Purpose
- The Director of Assets & Sustainability is a member of the Leadership Team whose purpose is to lead a high performing organisation and develop a culture which enables and drives both customer and colleague satisfaction. This role will be the guardian of the Assets & Sustainability Strategy, ensuring its effective design, delivery and implementation which will in turn underpin the delivery of our strategic plan/corporate commitments.
- The Director of Assets & Sustainability will play a critical role in driving forward the Groups’ ambitions for growth, innovation, financial capacity and a positive culture. Delivering excellence in leadership, creating a high support, high challenge environment where colleagues are inspired, enabled and empowered to do their best work and deliver on the organisation’s purpose.
- Reporting to the Executive Director of Customer & Communities this role will provide a high quality assets service which is agile and commercial in nature whilst embodying our social purpose, values, and behaviours.
This service will include:
Asset Management:
Maximising the life and return on current and future assets base and maintaining a Valleys to Coast quality standard for new and existing homes; Keeping assets in good order through proactive and effective maintenance and major work programmes; Appraising responsive, cyclical and capital works spend, making the right decisions at the right time; Procuring and developing an effective asset investment programme which is cost effective and meets the organisation and customer needs; Embracing and promoting new thinking and technology to improve our homes for the organisation and our customers; Improving the energy efficiency of our homes by taking an innovative approach; Challenging, by way of investment or disinvestment, properties and neighbourhoods that do not meet our quality baseline.
Regeneration:
Shape and form a regeneration plan that improves the organisations stock profile whilst improving the strength of the business plan; Creating a culture that manages our assets as homes and neighbourhoods, not just properties and estates;
Line Manages:
- Head of Regeneration
- Head of Compliance
- Head of Projects & Commercial
Personal Specification
Qualifications
- Hold a relevant qualification, degree or similar (Desirable)
- Hold an appropriate professional membership, CIOB or similar (Desirable)
Knowledge / Experience
- Extensive experience of successfully developing and delivering an Assets Strategy with investment, dis-investment & regeneration priorities with positive outcomes;
- Substantial experience in a related Head of Service or Director role;
- Proven track record of managing and continuously improving in a Head of Service or Director role;
- Proven track record of delivering results both operationally and strategically;
- Experience in presenting complex matters applying clarity & purpose;
- Experience in developing highly effective teams;
- Substantial experience of coaching, supporting, challenging and influencing colleagues, managers and leaders successfully;
- Extensive change management experience;
- Proven experience of positive partnership working with stakeholders up to Board level to achieve successful outcomes.
