Repairs and Empty Homes Supervisor

Repairs and Empty Homes Supervisor

Housing Repairs & Empty Homes

Permanent

Full time 37 Hours per week

Salary NS10/NHSJ - £37,563 - £39,481 per annum

Join our growing Housing Repairs and Empty Homes team. We're investing in our housing service to deliver faster repairs, better communication, and improved outcomes for Council tenants. This is an exciting opportunity to help make a real difference in our communities.

We are now recruiting for a Repairs and Empty Homes Supervisor to lead the day-to-day delivery of our responsive repairs, empty homes and damp and disrepair services, ensuring high performance, quality standards and excellent outcomes for residents.

As a Repairs and Empty Homes Supervisor, you will lead and support a team to deliver an efficient, high-quality service, ensuring repairs are completed safely, on time and to a high standard. You will work closely with colleagues, contractors and residents, using your technical knowledge and leadership skills to drive performance, continuous improvement and value for money. We're looking for someone with experience of managing repairs, maintenance or housing services, strong communication and problem-solving skills, and a commitment to putting residents at the heart of everything you do. You will be passionate about delivering excellent customer service and embodying our values by being professional, responsive and focused on achieving the best outcomes for our communities

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 reviewing working arrangements to regular craft sessions, 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 per year.
• Lifestyle benefits platform.
• Funded health cash plan.
• Free car parking to 31 March 2028
• £10 a month gym membership at one of our gyms in the district.

You will be working with a professional, committed and experienced team who are passionate about supporting us to deliver the objectives as outlined in our Community Plan.

For more information, please contact Becky Roche, Empty Homes and Planned Works Manager on becky.roche@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk

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 criteria of the post as detailed in the Person Specifications on their application forms.

We will not accept CVs from unsolicited recruitment agencies.

We recommend you submit your application early, as we often receive a large number of applications and therefore we reserve the right to close the advert early

Closing Date: Thursday 26th November 2026

Interview: TBC