Interim Assistant Director, Assets, Repairs, Maintenance & Construction
Location: North East England
Rate: £1000 - 1200 per day
Contract: 6 months minimum
Spencer Clarke Group are supporting a local authority to appoint an Interim Assistant Director within their Social Housing Assets, Repairs, Maintenance and Construction service.
This is a senior interim leadership role responsible for shaping and delivering the council's approach to housing asset management and investment, bringing together planned and reactive repairs, compliance and building safety, construction delivery and capital programmes. You will lead a large multidisciplinary function, using asset data to drive priorities, manage risk and improve outcomes for residents.
Responsibilities include
Leading an integrated service covering housing assets, repairs and maintenance, compliance and building safety, construction and capital investment
Setting the direction for asset lifecycle planning, ensuring investment decisions are data-led and risk-based
Providing senior oversight of compliance governance and assurance activity, including readiness for inspection and regulatory challenge
Overseeing major programmes of planned works, capital investment and construction delivery across the housing portfolio
Developing and improving commissioning approaches and client-side contract management arrangements
Leading senior managers and multidisciplinary teams through service improvement and change
Managing substantial revenue and capital budgets and ensuring effective performance oversight
About you
Significant senior leadership experience across social housing assets, property services, repairs and maintenance, construction or asset management
Proven track record of leading strategic asset planning and major investment programmes across large housing portfolios
Strong experience of compliance governance, regulatory assurance and building safety requirements
Strong commercial and financial capability, including budget management and contract oversight
Confident operating in a political environment, with the ability to in...
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