Summary:

This is an excellent opportunity to deliver one-off larger projects, WHQS, and the Decarbonisation programmes of work that will achieve the organisational and regulatory targets of reducing carbon within our homes. The service is to focus on providing a high-quality home with improved energy efficiency to customers through proactive and effective management within their service area. This includes driving our decarbonisation and retrofitting ambitions through from strategy to delivery, making the best use of resources and grant funding to ensure that we get maximum benefit for both tenants and the organisation.

About Us:

Cynon Taf Community Housing Group is in the heart of Rhondda Cynon Taf in glorious South Wales. We’re proud of our communities and our deep-rooted history in providing homes and support to the people who live in them. Our corporate plan sets out more detail about our activities which support the delivery of our vision, values, and key objectives.
We currently provide 2000 homes for rent, including 4 housing schemes for older people, two women’s refuges, and several supported housing projects delivered in partnership with other agencies. Our hugely respected Cwm Taf Care and Repair subsidiary provides services for older or disabled people living in privately-owned homes across Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil.
A recent addition to the Group is Down to Zero, a subsidiary focusing on mitigating climate impact, tracking the Group’s carbon footprint and offering training, volunteering and direct benefits back to our Contract Holders and wider community.
Above all, we are a people-based organisation, passionate about providing great services and support, being a good employer, and a respected partner in our region and across Wales.

Job Role:

Has strong operational leadership of the Planned and Decarbonisation Team, resulting in the team having the necessary training, skills, experience and values to retain highest levels of compliance, quality and customer service performance
Will ensure that all works are completed within Budget and Contractual agreements, using strong budget management across all areas of planned works activity, including oversight of management accounts, work planning and forecasting, as well as contributing to the annual budgeting process by understanding key priorities and risks
Able to co-ordinate grant funded and in-house funded decarbonisation activity that includes grant application, procurement, reporting and review of key retrofit projects on time, and accurately
Drives a contract management culture within the team so that sub-contractors are aware of our requirements on quality, customer service, value or money and community benefits.

We know that you might not have all the skills covered in the job specification and we don’t expect you to have them all. We will provide opportunities for you to develop and to learn from a consultant who is working with us on exciting retrofitting projects.

We value diversity in all its facets, including sex, disability, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity. When it comes to finding a diverse balance for our senior positions, we have decided to specifically address race equality. Candidates from ethnic minority backgrounds who fulfil the essential role criteria will be guaranteed an interview. We are also committed to the Disability Confident Scheme. If you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential role criteria.

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