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The Service

Hillcrest Homes is one of Scotland’s largest housing associations operating in Angus, Dundee, Edinburgh, Perthshire, Fife and Aberdeen providing quality social and mid-market housing, maintenance and repair services as well as care and support services.

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Hillcrest to lead our experienced and motivated housing team covering the Edinburgh area.

The housing team helps to ensure that tenants enjoy safe, affordable and sustainable homes to live and flourish in.

The Candidate

As an Area Manager you will directly line manage a team of Housing Officers and Housing Assistants providing guidance and empowering the team to deliver an excellent service to all of our customers. This will include mainstream tenants, supported tenants, sharing owners, owner-occupiers as required.

You will:

• Be qualified to a relevant SCQF Level 8 / equivalent professional housing qualification or willing to work towards CIH Level 5 within a relevant timescale;
• Have experience and knowledge of the statutory and voluntary Housing sectors, including relevant and current Housing legislation;
• Have supervisory experience in a housing setting and be able to manage and motivate team members;
• Able to demonstrate Planning and Organisational skills, including working on own initiative and prioritising workloads to meet targets

Company Benefits

• Disclosure costs paid in full
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Savings and Pension Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Death in Service Benefit
• Comprehensive Health and Well-being Package
• Organisational Recognition and Reward Scheme