Job Description:

Our Vacancy

Estate Services Area Manager 

Lead High-Performing Estate Services Teams

Are you an inspiring people leader with a passion for delivering excellent customer service and high-quality neighbourhood environments? As an Estate Services Area Manager, you will lead and manage teams delivering communal cleaning, gardening and estate services across a defined geographical area.

You will be responsible for driving service excellence, maintaining high standards, managing performance, and ensuring residents receive a safe, well-maintained environment. Working closely with customers, colleagues and contractors, you will play a key role in continually improving services and customer satisfaction.

What you’ll do

• Lead and manage Estate Services teams including Caretakers, Gardeners and Supervisors
• Deliver high-quality communal cleaning, gardening and waste management services
• Monitor team and contractor performance against service standards and objectives
• Carry out quality inspections and ensure gold-standard estate presentation
• Build positive relationships with residents, tenant associations and stakeholders
• Manage budgets and resources to provide value-for-money services
• Promote and maintain a strong health and safety culture, including COSHH and lone working compliance

What you’ll need

• Experience leading and developing operational teams
• Experience within Estate Services, Facilities, Housing or a similar environment
• Knowledge of health and safety requirements and COSHH regulations
• Confidence managing performance, change and service improvement initiatives
• Full UK driving licence
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you and you would love to be part of Peabody, we would like to hear from you. Please apply by submitting an anonymised CV and a short supporting statement explaining why you are the ideal candidate for the role.

The advert will close on Sunday 8th November. Interviews will then take place in person on Thursday 12th November