What you’ll bring

You’ll bring:

• Significant leadership experience within repairs, maintenance, property services or a similar operational environment.
• Experience leading and engaging a large or predominantly mobile workforce.
• Strong financial, commercial and performance management skills.
• A track record of improving services, productivity and customer outcomes.
• Experience managing contractors, supply chains and key stakeholder relationships.
• Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, regulation and health and safety requirements.
• Excellent communication, influencing, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience developing strategy, policies and operational procedures.

You’ll also hold:

• IOSH.
• A formal building qualification.
• CIH Level 5 Diploma in Housing, or be willing to work towards this.
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is also required.

Why join FCHO?

First Choice Homes Oldham is a housing association providing safe, affordable and high-quality homes across Oldham and the surrounding areas. We own and manage more than 11,500 homes and are proud to hold the highest G1/V1 regulatory rating.

Our work is focused on providing quality homes, excellent services and thriving communities. We care deeply about our customers, colleagues and neighbourhoods and are committed to improving lives across Oldham.

This is an opportunity to lead a highly visible and important service that has a direct impact on thousands of our customers every year. You’ll have the opportunity to shape how Property Care operates, improve services at scale and lead a large workforce through the next stage of our development.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a fantastic range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance and career development, including:

• A salary of £77,850 per annum.
• A 37-hour working week with hybrid working options.
• 30 days’ annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
• Option to purchase additional annual leave.
• Defined contribution pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution and salary exchange option.
• Death in service benefit.
• Healthcare cash plan covering dental, optical and physiotherapy treatments.
• Private health insurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme offering 24-hour confidential support.
• Doctorline, giving you and your family 24/7 GP access.
• Access to our colleague benefits platform, including retail discounts and wellbeing tools.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Professional subscriptions paid where essential for the role.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay.
• Access to our on-site wellbeing room and café.
• Long service awards.

Interested?

If you’re an experienced property services leader who is passionate about improving repairs services, developing people and delivering excellent outcomes for customers, we’d love to hear from you.

Please submit your application by 16/09/2026.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Inclusion and accessibility

We are committed to building an organisation that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. As an equal opportunities employer, FCHO is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

We care that you have a great experience with us at FCHO. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience smoother, please let us know and we’ll do all we can.