General Manager - Technical/ Assets
| Posting date: | 13 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £25.13 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 2NF |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Kirklees TCL 0008 A98F / 1 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Interim General Manager - Technical/ Assets
Reference no: Kirklees TCL 0008 A98F / 1
Pay Rate: £25.13 per hour PAYE
37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: HUDDERSFIELD
As a General Manager you will support the Service Manager with the strategic, operational, and financial management of the business to deliver the organisation’s objectives. A key component of the role will be to develop a culture of high performance within teams (high challenge/high support) and continuous improvement in line with the Council’s Service Plans, Medium Term Financial Plan, the joint Delivery Plan and the Councils’ key objectives to deliver a customer focused service.
You will be responsible for a specific area within Homes & Neighbourhoods and will be required to deliver a specialist and technical function of the business including ensuring compliance with all statutory requirements. You will be responsible for the day-to-day outcomes of the operational teams within Homes & Neighbourhoods, ensuring all service objectives are achieved and delivered within a context of value for money. The different roles will include Heating, Electrical, Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Procurement, Business Development, Investment & Compliance.
Key responsibilities:
Overall responsibility for the management of a technical function in Homes &
Neighbourhoods, ensuring all service objectives are achieved and delivered within a context of value for money whilst ensuring compliance with legislative and contractual obligations at all times.
Provide professional specialist and technical advice in relation to specific area of responsibility and expertise, to deliver effective business solutions.
Direct all operational aspects of relevant business/service area.
Plan, co-ordinate and deploy resources and workload appropriately to meet service and business demands.
Work collaboratively with Service Managers and other General Managers to monitor, analyse and deliver improvements across all relevant performance indicator areas in order to increase customer satisfaction.
Prepare detailed, clearly written reports on key issues. When required present verbal reports to the Senior Leadership Team and/or Board.
Participate in organisation wide service reviews and service planning acting as a lead sponsor as required and ensuring reviews are delivered through to conclusion and any arising recommendations are implemented as appropriate.
Provide vision and leadership to the team by managing people, performance, development, health and wellbeing issues and resources effectively and in line with relevant policies and procedures.
Build a culture to expect change as a part of doing business successfully and actively assists others to adapt and cope.
Contribute to the development of policies and processes across the organisation to ensure that high quality consistent services are delivered.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
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Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Qualifications:
GCSE at Grade 4 (C) or above in English & Maths, NVQ 4 or equivalent.
Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
Possession of a full and valid driving licence and a car available for work. (Exceptions can be made for disabled applicants).
Knowledge:
Knowledge of Health & Safety, Equality and Diversity, Safeguarding Legislation in relation to the role
Knowledge of the constraints and opportunities of Local Authority housing development - desirable
Experience:
Proven experience of delivering improvement schemes from inception to completion, preferably within a housing environment
Experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams and working collaboratively with others to achieve service aims and meet KPI’s and targets
Proven experience of budget management and reporting
Demonstrable experience of managing and maintaining information, data, records and databases to underpin the delivery of Asset Management planning, in accordance with GDPR requirements
Skills & Abilities:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders, both verbally and in writing
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Job Ref: Kirklees TCL 0008 A98F / 1
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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