Contracts Manager - Estates (Fixed Term)

Here at Sovereign Network Group (SNG) we provide over 85,000 homes and invest in communities across London and the South of England - our vision is to have a positive and lasting impact on our customers lives by offering them safe high-quality homes.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Contracts Manager to join our Estates Team for a 12-month fixed term contract, ideally based out of our Bristol office.

The Role

Reporting to the Lead Contracts Manager - Estates, this role will support in the management of our cleaning contracts across the south of England as we work towards procuring a new cleaning contract and assist in the performance monitoring of our grounds maintenance contractors.

The role will monitor and evidence contractor performance throughout the delivery cycle ensuring all regulatory and legislative obligations are met. Working with contractors to ensure all health and safety obligations are met, regular meetings are held and site inspections including auditing of the quality of works are completed. Associated travel across SNG's portfolio of properties will be required.

What you'll be doing

• Responsible to deliver the right outcome for our customer in a safe and timely way
• Leading on estates elements of contractor delivery across SNG localities
• Accountable for the delivery of cleaning and window cleaning contracted work programmes to agreed performance and financial standards
• Dealing with associated tasks from customers in relation to estate contracts
• Liaising with customers and localities to ensure all parties are well informed
• Ensuring the SNG asset data is accurate and maintained, this will involve carrying out site visits across the geography mapping grounds maintenance requirements as necessary and checking cleaning data
• Overseeing other projects as and when required

What you'll bring

• Previous experience in managing third party suppliers
• Experience of estates contract management
• Ability to travel across SNG's portfolio of properties as required
• Good time management and ability to cope with pressure and manage own workloads, and work to deadlines

Your Benefits

We have some great benefits at SNG, including:

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• 3 additional wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days
• Generous pension scheme up to 12% and life cover at 4x salary
• Wellbeing discounts, including gym memberships and access to 24/7 virtual GP service

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG.

If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you!