Transformation Director: Housing Assets

Transformation Director: Building Safety (housing repairs, maintenance and compliance)

6-12 month Interim Contract

South West of England

Paying Merket rate (Flexible for the right candidate)

Inside IR35

Full-time (Expectation to be on site 3/4 days per week)

Reporting to: Executive Director, Growth and Regeneration you will be responsible for Supporting the transformation of the Asset / Repairs service to deliver a safety-first housing asset services, including management of repairs, maintenance, and compliance services.

Purpose of the job:

• Design and deliver strategic safety-first asset management services for the council housing residents, in line with the five principles of the council’s corporate strategy.
• Ensure efficient and effective delivery of resident and safety focussed responsive repairs service.
• Ensuring satisfactorily meeting all relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
• Lead the workforce of the asset management housing repairs and maintenance and business innovation services and coordinate the overall approach to the Council’s housing stock.
• Take a professional lead, in the areas of repairs, maintenance and compliance, on implementing the council’s new housing IT system.
• Work with external stakeholders, including the fire and rescue service, and internal partners to ensure high quality services that meet the needs of residents.
• Provide advice to the executive director on effectiveness of existing structure and practices in relation to asset management.
• Implementing sustainable safety practices in line with best practice and Social Housing Regulator (SHR) standards.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders, including regulatory bodies and agencies, to drive a culture of best practice and continuous improvement.

Key Objectives:

• Provide strategic leadership for the housing division in relation to repairs and maintenance of housing to ensure rapid and ongoing compliance with all relevant building safety legislation and regulations, implementing a risk-based approach to prioritising safety interventions.
• Identify gaps in current safety management processes and lead improvements to ensure future resilience and compliance with best practice
• Implement and further develop the Building Safety strategy for the Council’s high-rise properties and other complex buildings, prioritising safety interventions to ensure regulatory standards are met.
• Lead and embed a culture of rigour, governance, transparency and accountability within the service and related areas.
• Drive transformation, focusing on modernising building safety practice and improve service delivery.

Person requirements:

• Proven experience in a senior leadership role and delivering change in a local authority or a registered provider with a focus on residential building safety
• Experience of managing large capital programmes, complex contracts and large in-house services
• Experience and understanding of delivering responsive repairs, dealing with high demand and intense pressure to ensure homes are well maintained, dry, warm and safe at all times.
• Strong track record of establishing and maintaining a strong performance culture including effective performance measures, the evaluation of service quality and improving service delivery which meets the needs and expectations of customers.
• Experience of successfully managing large-scale safety transformation programmes (including culture change) within a complex organisation to achieve desired outcomes.
• Experience of working in a regulated environment with direct experience in working with the Social Housing Regulator or similar body
• Proven track record of successfully engaging and communicating with a wide range of stakeholders and elected members
• A proven track record of successful resource management and delivery of cost effective, quality services within constrained resources.
• Substantial experience of leading, motivating and inspiring diverse groups of professional and operational staff, to achieve organisational objectives.

If you’re interested in discussing this opportunity in more detail or know someone to whom this may be of interest, please reply to this email or contact Vic Singh on 0117 3137110 or e-mail your updated CV to v.singh@baltimoreconsultingltd.com

(We offer a senior referral scheme upon successful placement of your recommendation so please do get in contact)

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