Localities Operations Manager
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,312.00 to £49,236.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 December 2025 |
| Location: | LE1 5XQ |
| Company: | Platform Housing Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 0277 |
Summary
Why does this role matter? This role is all about leadership, collaboration, and making a difference. In this role, you'll lead a team to deliver high-quality tenancy and neighbourhood management services across our Localities Portfolio. You'll be responsible for day-to-day operations, ensuring compliance, safety, and customer satisfaction. You'll work closely with internal teams and external partners to support sustainable communities and improve service delivery.
You'll play a vital part in maintaining compliance with housing legislation, safeguarding standards, and operational excellence — ensuring that every customer interaction reflects our commitment to quality and care. You'll work alongside other Operation Managers across the Group to ensure there's consistency in your approach.
What could you be doing as Housing Operations Manager? You'll manage performance and risk, whilst driving innovation and continuous improvement. You'll also respond to complaints and enquiries, lead on audits, and contribute to strategic projects. This is a visible leadership role where you'll model our values, promote collaboration, and help shape the future of our housing services.
You'll work closely with Property Care and other teams to deliver seamless services across the localities model — helping to create safer, better-connected communities.
Your week will be varied: from supporting your team with complex tenancy cases, to leading meetings in our Central Park office, to building relationships with key partners such as local authorities and the police. The role brings the opportunity to work with other community groups, bringing together strategy and operational objectives.
Where is this role based? Due to the nature of the role, you will be required to work regularly work alongside your team and wider Platform colleagues. The rest of your role will be a mix of working on patch with your colleagues or working from home. You will also have a strong geographic and socio-economic knowledge of Worcester and a willingness to learn about the area you'll be supporting in.
What are we looking for from you?
-Proven leadership experience managing teams, driving performance, and supporting staff wellbeing and development.
-Strong knowledge of housing law, tenancy management, safeguarding, and community engagement, with the ability to apply this in practice.
-Full UK driving licence and based within the Leicestershire or Nottingham area.
-Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to influence and collaborate effectively at all levels.
-Organised and resilient, capable of handling multiple priorities across a wide geographical area and using technology to improve service delivery.
-Educated to degree level or equivalent (e.g., CIH Level 4 or CPD).
-Passionate and solution-focused leader, committed to delivering outstanding housing services and motivating teams to achieve positive outcomes.
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