Head of Property Services in City

Head of Property Services

Location: Wales
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Sector: Housing / Social Housing / Property Services

Hoop Recruitment are working with a leading housing organisation to recruit an experienced Head of Property Services.

This is an exciting senior leadership opportunity for an experienced property services, repairs or maintenance professional looking to take responsibility for a large, multi-disciplinary service and make a genuine impact on customer experience, compliance and operational performance.

The Role

As Head of Property Services, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across the organisation's property services function, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, efficient and customer-focused services.

You will have responsibility for an annual budget and provide leadership across a wider workforce, including managers, supervisors, operatives, engineers, planners and administrators.

Your remit will include:

• Responsive repairs and maintenance
• Void property works
• Planned and cyclical maintenance programmes
• Gas servicing and electrical testing
• Compliance and building safety
• Contractor, contract and supply chain management
• Procurement and value for money
• Performance management and service improvement
• Customer satisfaction and complaints
• Repairs and maintenance systems and digital transformation
• Health, safety, risk and regulatory compliance
• Leadership, development and succession planning

You will work closely with senior leaders and key stakeholders, providing assurance around performance, financial management, compliance and risk, while driving a culture of continuous improvement.

About You

We are looking for an established property services leader with significant experience of managing property maintenance, repairs or housing services.

You will ideally have:

• Significant experience managing a property maintenance or property services function
• Experience delivering compliance, cyclical and capital works programmes
• Experience managing large budgets and high-volume operational services
• Strong knowledge of property procurement, contracts and service delivery models
• Proven experience leading and developing large, diverse technical teams
• Strong financial management, cost control and job costing experience
• Excellent knowledge of health & safety, compliance and regulatory requirements
• Strong analytical, communication and relationship-building skills
• The ability to translate strategic objectives into effective operational delivery
• Excellent IT and repairs/maintenance systems experience

A relevant professional qualification such as CIOB or RICS is desirable.

Experience within a housing association/social housing environment would be advantageous, as would knowledge of Welsh Housing Quality Standards (WHQS) .

Why Apply?

This is a high-profile opportunity to take ownership of a significant property services operation, with the autonomy and senior-level exposure to shape service delivery, improve performance and make a tangible difference to customers.

If you're an experienced Head of Property Services, Head of Property, Head of Repairs, Property Services Manager, Repairs & Maintenance Manager or senior housing/property professional ready for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

Please note: a full driving licence and access to a car during working hours is required for this role.

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