Head of Asset Management
Hertfordshire (Home and office working with site visits)
Salary £80,000 Per Annum Plus Benefits
Permanent, Full Time 37 hours per week (Monday - Friday, Flexibility Negotiable)
Thrive Homes is looking for a Head of Asset Management to deliver the Asset strategy in line with the business plan.
You'll use wider intelligence to inform decisions on the portfolio, and bring innovative approaches to improve the performance for the business, while remaining compliant with all regulatory and legal requirements.
Thrive is proud to deliver flexibility for employees to work in a manner that suits their wants/needs best. Our SMART working policy allows individuals to take full control of their productivity by offering a choice between working in-house or away from the office. This means that successful candidates have the freedom to work as little or as often as they like from Thrive's state-of-the-art offices.
Our housing stock covers Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
Other Responsibilities:
- Identify, support and deliver strategic portfolio realignment opportunities for under-performing assets.
- Implement the Roadmap for Every Home, our asset appraisal framework, to achieve EPC-C and Net Zero carbon objectives.
- To enhance and deliver a customer-centric service, consistent with the sector's changing ambition, seeking out opportunities to improve customer experience using technology, innovation and our colleagues.
- Lead the Asset team to deliver our programmes efficiently and maintain good quality, safe homes for our customers.
- Work with the Head of Repairs, to ensure a holistic approach to maintenance, minimising expenditure whilst improving the customer experience, improving flows and quality of decisions.
- Understand the connection between property value, treasury requirements and financial inputs into the business plan to ensure Thrive is maximising its income, making investment decisions that, where possible, maximise the return on investment of available resource.
- Support the development and implementation of a new asset management database and system.
- Produce reporting to the business, committee and board as required.
- Effectively manage contractors to deliver major works programmes, developing appropriate systems to improve the customer experience, quality and value for money.
- In conjunction with our Business Risk and Assurance team provide assurance on the compliance of our homes to meet all legal and regulatory standards.
This would be a fantastic opportunity for someone also looking for a step up from a manager or Business Partner role.
Requirements:
- We are flexible in how you have achieved your skills and experience, through education or through worked experience. Holding of being willing to work towards a foundation degree or level 5 qualification regulated by Ofqual in Housing Management is important.
- Demonstrable experience in delivering a high performing team across business of asset management, managing property portfolios with commercial awareness and delivering portfolio performance within business parameters
- Demonstrable financial acumen and experience relevant to the role.
- Experience of delivering Asset management and Green strategies.
- Demonstrate positive leadership qualities that inspire and motivate colleagues and partners to deliver a reliable and professional services.
- Extensive contract management or commensurate and equivalent commercial experience
- Experience of working in a regulated environment and able to understand the evidence and assurance requirements needed by the board.
- You must be able to support a culture founded in trust and respect for everyone.
Benefits:
Thrive's Top 10!
- Annual Leave - 25 days per year increasing by length of service (up to 30 days).
- Buy or sell annual leave
- Generous family friendly provision
- Pension - Thrive Homes will pay double your contribution (up to 10%).
- Discretionary Bonus
- Life assurance - a payment of 3x your salary
- Health Cash Plan - facility to claim cashback for dental, optical and physiotherapy costs, alongside wellness services.
- Virtual GP Service (available 24/7)
- Wellbeing reward scheme (earn vouchers through a health app)
- A range of engagement activities aimed at building team morale, supporting both physical and mental health, and celebrating all things that make us different!
All roles at Thrive are subject to a basic DBS check.
Closing date: 23rd August 2024
Interviews will be ongoing throughout the advertising process
We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.
Thrive's Approach
Thrive is an exciting place to work. We challenge ourselves and others to deliver results and think differently. We share positive experiences and messages, with trust and respect at the core of every relationship. Our leaders adopt a coaching and mentoring approach - enabling and empowering others to deliver. We embrace change and encourage a strong focus on positive outcomes. We value agile working arrangements from our offices in Apsley, Hertfordshire and we pride ourselves on looking after our colleagues by offering progressive careers and a full range of modern benefits, as we continue to grow as an organisation and aim to attract the very best people.
Thrive homes are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. This commitment is at the core of our understanding the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. We actively encourage all applicants that are suitable for the role, from diverse career paths and backgrounds and from all sections of the community.