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Works Co-ordinator

Job details
Posting date: 04 October 2024
Salary: £20,000 to £30,000 per year
Additional salary information: £29,380
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 18 October 2024
Location: NG9 1LA
Company: Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: MTVH183321

Summary

Salary: £29,380

Are you an organised and proactive individual with a knack for administrative tasks? We are looking for a dedicated Works Co-ordinator to join our team in Beeston. In this critical role, you will provide essential administrative support to the Voids Contract Manager and Supervisors, ensuring the smooth operation of processes related to void properties.

This role requires office attendance everyday and is not eligible for home working.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide comprehensive administrative assistance to the Voids Contract Manager and Supervisors.
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date records for all void property management activities.
  • Raise and process Purchase Orders (POs), receipt POs, and track costs associated with jobs.
  • Update and manage data in MPS (in-house project management app) and Northgate (housing management platform).
  • Prepare and complete weekly and end-of-month reports, ensuring all data is accurate and timely.
  • Proactively manage relationships with contractors and colleagues, ensuring that business priorities and KPIs are met.
  • Liaise with the Voids Management team to ensure that work is completed within required timescales and resolve any queries promptly.
  • Provide cover for disrepair works as required, ensuring continuity of service and support.

Skills and Competencies:

  • Attention to Detail: Accuracy in maintaining records, processing Purchase Orders, and updating software.
  • Organisational Skills: Efficiently managing time, tasks, and priorities.
  • Communication Skills: Clear and effective verbal and written communication with contractors, colleagues, and clients.
  • Problem-Solving Ability: Identifying issues and finding practical solutions quickly.
  • Proactiveness: Anticipating needs and taking initiative to address potential issues before they arise.
  • Flexibility and Adaptability: Adjusting to changing priorities and unexpected tasks.
  • Team Collaboration: Working well with others, both within the team and with external stakeholders.
  • Reliability and Accountability: Being dependable and taking responsibility for your tasks and outcomes.

If you are a detail-oriented and proactive individual with excellent organisational and communication skills, we would love to hear from you. Join our team and contribute to the success of our projects!

Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What’s in it for you?

Our benefits include:-

  • 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
  • 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
  • An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off
  • Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
  • Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
  • Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
  • Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
  • Cycle2work scheme
  • Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
  • Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
  • Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
  • Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
  • Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
  • Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
  • Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:-

  • Gender
  • Ethnicity
  • LGBTQ+
  • Disability

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.