Head of Property Services

Shape the future with us as Head of Property Services

Are you an experienced leader with a passion for making a positive impact in the social housing sector?

We’re seeking to appoint to this key role which forms part of our senior management team.

Employment Type: Full time, permanent
Location: Dumfries & Galloway (Primarily home based with frequent regional travel).
Salary range: £57,827 -£62,049 + competitive benefits package and on call payment
Hours: 35 hours each week, with a general working pattern of Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

About Us
Loreburn is a registered social landlord (RSL) and Scottish Charity, with 2,700 homes across Dumfries & Galloway. Established more than 40 years ago, our vision and mission is to ‘create great places to live’ by providing good quality, well maintained, and affordable homes.
As a community-based association, we place our tenant facing services at the heart of the communities we serve. Our ‘Hub, Home & Roam’ working model allows our team to work flexibly, ensuring they can be where they’re most needed, supported by the right tools and resources to deliver on our commitments to tenants and communities.

The Role
As Head of Property Services you’ll be expected to deliver Property Services taking a tenant focussed approach to ensure that we remain fully compliant with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements including those set by the Scottish Housing Regulator. You must work collaboratively with other teams to ensure the best service can be provided for our tenants. You will be expected to lead your team to assure the quality and safety of our housing stock.
Key functions that you will lead with strong governance, risk management and quality control rooted throughout:-
• Stock Investment & Sustainability
• Cyclical Compliance & repairs
• Robust contract management and project delivery
• Aids & Adaptations
You will drive a culture of accountability within the team and take an active role as part of the management team to drive forward a collaborative and united approach to deliver in the interests of the business.
• Driving collaboration with cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency, tenant satisfaction, communication, and synergy.
• Foster good working relationships with your peers to drive forward a united approach to deliver for our tenants.
• Staying up to date with sector regulations, trends, and best practice to inform decision-making.
• Working with the Director of Operations in the development and delivery of the Asset Management Strategy
What’s really important is that you will have a strong personal commitment to excellent service delivery.
It’s a challenging yet hugely rewarding role where you’ll grow our performance culture, encourage collaboration and innovation to deliver the best outcomes for our tenants and communities.

Key Requirements

The right person should have proven experience in the housing sector and will certainly be someone with a passion for driving safe, strong services. We’re looking for the following:

• Strong leadership skills to inspire teams to achieve high levels of performance
• Degree level (or equivalent) education/ Professional qualification e.g. Diploma in Asset management (IAM) or similar
• Requirement to participate in our on-call arrangements which operates on a rotational basis amongst key operational roles.
• Asset, compliance and investment experience
• Knowledge and understanding of housing operations
• Strong housing sector experience
• Proven robust contract management abilities
• Strong resilience and organisational abilities
• Knowledge of relevant regulations and compliance standards.

Please take a look through the recruitment pack for more information about the role, what’s required, and the skills and competencies we’re looking for.

 
Working With Us:

Along with a supportive work environment and a collaborative culture, we offer generous benefits and a great work/life balance.

• Competitive pay and rewards
• Minimum Pension 13% contributions (5% employee, which can be increased, and 8% employer contributions) plus life cover of 3 x salary
• Salary sacrifice options for pension contributions
• 40 days holiday which includes 12 fixed days including a Christmas closure
• Westfield Health Plan – contributions towards a range of services including dental, optical, therapy treatment, counselling and wellbeing services
• Employee discounts including cashback and high street retail and gym discounts
• Family friendly policies
• Professional membership of a relevant institute can be paid by Loreburn
• Flexible working and a Hub, Home and Roam working model giving freedom to work within our Being You principles
• Funded flu vaccine
• Wellbeing time (equivalent to a 34 hour working week) where you can accrue an additional 7 days a year.
• Support for continuous professional development and protected learning time
• Strong values-based culture offering autonomy and empowerment

How To Apply

Apply by completing the online Recruitment Application Form

Closing date for applications: 9am on Friday 3rd July 2026
Interviews: 21st July, 2026

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices as accessible as possible for everyone, this includes making any necessary adjustments. If you need us to do anything differently as part of the recruitment process, please let us know.

Reports & Corporate Information
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