Head of Asset Strategy

Closing date: Friday 12 June

Shortlisting: Tuesday 16 June

Proposed Interview date: Tuesday 23 June

Salary: £77,575.48

About the vacancy:

We're looking to hire a senior post within the Property & Place Directorate for a Head of Asset Strategy to provide strategic leadership and management of the Asset Strategy function. Our asset strategy team is responsible for ensuring we have robust data that informs our investment decisions over the life of our 30 year business plan and develops and delivers our decarbonisation programme and energy pathways. This team is responsible for interrogating our property data, using it to develop our asset management strategy and identify future regeneration opportunities. This team is responsible for our regulatory returns; developing our decarbonisation roadmap and delivery plan and works closely with all property teams to ensure the insight we get from our data determines our investment priorities through delivery of property options appraisal and assessment.

Specifically, in the role you will:

• Lead the provision of effective, proactive, and efficient asset strategy function.
• Develop and implement the asset management strategy in line with the organisation's goals and objectives.
• Collaborate with other departments to align asset management strategies with broader organisational strategies.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, regulations, and organisational policies related to delivery of this service area.
• Develop, manage, implement and maintain the asset management system and any associated software, such as SAVA.
• Manage and maintain the stock condition surveys ensuring these include all relevant or changing legislator requirements, such as HHSRS, WHQS2 including regular validation by third party experts.
• Manage and maintain the EPC programme effectively and in line with legislation.
• Implement and maintain new software programmes as required i.e. SAVA to develop energy pathways and other regulatory requirements.
• Manage and develop effective reporting of all data to produce robust projections and cost plans for future business planning.
• Develop and implement the Asset Management strategy including robust option appraisals, investment programmes, the resident voice, market conditions, development, sustainability, and so on.
• Develop implement key policies including disrepair, aids and adaptations, decarbonisation, affordable warmth, and so on, aligned to corporate objectives and legislation.
• Lead, motivate, and develop your team to achieve high performance.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and provide coaching and support to team members.
• Manage budgets and resources effectively to ensure cost-efficient operations.
• Engage with external stakeholders, including local authorities, funding bodies, and regulatory agencies, to support delivery of an effective service.
• Monitor and report on performance against targets and budgets.
• Identify and mitigate risks associated with program delivery through active oversight of planned program delivery function.
• Collaborate with other heads of service to ensure seamless integration and alignment of various departmental goals and initiatives, working closely with colleagues across different directorates to develop and implement strategic plans that enhance overall operational efficiency and service delivery.
• Ensure resources are effectively allocated and managed to support the achievement of corporate objectives, while also maintaining a strong focus on customer satisfaction and community engagement.
• As part of Property & Place leadership team ensure that annual work programmes are achieved and delivered and support the future sustainability of the organisation.
• Make effective use of established technology and emerging sector good practice.
• Ensure we are strategically aligned with the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act, Environment Act, Global Sustainable Development Goals, Welsh Government priorities, and national funders in the area with regard to our decarbonisation planning and delivery.
• Monitor and enhance asset performance through financial, operational, health and safety, and customer satisfaction metrics.
• Provide assurance to the Executive team of our compliance with the relevant legislative standards, codes, and regulatory obligations in relation to program delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve value for money through partnership, shared delivery and bringing work in house.
• Work with colleagues and partners on workforce planning and skills gaps.
• Ensure our data is robust and oversee system improvements that enable us to plan and program capital investment.
• Conduct asset appraisals to ensure data informs insight into future investment needs and targeted regeneration.
• Responsible for the production of the asset 30 year investment forecast to inform Hedyn's 30 year business plan, annual investment plans and priorities.
• Identify asset diversification opportunities.
• Lead and deliver the Decarbonisation and affordable warmth strategy for existing and future property assets.
• Monitor and enhance asset performance through financial, operational, health and safety, and customer satisfaction metrics.

Budget and departmental responsibilities:

• Turnover: c£90m
• Units in management: 14,835 (includes 12,932 social rented)
• People employed: c675
• Growth ambition: c500 new homes per annum
• Property & Place budget: c£10.9m
• Property & Place people employed: c200
• Asset Strategy budget: c.£25m
• Asset Strategy people employed: c25

For further information about the role, please contact.

Application Process:

We require an application form to be completed for every role. We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV's will be treated as a direct application.

Your Hedyn, our comprehensive benefits package:

We believe Hedyn is a great place to work and it's important to us that our people feel the same way. As well as offering varied and fulfilling careers, we want every colleague to feel appreciated. That means having the best possible benefits package, the flexibility to maintain a great work-life balance and the opportunity to achieve your full potential. We are still at the beginning of our journey. Join us to help shape it. We want you to be at your very best. Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application.

If you are looking for your next career challenge, seeking responsibility, and are passionate about delivering the best possible service, we'd love to hear from you.