Area Manager (Housing)

Company: Choice Housing Ireland Ltd
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Location: Belfast
Job Description:

Overview

Choice Housing is one of Northern Ireland’s leading housing associations, we employ over 500 people with a 50-year legacy of enriching lives through the provision of safe, high quality, and affordable homes. We manage over 14,000 homes and support around 40,000 tenants, delivering a wide range of housing solutions including general needs, sheltered housing, support accommodation, and homes for families with complex needs.

Job Reference

Job Reference: AM/2640/0426

Responsibilities

Choice is seeking to recruit an Area Manager to manage the housing management service, in accordance with statutory requirements, agreed policies and procedures, achieving high performance and recognising best practice. You will lead, manage and develop a team of frontline housing staff ensuring they operate efficiently, effectively and are well motivated and trained to achieve agreed KPIs and deliver an excellent housing management service.

Qualifications / Experience

  • Relevant degree qualification (or equivalent) and a minimum of five years’ post graduate experience in housing / property management -Or- Minimum of 8 years’ housing / property management experience
  • Ability to manage KPI’s, and prepare, implement and review business plan Budget development and management
  • Ability to prepare reports including negotiating and influencing a diverse range of stakeholders
  • Experience of Arrears management, customer complaints handling, enforcement of tenancy conditions, and health & safety management
  • Current and full UK driving licence & access to private transport

Benefits

  • 28 days annual leave, and 12 public holidays
  • Hybrid working – approximately 3 days’ working from home
  • Flexible working – including the ability to accrue 2 additional leave days per month
  • Essential car user allowance
  • Death in service benefit x3 annual salary
  • Paid maternity and paternity leave
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Learning and Development opportunities to include paid courses relevant to your role
  • Health cash plan to include annual routine dental treatments, dental accident & injury, yearly optical, specialist consultations, diagnostic tests and scans, complementary therapies e.g. physiotherapy, acupuncture, osteopathy and chiropractic treatments, alternative therapies e.g. reflexology, head massage, allergy testing, and yearly health screening

Additional information

Further information including the job description, personal specification and further benefits can be found on the link on https://choice-housing.getgotjobs.co.uk/

Completed application forms should be returned by 11.30pm, Thursday 23rd April 2026.

Please note, the Association reserves the right to create a reserve list following the Interview process.

NB: The panel may enhance the criteria in order to facilitate short-listing of the post.

“Choice Housing Ireland Limited is an Equal Opportunities Employer”

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Posted: April 17th, 2026