Pathways Scheme Manager

Pathways Scheme Manager

37 hours per week

Based at The Crossings Isherwood Street Preston

41000 per annum

What will you be doing in this role

You will be overseeing management of The Crossings a scheme comprising 16 high quality spacious flats that provide temporary accommodation for homeless families. You will lead and manage a dedicated team delivering intensive housing management support ensuring our tenants have safe comfortable accommodation whilst supporting their move on to permanent tenancies.

What we are looking for:

• Experience of delivering supported housing services or a similar service along with a strong understanding of housing management.
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding principles knowledge regarding children and vulnerable adult.
• Excellent relationship-building skills with confidence in working collaboratively with external partners and multi-agency networks.
• The ability to remain calm and effective under pressure with strong conflict management and problem-solving skills.
• Proven experience of leading and developing teams empowering your team to build their skills achieve their goals and realise their full potential.

It would be great if you also had:

• Experience of working with families
• Knowledge and application of Trauma-Informed Care and Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE) approaches.
• A housing-related qualification at degree level or an equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience of designing and delivering training.

Working arrangements:

This role is based at The Crossings Isherwood St Preston. We offer flexibility wherever possible to accommodate our business and your personal needs.

Why work at Community Gateway

We are a values-based organisation who truly care about our employees their health safety and wellbeing. We aim for a great employee experience and that includes offering a range of benefits have a look at the attached leaflet for more information. Our holiday entitlement starts at 26 days plus bank holidays (including your birthday off and Christmas closure!).

We also offer a great pension scheme where CGA will pay in contributions up to 10% a company-paid health cash plan for you and your dependants (including 24/7 GP) enhanced sick pay and parental leave reward and recognition scheme wellbeing support training and development and much more.

Inclusion is key for us. We would love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role those who may be underrepresented in our organisation. We aim to be reflective of the communities in which we operate and if you speak a second language this can come in handy!

A bit more about us:

Community Gateway own and manage almost 7000 homes across the city of Preston but we are so much more than just a landlord. We aim to offer great customer service providing safe well-maintained and affordable homes and making a positive difference to the communities in which we work. We make sure that we manage our business to the highest of standards and are working to create a sustainable future.

And finally we want to be a great place to if you think you have the skills experience and can live our values then we want to hear from you.

If you havent done so already check out the job description and candidate pack on our website for more about us and top tips for submitting a successful application.

Dates for your diary:

The closing date for this role is Wednesday 14th October 2026 at midnight with interviews held on week commencing 26th October 2026.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.