Property and Development Manager

We are excited to be seeking a Property and Development Manager to join our Housing Management Team.

We are based in the beautiful Brocks Hill country park in Oadby and this part of Leicestershire is a great place to live, work and visit. Our council is a great organisation to work for, we offer a competitive salary and fantastic benefits including great holiday, flexi-time and the generous local government pension scheme. You can find more information about our benefits here .

Agile working allows employees to work flexibly to balance their home and work needs. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements where possible and encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process. Employees are generally expected to spend a minimum of 1 day per week in the office.

This is a pivotal role with strategic responsibility for leading our housing repairs, capital works and development functions within the organisation.

You will oversee the delivery of our capital programmes and reactive and development schemes through contracted partners and ensuring high-performing, customer-focused and innovative services in a fast-moving environment. You will drive value for money, maintain strong contract management oversight, and ensure full compliance with statutory requirements and recognised best practice.

If you have extensive experience in a similar role, experience of property management and maintenance in a social housing context and experience of managing & implementing compliance and regulatory changes as well as a Level 5 housing qualification (or be working towards one) we would love to hear from you. You can find out more by viewing the job description and person specification.

At Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, we are proud of our diversity and recognise the value this brings. We are fair and inclusive and welcome applications from people with different backgrounds.

We guarantee an interview with anyone who either has a disability or is a reservist/veteran and meets the criteria for this role if you apply under our guaranteed interview scheme.

Please contact for an informal discussion about the role.

There may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

If you have not heard from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage of the recruitment process.