# Estate Services Area Manager

**Company**: London Borough Of Waltham Forest
**Location**: London Borough of Waltham Forest, Greater London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: GBP 52,058 - 59,298 per year
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Government & Public Sector

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## Description

This role is responsible for leading and improving Housing Estate Services, making sure residents receive a high-quality, efficient service that meets Council, professional and legal standards.

The London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work, bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Manage and lead teams of staff, providing clear direction, support and effective day-to-day management.

- Set clear objectives and expectations for staff, monitoring performance and supporting continuous improvement.

- Promote effective teamwork, accountability and high standards of service delivery across the areas of responsibility.

- Take delegated responsibility for project budgets, ensuring effective financial planning, oversight and accountability.

- Monitor and control significant financial transactions and information, ensuring accuracy, transparency and compliance with relevant financial procedures.

- Manage and control substantial budgets and resources, ensuring expenditure remains within agreed limits and delivers value for money.

- Monitor financial performance, identify emerging pressures or risks, and take appropriate corrective action where required.

- Support effective resource planning, prioritising available budgets, staffing and other resources in line with operational requirements.

**Qualifications and Requirements:**

- Detailed knowledge of social housing regulatory and legislative operating framework

- Experience and knowledge of caretaking and grounds maintenance including risk assessments, knowledge of resources required to carry out these services.

- Experience of service planning and successful delivery of service improvements

- Experience of working in a complex organisation, including forging effective relationships across directorates

- Ability to operate at a strategic level and translate strategic objectives into effective operational management

- Excellent budget management skills

- Educated to degree level or equivalent standard

- Relevant professional qualification desirable or commitment to gain one

**Terms and conditions:**

- Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;

- Satisfactory declaration of interest;

- Satisfactory DBS check;

- As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English.

**Benefits:** The Council offers a range of benefits, including fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

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## Skills

### Required
- budget management
- strategic thinking
- team management
- service planning
- risk assessment

### Nice to have
- professional qualification

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