Assistant Director - Strategic Asset Management & Compliance

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities.

Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of theMayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace.

This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

About the role :

Our Housing Service is committed to safeguarding the well-being of our residents. With approximately 10,000 council homes and 2,000 leaseholder properties under our care, ensuring the safety of our residents is paramount.

We are seeking an Assistant Director for Strategic Asset Management & Compliance to join our talented team within the Housing Service.

In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for ensuring statutory and regulatory compliance across a range of essential areas, including Gas Servicing, Lift Maintenance, Fire Safety, Asbestos, Electrical Testing, Water Management, and other associated risks.

Through efficient management of maintenance and inspection contracts, you will lead on ensuring our buildings meet the highest safety standards, directly impacting the safety and well-being of our residents.

You will spearhead the development, delivery, and review of strategic asset management data and strategy across our housing stock.

Aligned with our broader Capital Strategy Asset Management and net-zero ambitions, this entails meticulous attention to detail in managing our assets to ensure resident safety remains our top priority.

By enhancing the energy efficiency of our housing stock, in accordance with targets outlined in the Council’s Climate Action plan, we strive to create a living environment that is both sustainable and safe for generations to come.

Additionally, you will oversee the development and maintenance of the Council’s 10-year housing capital programme, assuming ownership of all building cost inputs into the Council’s 30-year HRA Business Plan.

Efficient and effective contract management, in accordance with our organisation’s performance framework, is paramount in ensuring the continued safety and security of our residents.

As a strategic leader in the Housing Assets service area, your leadership will also play a pivotal role in contributing to Mission Waltham Forest.

Specifically, your efforts will align with our vision to Make Waltham Forest a great place to live and age well.’ By ensuring all residents can make the most of their strengths and live healthier, longer, and more independent lives, you will directly contribute to our goal of creating a more equal borough by 2030.

About you

We are looking for a determined and dynamic senior leader with a background steeped in housing, assets or property services who is a natural collaborator, skilled in building effective strategic and operational relationships, with the ability to influence across a broad spectrum of internal and external partners.

As this is a critical compliance role, it will be important that you have a strong business and political acumen, and be comfortable to hold your teams, peers and leaders to account.

You’ll be fluent at managing strategic programmes of work, bringing creative and innovative new ideas, whilst balancing the financial and risk challenges in a Local Government context.

You will have a collaborative leadership style that encourages the team to be ambitious and innovative, you will also hold inclusivity at the heart of your work to bring about better outcomes for our residents and our workforce.

• Responsible for statutory and regulatory compliance across housing stock for Gas Servicing, Lift Maintenance, Fire Safety, Asbestos, Electrical Testing and Water Management
• Lead on development, delivery & review of strategic asset management data and strategy across the Council’s housing stock
• Development and maintenance of the Council’s 10-year housing capital programme
• Ensure contracts are managed efficiently and effectively in accordance with the organisation’s performance framework
• Lead and contribute to business planning, budget management, identifying service improvements, and harnessing technology to deliver services that demonstrate value for money, and achieve high levels of compliance and resident satisfaction.

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