Older Persons Independent Living Team Manager
Team Manager- Older Persons Independent Living Service
1 x Temporary Full Time Post - 37 hours per week (Maternity Cover until May 2027)
Location: Solpro and Sheltered Housing Schemes across the City of Sheffield within the Older Persons Independent Living Service.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Older Person's Independent Living Service for recruitment of a temporary full time Team Manager to cover a period of maternity leave.
The successful candidate will have responsibility for a team of staff including Neighbourhood Officers and Caretakers and will be part of a wider Management Team supporting service delivery for OPIL schemes across a geographical area.
The role will require a combination of office and site-based working across the city and a requirement to work out of hours on an on-call rota basis. This will include nights and weekends
The Older Persons Independent Living Service delivers a housing management and support service to tenants living in our 30 housing schemes across the city.
We are transforming the way we work with other services with a focus on prevention to enable older people to live independently and age well, with access to the right support and services as and when they need them.
We are looking for a motivated individual who is customer focused, is an excellent communicator and is passionate about working with older and vulnerable people and improving services.
You will have experience of working in partnership, managing change and have knowledge of the challenges facing the housing sector.
You will manage and assist in delivering an innovative, high quality, continually improving and customer focused service across all of our teams. This includes Housing Management and Support, Caretaking service, Young at Heart project, Business support and Tenancy Management.
For an informal chat please contact Tom Palmer or Louise Giles
Email: tom.palmer@sheffield.gov.uk or louise.giles@sheffield.gov.uk
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we'll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.
1 x Temporary Full Time Post - 37 hours per week (Maternity Cover until May 2027)
Location: Solpro and Sheltered Housing Schemes across the City of Sheffield within the Older Persons Independent Living Service.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Older Person's Independent Living Service for recruitment of a temporary full time Team Manager to cover a period of maternity leave.
The successful candidate will have responsibility for a team of staff including Neighbourhood Officers and Caretakers and will be part of a wider Management Team supporting service delivery for OPIL schemes across a geographical area.
The role will require a combination of office and site-based working across the city and a requirement to work out of hours on an on-call rota basis. This will include nights and weekends
The Older Persons Independent Living Service delivers a housing management and support service to tenants living in our 30 housing schemes across the city.
We are transforming the way we work with other services with a focus on prevention to enable older people to live independently and age well, with access to the right support and services as and when they need them.
We are looking for a motivated individual who is customer focused, is an excellent communicator and is passionate about working with older and vulnerable people and improving services.
You will have experience of working in partnership, managing change and have knowledge of the challenges facing the housing sector.
You will manage and assist in delivering an innovative, high quality, continually improving and customer focused service across all of our teams. This includes Housing Management and Support, Caretaking service, Young at Heart project, Business support and Tenancy Management.
For an informal chat please contact Tom Palmer or Louise Giles
Email: tom.palmer@sheffield.gov.uk or louise.giles@sheffield.gov.uk
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we'll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.