Temporary Accommodation Manager

Salary range: Grade 16 (£60,573 - £62,766 p.a.) plus fantastic benefits

Contract: Permanent

Hours of work: 36 hours per week

Location: Croydon

Temporary Accommodation Manager

Lead temporary accommodation and hostel services that support residents and deliver strong performance

Croydon Council is looking for an experienced Temporary Accommodation Manager to lead its Temporary Accommodation and Homeless Hostel Teams.

This is a key operational management role responsible for ensuring the service meets performance expectations and delivers in line with statutory, regulatory and professional standards. You will lead and support staff, manage service performance, oversee temporary accommodation processes and work closely with internal teams, landlords, contractors and partner agencies.

About the role

You will provide day-to-day leadership to the Temporary Accommodation and Hostel Teams, ensuring resources and workloads are effectively managed and that the service delivers expected outcomes.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading, motivating and supporting staff to meet service objectives and key performance indicators.
• Planning and coordinating resources and workloads across the teams.
• Developing, implementing and reviewing temporary accommodation and hostel policies and procedures.
• Overseeing occupancy checks, tenancy management and sustainment, void management, property handbacks and tenancy termination.
• Ensuring temporary accommodation void turnaround times are kept to a minimum and allocations are made fairly and in line with Council procedures.
• Leading a coordinated, multi-agency approach to advice and support for residents in temporary accommodation.
• Leading safeguarding meetings and ensuring concerns relating to children and adults with care and support needs are appropriately referred.
• Responding to correspondence from Members, MPs and the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman within agreed timescales.
• Providing performance information, identifying risks and recommending action where service delivery issues arise.

About you

You will have strong experience of managing temporary accommodation, homelessness, hostels or a related housing service.

You will also be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of leading and managing staff.
• Strong performance management and service planning skills.
• Experience of developing and applying operational policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of temporary accommodation, tenancy management and homelessness services.
• The ability to analyse performance information, identify risks and recommend improvements.
• Experience of working with landlords, contractors, internal services and partner agencies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparing reports and advising senior officers and elected Members.
• Sound knowledge of relevant housing and homelessness legislation.
• A clear understanding of safeguarding responsibilities.

You will need to be organised, confident in managing competing demands and committed to delivering an effective and responsive service for residents in temporary accommodation.

Our benefits include:

• Inclusive Culture: Join a team that values diversity and is committed to creating a supportive work environment where all staff can thrive.
• Career Development: We invest in our staff and support their development.
• Generous Benefits Package: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including a Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%, up to 31 days of annual leave (eligibility criteria apply) in addition to Bank Holidays and option to purchase more, a commitment to your well-being and work-life balance with access to the confidential and free Employee Assistance Programme 24/7.
• Family Friendly provisions: Generous maternity leave and family leave provisions
• Work Life Balance: Options for flexible and agile working options in line with service demand
• Make a Difference: Be part of a council that is dedicated to improving the lives of its residents through effective and compassionate housing management. At Croydon relationships matter and we are about strong partnerships and working together to make lasting positive change.

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Application Closing Date: 14th August

Interviews: Week Commencing 4th sept.

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Croydon Council’s priorities

The Council balances its books, listens to residents, and delivers good sustainable services

• Get a grip on the finances and make the council financially sustainable
• Become a council which listens to, respects and works in partnership with Croydon’s diverse communities and businesses
• Strengthen collaboration and joint working with partner organisations and the voluntary, community and faith sectors
• Ensure good governance is embedded and adopt best practice
• Develop our workforce to deliver in a manner that respects the diversity of our communities

Key business plan outcomes:

• Croydon is a place of opportunity for business, earning and learning
• Children and young people in Croydon have the chance to thrive, learn and fulfil their potential
• Croydon is a cleaner, safer and healthier place, a borough we’re proud to call home
• People can lead healthier and independent lives for longer
• Croydon Council’s new ways of working

Equal Opportunities Statement

Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.