Commercial Assistant

The Vacancy

📊 Commercial Assistant – Streatham

Support impactful housing projects and grow your commercial career!

Are you highly organised, detail-oriented, and ready to make a difference in the housing sector? We’re looking for a Commercial Assistant to join our team in Streatham, supporting the delivery of repairs and void works across the Council’s housing stock.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a collaborative Commercial Team, helping to drive value, improve performance, and ensure compliance across a variety of projects.

🏢 Location: Office-based – Streatham

💰 Salary: Competitive

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🔧 What You’ll Be Doing

• Accurately pricing repairs and void works using the NHF Schedule of Rates
• Supporting the Site Surveyor with daily commercial activities
• Invoicing completed Out-of-Scope works and tracking revenue
• Preparing monthly client applications and processing variations within 24 hours
• Coordinating subcontractor applications and ensuring JCT compliance
• Assisting with reports and documentation for internal and client meetings
• Contributing to process improvements and team development

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🎯 What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience using the NHF Schedule of Rates
• Background in housing repairs, voids, or a similar environment
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Proactive, solution-focused mindset
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

🌟 Bonus Skills (Desirable)

• Experience working with or for a local authority or housing provider

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🚀 Why Join Us?

• Be part of a supportive and professional team
• Work on meaningful projects that impact local communities
• Opportunities for growth and continuous development
• Competitive salary and benefits

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Ready to take the next step in your career?
Apply now and help us deliver excellence in housing repairs and maintenance! 🛠️

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.