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Head of Strategic Asset Management

£700 Per Day Umbrella

Full Time

9 Month Contract Initially

Bristol / Hybrid

Our Public Sector Client is looking to strengthen its Asset Management leadership team and is recruiting a Head of Strategic Asset Management to join their team.

Job-specific

* Develop and manage the Council’s strategic approach to asset management through detailed maintenance and analysis of asset data and ongoing consultation activities with staff and residents.

* Lead on the implementation of the Asset Management Strategy, being accountable and responsible for establishing, implementing, reviewing and revising plans which translate strategy and priorities into delivery.

* Making presentations as required to internal and external stakeholders.

* Develop and maintain a robust assessment of the performance of all property assets maximising return on investment to include financial, social and environmental aspects.

* Oversee the development of a grading system of asset risks to inform an active asset management approach for decisions on the redevelopment, investment, change of tenure, new provision and disposals.

Key job outcomes

* Ensure the management and delivery of a balanced 30 year Housing Revenue Account business plan.

* Ensuring that the Council meets its statutory requirements for Energy, Landlord Compliance, Building and Fire Safety within its stock of council housing; and other legislation as it becomes statute.

* Provide leadership and shape responses to cross-cutting issues including management of IT contracts, asset management, equalities and inclusion and the accessibility of services.

* Deliver policies, strategies and plans in consultation with senior colleagues and service users that continually improve the delivery of housing services to customers and citizens.

* Provide service wide leadership to ensure the Landlord function complies with legislation, regulation including the Regulator of Social Housing’s consumer standards. Lead preparation and the response to regulatory inspection.

* Provide service wide leadership to ensure residents are engaged, feedback captured and used to drive service wide improvements.

* Develop, monitor and evaluate service plans that identify and drive change and improvement across the service that meet the strategic objectives of the service and comply with new legislation and regulation.

* Develop relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and organisations to deliver outcomes and shape services.

Essential criteria:

* Relevant professional qualification in a property related field or relevant experience in property

* management and evidence of continuing professional and managerial development.

* Relevant professional qualification CIH, RICS or CIOB

* Ability to represent the organisation internally and externally at a senior level with all stakeholders.

* Ability to write clearly and effectively and deliver complex information to a wide range of audiences.

* Ability to develop and effectively maintain evolving strategies to deliver efficiencies.

* Ability to interpret data to provide trend analysis and forward planning.

* Understands risk management and able to assess promote risk awareness without being risk averse

* ARLA, IAM and would be interested in Managing safety and familiarity with Building Safety Act and Fire Safety Act - useful but essential.

If this role is of interest and you meet the above criteria, then please apply immediately