Overview
In this role you will lead delivery of major housing investment programmes across the Council’s housing stock, ensuring safe, compliant and cost-effective projects. You’ll manage multi-million schemes from design to completion and provide strategic support to the Stock Investment and Asset Management service. You will collaborate with residents, contractors and stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes that align with statutory requirements and the Council’s priorities. This is a chance to shape long-term asset strategies and improve building safety and value for money in a diverse community.
Pay / Benefits
- generous holiday allowance
- Local Government Pension scheme
- flexible working
- season ticket and bicycle loans
- learning and development opportunities
- staff discounts and inclusive workplace initiatives
Responsibilities
- Lead teams delivering major planned maintenance, refurbishment and capital investments across the housing stock
- Oversee project delivery from design and procurement through construction to final account with focus on cost control and value for money
- Lead Section 20 consultation and engage residents and leaseholders effectively
- Ensure compliance with building safety legislation, health and safety, building regs and Council policies
- Manage contractors, consultants and professional teams to achieve quality, cost, programme and customer satisfaction
- Monitor programme performance, risk, compliance and governance and provide senior management reporting
- Support development of long-term investment strategies, asset management plans and service improvements
- Build and maintain productive relationships with residents, elected members and key stakeholders
Key requirements
- Experience in housing, asset management or construction with track record delivering complex capital investment programmes
- Strong leadership, financial acumen and stakeholder management
- Proven ability to deliver compliant, cost-effective project outcomes in the public sector or social housing
- Knowledge of various contract types and procurement processes
- Ability to work in a hybrid office/remote environment
- Relevant professional qualification
- DBS check (basic)
- Delivery-oriented and problem-solving mindset
- leadership
- stakeholder management
- problem solving
- project management
- cost control
- risk and governance
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