Housing and Property Manager

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract, 2 Years – Full Time - 35 hours

Salary: £38k

Working Location: Brockley, London, with the option to work remotely by arrangement

Closing Date: 25th September 2025

Interview Dates: Interview dates will be held in person at our London Office

Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (10% Employer contribution), 27 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays, Employee Assistance Programme, Development opportunities

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Join CHISEL:

There has never been a more exciting time to join CHISEL.

Our vision is to deliver inspirational housing and communities that residents are proud to call home. We want to provide all the support we can to different groups of people in need of housing

We have developed an ambitious growth plan, which will see a move into new tenure types – Supported Housing, Temporary Housing and Key Worker Housing. We are also actively looking for management partnerships with estates in our area.

We are also going to revitalise and invest in our existing homes – a third of which are timber framed ‘self-build’ homes built by small community groups, which are a significant legacy for us.We’ve recently been granted £1.3 million of HM Government Warmer Homes grant to make our existing homes even more sustainable.

The Role

• Do you have a passion for providing an excellent customer experience?
• Do you want a role that provides a lot of variety?
• Do you like taking ownership of issues and finding solutions to complex problems?
• Do you like experiencing and learning new things?
• Most importantly, do you want to go home at night feeling extremely proud of the work that you and your team have done in ensuring people are living safely and peacefully in their homes.

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

What you\'ll bring:

• Degree of relevant professional qualification or substantial experience delivering Housing management services in the social housing or a similar sector.
• Strong track record of taking ownership and supporting residents to deliver a quality service.
• Evidence of working collaboratively and creatively with internal colleagues to deliver excellent customer service.
• A naturally innovative mindset, applying creativity to issues and or challenges.
• Demonstrable communications skills on paper and in person to different audiences.
• Experience of establishing effective systems and processes of control, reporting and project management
• An up-to date knowledge of legislation relating to this post.

About CHISEL:

CHISEL is a registered housing association based across south-east London, Brighton and Colchester. We were born 40 years ago to support small housing co-ops develop their own homes through self-build or conversion. We were originally known as Co-operative Housing in South-East London.Often these co-ops would be formed from marginalised groups who were prevented from accessing social housing.

CHISEL has recently relaunched with a dynamic executive team, and a board of sector specialists and residents.

CHISEL owns and manages 240 homes, of which 70 were built by their residents – and of a unique timber-frame design, inspired directly by Walter Segal, and aiming to be sustainable many years before it was part of the zeitgeist

The rest of our homes are in converted houses or were custom-built, and are largely in neighbourhoods in Lewisham, Greenwich, Bromley, Croydon, Colchester and Brighton and Hove. CHISEL is also rolling out a new wave of supported Housing in Brighton.