Permanent, 22.2 hours per week, days to be agreed
Colchester Borough Homes (CBH) is an award-winning organisation established by Colchester Borough Council. Since 2003, we have been at the heart of the local community, delivering high-quality housing management and maintenance services to approximately 7,000 homes across the borough. Our work makes a real difference to residents' lives by ensuring safe, well-maintained and sustainable homes for our communities.
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced and motivated PV Bird Protection Manager to join our Asset Management Team. This is a unique opportunity to lead a specialist programme that helps protect our housing assets, improve resident satisfaction and ensure compliance with environmental and legislative requirements.
As the organisation's lead specialist on bird protection and bird ingress matters, you will take responsibility for the strategic planning, management and delivery of CBH's Bird Protection Programme across our housing portfolio. Working closely with residents, contractors, technical specialists and internal stakeholders, you will oversee the investigation and resolution of complex property-related issues, ensuring practical, compliant and cost-effective solutions are implemented.
This is a varied and rewarding role that combines technical expertise, contract management, project leadership and stakeholder engagement. You will have the opportunity to influence service delivery, drive continuous improvement, manage specialist contractors and contribute directly to enhancing the condition and performance of our homes. The role also offers the chance to support and develop Assistant Asset Managers, apprentices and trainees, helping to build professional capability across the service.
If you enjoy solving complex challenges, leading specialist programmes and making a tangible difference to residents and communities, this could be the ideal next step in your career.
Benefits of the role include:
In return, we are offering a competitive salary, including excellent benefits, which includes:
- Local Government Pension Scheme with a 19.5% employer contribution
- Excellent training, development, and progression opportunities
- Generous annual leave entitlement, 23 days annual leave (increasing to 26 days after 5 years’ service), plus bank and public holidays and two extra company holidays during the Christmas period.
- The opportunity to buy up to another 5 days holiday, subject to conditions
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Benefits Platform
- Provision of a smartphone and laptop
- Free parking (for when you’re in the office)
- Discounted gym member - corporate membership rate at Leisure World and the Northern Gateway.
- 1 Volunteering Day per year
- Free Flu Jab
- Agile Working at Colchester Borough Homes means having some flexibility about when, where and how we work to best meet the needs of our role and service area.
Other employee benefits include payment of a professional subscription, free yearly eye tests plus a contribution towards glasses for VDU use.
You can find out more about Colchester Borough Homes by visiting: www.cbhomes.org.uk .
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If you would like to discuss the role in further detail, please contact Mark Wicks, Head of Assets and New Homes on 07850 066129.
Interview date to be confirmed
Equality & Diversity Commitment
Colchester Borough Homes is an equal opportunities employer. As part of our continued commitment to Equality and Diversity, and to help ensure our workforce reflects the community we represent, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, and applicants who have status as an individual with a physical or mental disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer and a Mindful Employer. We also hold accreditations for Working Well, Investors in People Gold status and we are members of the Armed Forces Covenant.
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