Asset Officer in Leicester

Advance is a national housing and support provider. This role is an Asset Manager in the Housing team, supporting planned investment, cyclical works and major repairs programmes, ensuring homes remain safe and well‑maintained.

What You’ll Do

• Support the delivery of cyclical works, planned investment programmes and major repairs
• Take a key project coordination role to ensure works meet statutory, regulatory and quality standards
• Maintain and update asset management systems, ensuring stock condition data is accurate and up to date
• Support stock condition surveys and lifecycle planning activities
• Monitor contractor and consultant performance, ensuring works are delivered on time and to budget
• Communicate planned works effectively to customers, colleagues and stakeholders
• Coordinate aids and adaptations, ensuring systems reflect all changes
• Assist with contract management, performance monitoring and continuous improvement
• Provide reports and data to support asset planning and decision‑making
• Support the management of insurance claims and follow through remedial actions
• Work closely with Finance colleagues on budgets, invoices and financial processes
• Promote customer involvement and ensure services meet the needs of our diverse customer base

What We’re Looking For

• Experience within social housing, property services, repairs or asset management
• Understanding of housing, compliance and regulatory frameworks (or willingness to learn)
• Experience of coordinating works, managing contractors or supporting projects
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Good IT skills, including experience using systems for data, reporting or project tracking
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and customers
• A proactive, solution‑focused approach with a commitment to continuous improvement
• An understanding of, or experience working with, vulnerable customers including those with mental health conditions or disabilities

Benefits

• Paid holiday (from 25 days up to 30 days with long service in addition to bank holidays, pro rata for part time hours)
• Sector specific training is provided as part of induction plus opportunities for professional development
• Access to Perks at Work where you can obtain great discounts of cinema tickets, shopping vouchers and much more
• Long service awards payable in 5‑year increments
• Golden Hello/refer a friend receive up to £500
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Free DBS (Disclosures and Barring Service)
• Excellent opportunities to progress your career within Advance
• Enrolment in a pension scheme with matched contributions above the statutory minimum (if you work enough hours to meet the threshold for enrolment)

An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Advance. We are an equal opportunities employer who values its staff and the difference they make to their customers. There is no place for racism or discrimination of any kind in Advance. As an organisation, we will not tolerate it. We are firmly committed to recruiting the best colleagues regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation and to supporting customers from similarly diverse backgrounds. We value diversity and therefore welcome applications from everyone interested in working at Advance. We are a Disability Confident Leader.