Service Manager - Temporary Accommodation

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Annual leave: 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays Permanent, Full-time (37 hours) role Hybrid working: Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance As a Service Manager for Temporary Accommodation, you ll lead our dedicated teams to ensure the smooth and efficient management of temporary accommodation across Somerset. This pivotal role provides strong operational leadership, ensuring resources are used effectively, statutory responsibilities are met, and accommodation pathways run efficiently. Leading the Temporary Accommodation service, ensuring efficient use of resources and smooth day to day delivery. Ensuring statutory requirements and timescales are met, supporting safe and suitable placements. Building and maintaining strong working relationships with providers and partner agencies to improve accommodation options. Using data and insight to support service planning and continuous improvement. Overseeing commissioned accommodation arrangements with commissioning teams. We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be, but it will really help if you have: Comprehensive understanding of housing legislation and regulations, including issues relating to temporary accommodation and homelessness. Demonstrable experience of leading and developing staff, with the ability to supervise, support and deploy teams effectively in a fast paced environment. Strong partnership working skills, with experience influencing and collaborating with multi agency partners to deliver services and resolve complex issues. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships, manage conflict and represent the service professionally. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there s anything you want to talk about before you apply. We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home. Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave Staff discounts in gyms. Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services. Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme. A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings. My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more For more information about the role, you can contact Sam Wenden-de-Lira (Head of Service) on sam.
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Location:
Romford
Job Type:
FullTime

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