Housing Partnerships Manager
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Directorate: Housing
Grade: PO6
Salary: £51,093 - £54,129 pa
Retention Bonus/ Market Supplement: N/a
Contract Type: Permanent
Working hours per week: 36hrs (flexible)
Weeks per year: 52
Application Deadline: 06/08/2024
Proposed Interview Date(s): 15th August 2024
Reference:1328
About Us:
Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
About the role:
Exciting new role in our Housing Directorate to strategically manage, develop, organise, and control the councils Tenant Management Organisations (TMO's) Management Agreements; and the Housing Compact partnership arrangements with registered providers (RPs) and housing associations (HAs). Ensure the delivery of the service meets all Council, professional and legislative requirements. Support the Housing Strategy division and lead member to realise their housing ambitions.
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Key Responsibilities:
- To develop and lead partnerships across the housing department, including the ongoing development and delivery of the Housing Compact with Registered Providers (RP's) and TMO's.
- To be responsible for monitoring liaison with TMO's, to lead compliance with management agreements, governance standards, audits of management systems, standing orders, legal requirements, national and local objectives, adequate regulation, and regular performance reviews.
- To develop a comprehensive, comparative performance data analysis internally and externally including benchmarking, as appropriate, and present information to Waltham Forest as appropriate.
- Manage administer and develop the Housing Compact with RP's.
- Develop best practice, joint working, new strategies and pilots with RP's through the Housing Compact for the benefit of residents.
- Effectively manage the duties of the TMO Management Officer and the Housing Partnership Officer
Qualifications and Requirements:
To be considered for this position, you should meet the following requirements:
- Excellent partnership working skills and the ability to develop and manage diverse partnerships
- Experience and track record of scoping and developing, cross functional housing policies and projects
- Experience of programme and project planning and management skills of large and complex programmes with minimal supervision
- Experience of managing budgets and resources.
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to write and present high level briefings
- Authority and credibility to build relationships influence and engage successfully with colleagues, partners and clients at all levels in complex or politically sensitive situations.
- Excellent research, analysis, interpretation and evaluation skills, demonstrating the ability to identify and diagnose complex problems/issues / requirements and develop innovative strategic solutions.
- Initiative, strategic and political awareness demonstrated in problem solving and decision making.
- Excellent time management skills to manage a complex workload prioritise and set deadlines and cope with conflicting and changing demands.
- Good ICT skills - both standard Microsoft applications and specialist systems.
Terms and conditions:
The below terms and conditions apply to this role:
- Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
- Satisfactory declaration of interest;
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Eoin Quiery (Head of Housing Strategy) at eoin.quiery@walthamforest.gov.uk
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.
The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.
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