The role
Estate Services sits at the very heart of Southern Housing, often forming the first – and most frequent – impression our residents have of us. Our grounds and communal spaces play a vital role in creating safe, welcoming neighbourhoods, and we’re looking for a committed and hands-on Grounds Maintenance Supervisor to help us deliver services our residents can be proud of.
Working closely with the Grounds Maintenance Manager, you’ll support the delivery of a high-quality, value-for-money grounds maintenance service across a defined geographical area. You’ll lead by example on the ground, supervising teams, monitoring standards, and stepping up to cover management responsibilities when required. With a strong focus on quality, safety and sustainability, you’ll help identify opportunities to enhance our estates in line with Southern Housing’s Biodiversity Toolkit, while ensuring service delivery consistently meets our high standards.
This is a varied, frontline role for someone who enjoys balancing practical grounds maintenance work with people leadership, inspections, and collaboration with contractors and colleagues – all with the shared goal of improving resident satisfaction and the places they call home.
What you’ll need
- Experience of working in a Ground Maintenance environment, with a strong understanding of health and safety practices, including conducting risk assessments, adhering to COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) regulations, managing lone working situations, and prioritising the safety of the team.
- Proven experience of practical grounds maintenance tasks.
- A proactive mindset and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve operational challenges or issues that may arise within the Estate Services team.
- An understanding of value for money and service charges, recognising the importance of optimising resources and delivering cost-effective services. This includes identifying opportunities for efficiencies.
- The ability to build and maintain positive relationships with residents, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and a customer-centric approach. This includes effectively addressing resident inquiries, concerns, and complaints, and working collaboratively to ensure their needs are met.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, enabling you to effectively liaise with team members, residents, contractors, and other stakeholders.
- Attention to detail to conduct thorough estate inspections and report on necessary repairs, compliance, or tenancy matters.
In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above criteria providing real examples.
Closing Date: Tuesday 24th February 2026
Shortlisting: From 25th February 2026
Interviews: W/c 2nd March 2026
(We may close the advert early if we receive a suitable number of applications).
About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.
A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
What's in it for you
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Healthcare cash plan
- Eyecare & dental
- Birthday leave
- Retailers discounts
- Cycle to work
- Buy & sell annual leave
- Season ticket loan
- In-house academy & career development
- Flexible working
Inclusion and Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual. We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.
