Head of Asset Management

Head of Asset Management (Property Services)

Hertfordshire (Home and office working with site visits)

Salary up to £80,000 Negotiable Plus Benefits

Permanent, Full Time 37 hours per week (Monday - Friday, Flexibility Negotiable)

Thrive Homes is looking for a Head of Asset Management to lead the Asset team to deliver our programmes efficiently and maintain good quality, safe homes for our range of rent/sale customers to protect and enhance the value of our portfolio.

This would be a fantastic opportunity for someone also looking for a step up from a managerial position.

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:

• Work with the Head of Repairs, to ensure a holistic approach to maintenance, minimising expenditure, improving decision-making and outcomes for all stakeholders.
• To deliver and enhance a customer-centric service, consistent with the sector’s changing ambition, seeking out opportunities to improve customer experience using technology, innovation and our colleagues.
• To ensure Thrive’s data meets the requirements of current and future legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Identify, support and deliver strategic portfolio realignment opportunities for under-performing assets.
• Lead Thrive’s response to our commitment to achieve EPC-C and Net Zero carbon objectives
• Work across the business to understand how it supports our ESG responsibilities, impacts our long-term business plan and growth strategies are delivered in the most effective way.
• Support the development and implementation of an incoming asset management database and system as part of our wider systems upgrade.
• In conjunction with our Business Risk and Assurance team provide assurance on the compliance of our homes to meet all legal and regulatory standards.

Requirements:

• Experience of delivering Asset management and Green strategies including knowledge of appropriate data systems, tools and reporting.
• Demonstrable experience in delivering a high performing team across business of strategic asset management, managing property portfolios with commercial awareness and delivering portfolio performance within business parameters
• 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
• 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
• Your ability to role model our core behaviours is as important as technical expertise.

• Demonstrate positive leadership qualities that inspire and motivate colleagues and partners to deliver a reliable and professional services.
• Experience of working in a regulated environment and able to understand the evidence and assurance requirements needed by the board.
• Experience from a housing or property services background is beneficial.

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: 24th October 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.

As committed members of Inclusive Employers and a Disability Confident Committed employer, we remain steadfast to a fair recruitment process. If you have any accessibility needs and require reasonable adjustment, please contact us.