The role
We’re delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to join our Capital Investment team as a Project Manager. You’ll play a key role in delivering high‑quality, cost‑effective Capital Works across Southern Housing’s homes. Working with contractors and consultants, you’ll ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and in line with statutory and regulatory requirements, while keeping resident satisfaction at the heart of everything you do.
This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and commercially minded contract management professional to play a key role in delivering Southern Housing's planned investment programme. You will be responsible for ensuring all investment activities are delivered in line with organisational standards, health and safety requirements, and relevant legislation. Working closely with contractors and stakeholders, you will manage the day-to-day delivery of planned investment projects, monitoring performance against contractual Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), budgets, and programme targets to ensure value for money is achieved. Acting as the lead officer for allocated schemes, you will oversee contract performance, take corrective action where necessary, and ensure compliance with Southern Housing's contract management framework. The role also involves maintaining accurate records of project progress, cash flow forecasts, variations, snagging issues, and health and safety documentation, while coordinating with internal teams to minimise programme clashes. In addition, you will manage contract applications, variations, and associated financial documentation, and regularly engage with external contractors to drive performance and successful project delivery.
You’ll be based at our Fleet House office in Farringdon, covering sites across various London boroughs.
This hybrid role includes up to three days a week on-site, one day in the office, and the rest working from home.
What you’ll need
You’ll be an experienced and qualified property maintenance professional with detailed knowledge of housing construction, component replacement and budget control and management.
Knowledge and experience with administering various industry standard forms of contracts (TAC/JCT/TPC etc.) and schedule of rates.
Significant experience in contract managing capital and cyclical works contracts and projects with the ability to: review and agree specifications, manage programme and cashflow projections and make adjustment to align with budgets. Assess site set up and access issues and provide customer focused resolutions.
Experience with managing the capital works process from scheme inception to project completion ensuring that compliance processes are followed and can demonstrate excellent awareness of costs, value for money and health & safety risks.
The ability to use the appropriate IT tools to produce reports, documents, emails, including using Excel and Word to compile reports for different audiences.
An organised and methodical approach to work, meeting targets and deadlines, showing persistence and determination when setbacks occur.
A pragmatic, creative approach to problem solving, with the ability to quickly identify and evaluate problems to reach a solution.
The ability to work with minimal supervision and confident using own initiative.
The ability to undertake site visits, which may include working at heights/use of ladders etc.
An understanding of the principles and practice of equality and customer care in delivering effective services, providing a high-quality service to all customers.
In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above criteria providing real examples.
Advert Closing Date: Sunday 23rd August 2026 at 23:59
Shortlisting: W/c 24th August 2026
Interviews: W/c 31st August 2026
(We may close the advert early if we receive a suitable number of applications).
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About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.
A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
What's in it for you
Pension
Life
assurance
Healthcare cash plan
Eyecare & dental
Birthday
leave
Retailers discounts
Cycle
to work
Buy & sell
annual leave
Season ticket loan
In-house academy & career development
Flexible working
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Inclusion & Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.
We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.
