Assistant Manager (Assets)
Grade I: £39,186 - £43,421 per annum (pay award pending)
Post Number: CH121
Permanent - 37 Hours per week
Benefits to you:
• Essential Car User Allowance
• 26 days holiday and 31 days after 5 years continuous service
• Flexitime Scheme
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounted Leisure Centre Membership
• Cycle Scheme
• Free Car Parking
Cannock Chase Council currently manages a housing portfolio of approximately 5,300 properties and is proud to deliver both a new build programme together with a planned investment programme of over £8m per annum to repair and improve existing housing stock in order to improve the service quality and outcomes for our residents.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and focused individual to join our developing and ambitious Housing Property Services Section as Assistant Manager (Assets). This is a revised post to include the fresh challenges of today set through the Corporate Priorities for the next 3 years and beyond.
You will assist the Housing Property Services Manager in ensuring safe, comfortable, affordable and sustainable homes for our customers. The small stock size ideally suites a candidate who is adapted to work on a wide variety of work streams and has the skills to motivate and drive their team to effectively develop the service in meeting all the objectives set out for Housing and the wider management team.
It is essential you have significant experience managing a team working on capital works programmes for a social housing provider and experience procuring and delivering planned maintenance and upgrade works contracts. You should also have experience and skills to collect, manipulate and report on asset data.
A minimum of HND level or equivalent qualification in a Construction or Building related subject is essential, ideally with experience in new technology for improving energy efficiency of the housing stock.
You will be capable of effective communication with people at all levels both externally and within the organisation. You will have excellent IT skills with a proven ability to improve effective working methods and be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages in your day to day work. You must be able to organise teams and workloads effectively with a high standard of professional integrity.
Applications must meet essential experience and minimum qualification criteria.
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY.
For an informal discussion please contact Christian Hawkins, Housing Property Services Manager on 01543 456805.
To apply for this vacancy online please go to https://cannock.engageats.co.uk/V2/Login
Alternatively, please telephone 01543 462621 or write to HR Services, Cannock Chase Council, Civic Centre, Beecroft Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1BG or e-mail vacancies@cannockchasedc.gov.uk quoting post number CH121.
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Sunday 10th November 2024.
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