Asset Management Leader – Housing & Investment Programs in Sheffield

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included. Sheffield City Council is one of the largest social landlords in the country, managing around 38,000 homes. Our Asset Management service plays a central role in ensuring those homes are safe, sustainable and fit for the future. We are strengthening our leadership capacity and are recruiting two Service Managers to lead key functions across Asset Management.

About the role

You will lead a core asset management function, with responsibility for service delivery, performance, investment and improvement within a large and complex operational environment. You will be responsible for leading one of the services that form part of Sheffield City Council’s Asset Management function:

• Investment and Capital Programmes
• Stock Condition and Analysis
• Commercial and Domestic Heating, Mechanical and Electrical

You will lead multidisciplinary teams and work closely with colleagues across Housing, Repairs & Maintenance and Building Safety & Compliance to ensure services are well-governed, high-performing and delivery-focused. You will work closely with technical specialists, contractors and partners to ensure programmes and services are delivered safely, efficiently and to the required standards. Alongside day-to-day leadership, you will play a key role in strengthening how we plan, prioritise and deliver investment in our homes, ensuring value for money and strong outcomes for tenants.

Why this role

We are entering a new phase of delivery across Asset Management. We are increasing our capacity, strengthening our approach to investment, and responding to a more demanding regulatory and financial environment. This is a moment where strong leadership will directly shape how the service performs in the coming years. These roles offer the opportunity to:

• Lead high-impact services within a large-scale housing portfolio
• Influence how investment programmes and specialist services are delivered
• Drive measurable improvements in performance, quality and value for money
• Help build a modern, resilient and forward-looking Asset Management service

What you’ll bring

You will be an experienced manager with a track record of delivering results in complex service environments. You will demonstrate:

• Strong leadership of operational or technical services, ideally within housing, asset management or a related field
• Experience of managing performance, budgets and service delivery at scale
• The ability to lead and develop teams, building clarity, pace and accountability
• Confidence using data, insight and performance information to drive improvement
• The ability to work across organisational boundaries to deliver integrated services

You will be comfortable handling complex issues, making sound decisions and maintaining delivery in a fast-moving environment. Membership of a relevant professional body, such as RICS, CIOB, CIBSE, is desirable. You will be joining a large and collaborative Housing service with a clear focus on improvement and delivery.

We offer:

• The opportunity to lead services that directly impact homes and communities across the city.
• A supportive and inclusive working environment.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Opportunities for professional development and progression.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share. If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade. Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026.