The role

We're delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to join our Capital Investment team as a Project Manager. You'll play a key role in delivering high-quality, cost-effective Capital Works across Southern Housing's homes. Working with contractors and consultants, you'll ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and in line with statutory and regulatory requirements, while keeping resident satisfaction at the heart of everything you do.

Please note, this is a full-time maternity cover role, offered on a Fixed Term Contract/Secondment until the 14th of May 2027. You'll be based at our Fleet House office in Farringdon, covering sites across various London boroughs, primarily East London and Essex. This hybrid role includes up to three days a week on-site, one day in the office, and the rest working from home.

What you'll need

• You'll be an experienced and qualified property maintenance professional with detailed knowledge of housing construction, component replacement and budget control and management.
• Knowledge and experience with administering various industry standard forms of contracts (TAC/JCT/TPC etc.) and schedule of rates.
• Significant experience in contract managing capital and cyclical works contracts and projects with the ability to: review and agree specifications, manage programme and cashflow projections and make adjustment to align with budgets. Assess site set up and access issues and provide customer focused resolutions.
• Experience with managing the capital works process from scheme inception to project completion ensuring that compliance processes are followed and can demonstrate excellent awareness of costs, value for money and health & safety risks.
• The ability to use the appropriate IT tools to produce reports, documents, emails, including using Excel and Word to compile reports for different audiences.
• An organised and methodical approach to work, meeting targets and deadlines, showing persistence and determination when setbacks occur.
• A pragmatic, creative approach to problem solving, with the ability to quickly identify and evaluate problems to reach a solution.
• The ability to work with minimal supervision and confident using own initiative.
• The ability to undertake site visits, which may include working at heights/use of ladders etc.
• An understanding of the principles and practice of equality and customer care in delivering effective services, providing a high-quality service to all customers.
• A full UK driving licence & access to a vehicle is desirable but not essential.

In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above criteria providing real examples.

Advert Closing Date: 27th April 2026 at 23:59 (We may close the advert early if we receive a suitable number of applications).

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About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people's lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What's in it for you

Pension

Life
assurance

Healthcare cash plan

Eyecare & dental

Birthday
leave

Retailers discounts

Cycle
to work

Buy & sell
annual leave

Season ticket loan

In-house academy & career development

Flexible working

Inclusion & Diversity

We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it's about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.

We're all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.