Disrepair Works Manager

Salary: £50,537 - £57,583
Grade: Level 4, Zone 2
Location: Holmes Road Depot, NW5 3AP
Contract Type: Permanent 
Hours: Full Time (36 hours)
Closing Date: Wednesday 8^th October at 23:59

About Camden

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind.  Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

How You’ll Be Involved 

As a Legal Disrepair Works Manager reporting directly to the Disrepair Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our Legal Disrepair cases are delivered to the highest standards. You’ll bring strong surveying expertise and a proven ability to balance technical knowledge with excellent interpersonal skills. Whether working independently or as part of a team, you’ll be trusted to oversee the full lifecycle of planned repairs—making sure every project meets our quality benchmarks and compliance requirements.

Your day-to-day will involve working off Scott Schedules and have close collaboration with contractors and Legal staff, from scoping works on-site to conducting thorough inspections before, during, and after repairs. You’ll be the driving force behind quality assurance, proactively identifying and resolving any issues to keep projects on track and within agreed timescales. With a keen eye for detail, you’ll also manage authorisations for payments and expenditure, always upholding our commitment to health and safety throughout every stage of the process.

You will be required to update a tracker of all your cases on a regular basis and record any issues preventing works from being carried out and highlight any delays

This is an opportunity to make a real impact ensuring our residents receive the best possible service, and that every repair reflects our dedication to excellence.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Basic DBS. 

All About You

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.

You’ll bring a blend of excellent technical knowledge and strong interpersonal skills, with the confidence to work both independently and as part of a team. Your background includes extensive experience supervising contractors within social housing, and you’re comfortable operating in high-volume maintenance or void environments. You have a proven ability to produce clear, precise technical reports for a range of audiences, and you keep your understanding of health and safety responsibilities up to date—ideally holding an IOSH Managing Safely qualification. Familiarity with employment law, as well as policies and systems such as health and safety and quality assurance, is important. You’re adept at managing scopes, conducting health and safety checks, and overseeing handovers, while also using data systems to check quotes, approve variations, and track work progress. Your planning and organisational skills are strong, and you’re confident using IT systems, particularly Excel and Microsoft Office. A full UK driving licence is essential for this role.

How To Apply

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section. 

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What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme. 

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Diversity 

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity 

Asking for Adjustments 

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG,

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.