Head of Contracts and Commercial Partnerships

Notting Hill Genesis, one of London's largest housing associations, is seeking an experienced and commercially astute leader to join us as Head of Contracts & Commercial Partnerships (Repairs), playing a pivotal role in overseeing our outsourced repairs contracts and ensuring we achieve outstanding value, performance and outcomes for residents.

This is an opportunity to lead the commercial management and performance of a significant responsive repairs portfolio, working closely with Tier 1 contractors and specialist suppliers to drive accountability, continuous improvement and long‑term partnership working. Acting as an intelligent client, you'll ensure robust commercial governance, challenge underperformance, manage risk and deliver value for money while maintaining a strong focus on customer outcomes.

What you'll do

As the Head of Contracts and Commercial Partnerships, you'll lead the commercial oversight, performance and continuous improvement of long‑term repairs contracts. Working closely with operational, customer, asset, finance and procurement teams, you'll ensure supplier performance, commercial arrangements and contract outcomes remain aligned to organisational priorities and resident needs.

We're looking for a senior leader with strong commercial expertise, experience managing high‑value maintenance or repairs contracts, and the ability to build effective relationships while providing robust challenge where required. If you're motivated by improving contractor performance, driving commercial accountability and delivering excellent resident outcomes, we'd welcome your application.

How you'll do it

• Set the strategic direction for all repairs contracts, commercial frameworks and supplier relationships.
• Build and sustain mature partnerships with Tier 1 contractors and specialist suppliers, balancing assurance with collaboration.
• Lead contract mobilisation, performance management and continuous improvement, ensuring delivery against agreed outcomes and KPIs.
• Use data, insight and assurance to identify risks, trends and opportunities, driving proactive intervention and improvement.
• Oversee commercial governance, including contract variations, renewals, dispute resolution and risk management.
• Work closely with Finance, Procurement and Legal teams to ensure compliant, value‑for‑money contractual arrangements.
• Champion a performance‑driven culture across internal teams and suppliers, addressing underperformance and service bottlenecks.
• Act as a resident advocate, ensuring supplier performance translates into meaningful improvements in service quality and customer satisfaction.

The ideal candidate

We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.

Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.

• Senior leadership experience in contracts, commercial management or strategy within a repairs, maintenance or property services environment.
• Strong understanding of contract law, procurement frameworks and supplier relationship management.
• Proven experience shaping and delivering business strategy and driving operational improvement.
• High level of commercial acumen, including oversight of large‑scale budgets and contracts.
• Advanced data literacy, with the ability to interpret and present complex performance and financial data.
• Relevant professional or commercial qualifications (e.g. IACCM, CCCM, CIPS, MCIPS, BRMP, APM, PRINCE2)
• Experience in social housing, local government or other regulated sectors.
• Knowledge of statutory and compliance obligations relating to property maintenance, such as Decent Homes and Awaab's Law.

What's in it for you?

Once you join us, you'll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You'll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.

Benefits include:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
• Health cash plan
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary

All about us

Notting Hill Genesis is a not‑for‑profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 65,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,800 employees.

For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/