Housing Manager

Bridge Housing is an award winning Tier 1 community housing provider that provides affordable housing for people with low to moderate incomes. We house over 1800 households across Sydney. We develop, manage and maintain properties and provide opportunities and access to support services to improve the lives of our tenants. We pride ourselves on delivering a high quality service, building professional relationships, valuing cultural diversity and doing this through a genuine focus on people and improving the lives of others.

The Housing Manager reports to the Team Leader and is a member of the Housing Team.

The Housing Manager is primarily responsible for providing housing, tenancy and property management services to an allocated portfolio of properties in accordance to Bridge Housing policy and the Residential Tenancy Act.

This is done by:

Delivering consistent and quality customer service to internal and external stakeholders
Managing and responding to high levels of tenant queries, complaints and grievances
Managing tenant appeals and tribunal representation to effective resolution
Conducting regular property inspections and ensuring that repairs and maintenance issues are reported
Referral of tenants to relevant support providers, as well as other Bridge Housing services, such as the tenant advisory board
Managing individual financial targets, including maximising rent income, as well as reducing rental arrears, tenant debt, voids and vacancies, bonds and recharges
Accurately recording all tenant information in Bridge Housing’s tenant management system.

Please respond to the following essential criteria in your application letter:

Your experience in tenancy management and driving a customer service culture, particularly with managing a portfolio of complex clients
An outline of your technical knowledge in the conducting of property inspections and process for escalating maintenance issues
Your knowledge and experience with using housing management systems, such as HOMES and TRIM etc.
Your knowledge of the Residential Tenancy Act and experience with representation at the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT)
Your ability to meet arrears, vacant, void and budgetary KPI’s
Your experience in managing compliance to policy and procedure.

To ensure your success in this role you must have:

Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or equivalent work experience
Sound understanding of social housing management
Excellent presentation, communication and negotiation skills
Strong organisational and time management skills
Excellent relationship management and stakeholder management skills and ability to confidence and trust.

Bridge Housing offers a very attractive rewards program that includes study assistance and study leave, monthly massages, fruit at work and a day off for your birthday!

If you would like more information about this position, please contact Jenny Woolley on 02 8324 0862 alternatively, you can review the position description here link to website

Click ‘Apply Here’ to send your resume and covering letter outlining why you would like to work at Bridge Housing and how your skills and experience meet the selection criteria.