Project Coordinator

Project Coordinator (Supported Housing)
Location: Henson Park, Whetstone, Leicester
Hours:  35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm (with one-hour lunch break)
Salary: £31,082- £34,535 per annum (RFJ 6)

Are you committed to making a real difference managing a supported housing service for people with complex needs.

Our Specialist Housing Team at emh homes empowers people to live with independence, dignity, and confidence. We deliver specialist housing, personalised support, and tenancy sustainment services that create psychologically informed environments where vulnerable people can truly thrive.

We are looking for a manager who is passionate, skilled, and has experience working within a supported housing setting.

The role

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Have experience managing and delivering high quality housing support for people who have come through the homeless pathway, within a supported housing or specialist accommodation setting.
• Are passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable people.
• Can communicate with empathy while maintaining strong professional boundaries.
• Thrive in a role that combines housing skills, problem‑solving, and partnership working.
• Are committed to delivering excellent services that truly place residents at the heart of everything you do.

About You:

• You will share our values and passion to support vulnerable people.
• You will have experience of managing a team working within a supported housing environment
• You will knowledge of relevant housing legislation
• You will have the ability to understand and implement service level agreements with partner agencies including drafting, negotiating, monitoring and reviewing
• You will have experience of working with housing, and adult social care departments
• You will have experience of supporting people to successfully apply for relevant benefits to maximise income, and support tenancy sustainment
• You will have excellent communication and negotiation skills

About the Role:

• You will be responsible for the leadership and management of the Project Workers providing accommodation
• You will be passionate about helping vulnerable individuals on their first steps towards independent living
• You will coach and develop the team to encourage them to maximise their potential
• You will build and maintain strong links and working relationships with internal and external partners
• You will develop and implement policies and procedures and keep up with legislation and best practice

This is fantastic opportunity for the right person to work with a team of passionate individuals in leading the development of our specialist housing service.

About us

emh group is one of the largest providers of affordable homes and support services in the East Midlands.  We pride ourselves in providing high quality homes and services that contribute to sustainable communities.

Our vision is to be the best social housing and care business in the country, leading the market as service provider and employer.

You will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check for this role, which we will complete for the successful candidate.  As the role is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offender’s Act 1974, please can you ensure you detail both spent and unspent convictions on your application form.

For more information, please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Our values

Our values are important to us and we’re looking for people who can help live our values of Integrity, Diversity, Openness, Accountability, Clarity and Excellence.

Company Benefits

Our generous package includes:

• Competitive salary
• Contributory pension scheme
• Health cash plan – BHSF
• 34 days’ annual leave (including statutory days), increasing with length of service (pro-rata for part time)
• Flexible working
• A wide range of training and development opportunities (we are an Investors in People accredited organisation)

How to apply

Please send an up- to-date CV with a covering letter of no more than 3 sides of A4, detailing how you meet the requirements of the person specification. (Please note your covering letter and CV will need to be on the same document).

Please note: We reserve the right to close these vacancies prior to the application deadline once a sufficient number of applications have been received, so recommend early application.

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