Team Manager Adaptations & Renewals

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Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £48,474 (Level one) rising to £51,515 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG. (this is under review)

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

• To lead and develop an efficient and innovative adaptations service in accordance with the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and Care Act 2014 and other relevant policy and best practice.
• The team work with citizens who have long term health conditions or disabilities, living in all tenures and provide adaptations under both Disabled Facilities Grant and Housing Revenue funding.
• To maintain and improve performance throughout the citizen journey ensuring people are supported to stay in their own homes for longer, or return from hospital sooner.
• Manage a team consisting of Project Officers and Project Assistants. The team offer an agency service to support citizens with all stages of the adaptation process including designing and drawing of schemes, support the grant application process, planning /building regulations etc through to completions of the scheme.
• Monitor and review outcomes to ensure quality assurance and customer satisfaction.
• Work closely with partners across housing, adult and children's social care and external stakeholders
• To be accountable for substantial revenue and capital budgets

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Extensive knowledge of housing construction and repair, renovation, and adaptation techniques
• Extensive knowledge of building and planning regulations, and of legislation regarding grants and other assistance
• Comprehensive understanding of the housing needs of disabled people
• People management skills, and skills in respect of performance management and setting clear objectives to ensure efficient and effective services.
• Experience of project management to include monitoring budgets, procurement and tendering for services.

- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Gill Cooke, Occupational Therapy and Adaptations Manager by telephone on 07944148172 or by email at gillian.cooke@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.

Closing Date: 4th October 2024

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBC

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.