Asset Manager in London

Shape the future of our homes and build spaces where our communities can truly thrive. As an Asset Manager, you'll help shape the physical future of Kensington and Chelsea, ensuring our residents have safe, comfortable, and high-quality homes to live in. It's a chance to dive deep into our property portfolio, turn data into real-world improvements, and work directly with communities, contractors, and internal teams to build a fairer, safer borough.

Working Style: You'll be based in the Borough for 3 days a week, playing a key role in serving the local community. Whether you're working on-site or collaborating behind the scenes, you'll be part of a dedicated team focused on delivering high standards and making a real difference to residents' lives.

What you'll be doing: Your focus will be making sure our housing and commercial portfolios are safe, sustainable, and fit for the future. You'll champion high standards and interrogate stock condition data to shape long-term investment plans and lifecycle replacement programmes. This means working closely with contractors, consultants, and internal teams to monitor compliance and keep critical projects on track. Your insights will directly guide our wider Asset Management Strategy, shaping capital programmes, building safety works, and key sustainability initiatives that help us meet our Decent Homes by 2030 target. You'll also be a key voice for technical, design, and regulatory standards, integrating vital requirements for energy, fire safety, and resident safety across all our programmes. By building strong, trusting relationships with residents, tenants, and contractors, you'll ensure we deliver excellent technical outcomes and improve satisfaction across the borough.

What you'll bring: You'll bring proven experience in asset management, building surveying, construction project management, or a related property discipline, ideally with a background in regulated housing or the public sector. You have a sharp ability to manipulate large asset datasets and translate complex building information into clear, practical investment choices. You've got a strong grasp of compliance and building safety, and you're just as comfortable navigating asset databases as you are collaborating across diverse teams. You're an adaptable, proactive communicator who knows how to listen, build trust with stakeholders, and coordinate complex programmes with great attention to detail. Most importantly, you're someone who believes in putting communities first and who's ready to bring respect, integrity, and collaborative energy to everything you do.

Why join us: At RBKC, we're all in - investing in our people, our communities and our future. You'll join a supportive, collaborative environment where you can truly broaden your expertise. Because our Strategic Asset Management team sits right alongside Asset Intelligence and Procurement, you'll have a unique opportunity to work across disciplines, from deep data analysis to strategic procurement. We'll give you the space to grow, with access to professional development, cutting-edge asset systems, and exposure to complex strategic initiatives. Alongside a competitive salary and flexible working options to support your wellbeing, you'll be part of a team that values practical action and continuous learning.

About us: Kensington and Chelsea is home to diverse communities, thriving businesses and unique local places. Everything we do is focused on supporting our residents, strengthening our approach and creating a fairer borough. As a competent and caring Council, we take pride in our work every day, ensuring our services are delivered with care and competence. We listen to our residents, act with integrity and work together to build a borough that is greener, safer and fairer for all.

In this role, being 'all in' means getting stuck into the tangible realities of our property portfolio. Whether you are analysing technical stock data in the office, collaborating across teams from home, or visiting our estates, you'll bring a practical mindset to getting things done. Balancing complex regulatory compliance and safety targets isn't always plain sailing, but every ounce of your effort pays off. By keeping our investments robust, you'll directly shape safer, higher-quality homes and turn asset challenges into powerful opportunities for professional and community growth.

Interview Details: Interviews will be held in person at Kensington Town Hall week commencing 24th August 2026. Ready to join us? We're all in - are you? If you share our values and have the skills to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants. We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible. We are committed to fair, transparent, and consistent pay practices. New hires will start at the minimum of the advertised salary range. Employees receive annual salary increases until they reach the top of the pay scale. In addition, employees will receive any agreed cost of living pay rises.