Business Manager - Building Safety and Asset Investment

Business Manager – Building Safety and Asset Investment

37 hours, Full-time, permanent

BMG Z4 £72,563 - £76,276 per annum

Hybrid, Castle House, Great North Road, Newark

At Newark and Sherwood District Council we are wholly committed to providing high quality housing services to our tenants, we want to ensure we provide good homes with safety and standards that protect and enhance the lives of those who live in them. Our investment and commitment go beyond legislation, and our tenants are always at the heart of what we do.

Keeping our tenants safe, ensuring their homes are warm and decent and that the services we provide meet their needs is key. We now seek one of two new Business Managers to join the Housing Health and Wellbeing Directorate who will lead a specialist team and manage all aspects of building safety, compliance, capital works, and in escalating our journey towards decarbonisation.

As an innovative and forward-thinking member of the leadership team you will guide, coach, and manage the development of a resolute and committed team to together meet and exceed your KPI’s and expectations.

With strong relationship management skills, both external facing with contractors and tenants when seeking valuable input and views, and internally to drive and further foster a culture of safety and compliance as the subject matter expert for Newark and Sherwood District Council. You will ensure robust strategies are in place to meet our regulatory obligations as well as overall responsibility for the planning, procurement, and management of multi-million-pound revenue and capital workstreams.

You will lead on the strategy for your business unit working in close collaboration with the also newly appointed Business Manager for Housing Repairs and Empty Homes. With demonstrable experience in a construction or housing related environment, and excellent knowledge of the RSH Consumer Standards ,you will deliver transformational change in business processes in a large organisational setting. You will be a member of a professional body such as CIOB/RICS and hold a qualification relevant to the responsibility of this role.

We recommend you review the appointment brief for this post to learn more about our work, mission, and values.

We’re an ambitious, forward-thinking Council with strong values and a culture of doing our absolute best to serve our customers. We are proud of our organisational culture and receive positive feedback from our employees. We have a programme of internal activity to ensure that the voices of our employees are always heard and that they are kept informed on all Council activity and events. From roadshows to an annual award ceremony, from flexible working arrangements to our Hug in a Mug initiative, it is incredibly important our employees are shown how valued they are and that they remain the beating heart of our workplace.

We offer:

• Enrolment in the career average local government pension scheme.
• Flexi scheme.
• Hybrid working.
• A generous annual leave entitlement that increases with service.
• Family-friendly benefits.
• One days’ paid volunteering leave.
• Lifestyle benefits platform.
• Funded health cash plan.
• Free car parking*
• £10 a month gym membership at one of our gyms in the district.

For an informal chat or more information, please contact Suzanne Shead, Director of Housing, Health and Well-Being on 01636 655520.

*Free staff parking is valid until 30 June 2026.

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As an employer we will promote an inclusive working environment to maintain and develop a forward thinking and diverse workforce.

Veterans/family of forces/ex-forces, those in care/care leavers, and candidates who declare disabilities (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) will be guaranteed interviews provided they have demonstrated that they meet the essential criteria of the post as detailed in the Person Specifications on their application forms.

Closing Date: Noon Noon Monday 13th October 2025

Occupational Testing: OPQ32i Personality Testing

Interview: 1st round w/c 13th October 2025

2nd round w/c 20th October 2025