering our priorities and working in rewarding careers. In turn, we strive to reward them fairly through SHP's pay and reward systems. Roles are reviewed to ensure pay reflects the responsibilities of the individual in line with our systems.

A good work-life balance is important and our key benefits are:

• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (opens in new window) - a career average scheme where employees contribute between 5.5% and 12%. Sutton Housing Partnership contribution rate to your pension is 18.4% from 1 April 2025.
• Annual leave of either 28 or 33 days per year (depending on the role) plus paid time off on bank holidays.
• Simply Health Cash Plan which allows colleagues to claim cashback on dental, optical, consultations and scans.
• Employee Benefits to include cycle to work scheme and a range of discounts schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme is a confidential, independent, expert provider of employee support services paid for by SHP to help you balance and discuss issues in your work, family and personal life. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
• Investment in your learning and development; My Learning account is set up for every member of staff with access to e-learning modules and Instructor led training. Opportunities for external training that meet both individual and strategic requirements are considered through an application process.

Application Process

Before applying please refer to the job profile and ensure you meet the essential criteria. You will then need to complete the online application form, adding a supporting statement addressing how you meet the criteria outlined in the job profile.

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

We anonymise all applications received to reduce conscious and unconscious bias enabling every application to be reviewed on the knowledge, skills and experience shown in your application. Our managers are advised to set up interview panels to be diverse to reduce bias, where possible. We are fully committed to removing barriers and enhancing the diversity of our workforce

We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role and ensure that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

Additional Information

We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming organisation and we strive to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and instil a sense of belonging in our staff. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome applications from under represented groups.

The UK has a points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance. Sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.