Programme/Asset Manager
Temp - £500 PD
East Sussex
Posted 2 days ago
Marks Consulting Partners are currently looking for a Asset/Programme Manager to work with one of our Local Authority clients in East Sussex.
What the job will be doing?
- Lead the establishment of the Asset Planning and Intelligence function in shadow form, including its purpose, scope, ways of working and relationship with Repairs, Compliance, Performance, Finance and Procurement.
- Lead the development of the council’s housing asset strategy and medium-term investment priorities.
- Create and oversee the stock intelligence framework, bringing together stock condition, repairs, compliance, resident and financial information to support investment decisions.
- Turn that evidence into a prioritised planned investment and capital programme aligned to the HRA, statutory duties, resident priorities and wider council objectives.
- Provide second-line challenge and quality assurance across planned works, major works and asset-related delivery, outside first-line delivery teams.
- Lead programme controls for asset planning, including re-prioritisation, assumptions, risk, dependencies, decision logs and exception reporting.
- Put in place the operating framework for the new arrangement, including decision rights, interfaces and escalation routes across Asset Planning, Repairs, Compliance and Performance.
What you will need?
- Significant senior experience in social housing asset management, housing investment, or a closely related public asset environment.
- Strong track record of turning stock condition, repairs, compliance and financial information into strategic investment decisions and deliverable programmes.
- Strong understanding of asset intelligence, stock data, lifecycle planning, assurance and programme controls.
- Experience of leading across multiple teams and functions, not just managing a single delivery service.
- Strong commercial and procurement understanding, including contract strategy, investment planning and delivery confidence.
- Ability to create clarity, decision rights and accountability in a complex service environment.
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to make sound judgements where data is incomplete or still maturing.
- Ability to work credibly with senior leaders, elected members, residents, leaseholders and technical professionals.
How to Apply
If you would like any further details about this position, please contact Brook Weissand at Marks Consulting Partners.
If this job is not quite right for you but you are looking for something new, please contact us for a confidential discussion.
Marks Consulting Partners specialise in contract and permanent recruitment of technical property, regeneration & development, housing services and HR staff to the public sector including housing associations, local authorities, and related private sector organisations. We do not advertise all our vacancies so please give us a call and register with us to be notified of all suitable roles.
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