Team Leader – Assets

Unity Housing Company; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks annual leave

Salary packaging arrangements

Flexible working arrangements

Wellbeing program

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Unity Housing Company is seeking a proactive Team Leader – Assets to lead a maintenance team delivering responsive and planned services across its housing portfolio. Based in Bowden, with five weeks’ annual leave and flexible working options, you will oversee contractor performance and ensure high quality outcomes for tenants.

This permanent full-time role requires strong leadership, asset management knowledge and the ability to balance operations with strategic planning.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams within asset management, maintenance, property or housing environments.
• Strong contractor management, stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
• Experience managing maintenance programs, budgets, compliance requirements and service standards.
• Sound knowledge of building maintenance practices, WHS requirements and asset management principles.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a team of Maintenance Coordinators to deliver high-quality, customer-focused asset management services.
• Overseeing responsive, planned and vacancy maintenance programs to ensure properties are maintained to a high standard.
• Managing contractor performance and compliance, ensuring works are delivered safely and in line with regulatory requirements.
• Building partnerships with housing teams, tenants, contractors and government agencies to support positive outcomes.
• Contributing to asset management strategy and continuous improvement through planning, budgeting and policy development.

Skills

Leadership

Asset management

Contractor management

Budgeting

Job description

• Lead and develop a maintenance team delivering responsive and planned services
• Based in Bowden
• 5 weeks’ paid annual leave, working from home and salary sacrifice options

About Us

Unity Housing Company Ltd (Unity) is one of the largest and most innovative not-for-profit providers of affordable and social housing in South Australia. Our primary aim is to provide affordable, safe, and secure housing for people, whilst supporting independence and connection to their communities.

Why work with Unity?

At Unity, our people are at the core of everything we do. Benefits of working with Unity include five-weeks’ annual leave per annum (pro-rata), leave loading, salary packaging arrangements, flexible working arrangements, a wellbeing program, access to the organisation Employee Assistance Program and so much more!

About the Role

We are currently seeking an experienced and motivated Team Leader – Assets to join our Asset Management Team on a permanent full-time basis. The primary purpose of this role is to lead the delivery of responsive, vacancy and planned maintenance services across Unity’s housing portfolio, ensuring quality outcomes, contractor performance and well‑maintained homes for our tenants.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and developing a team of Maintenance Coordinators to deliver high-quality, customer-focused asset management services and achieve operational objectives
• Overseeing responsive, planned and vacancy maintenance programs to ensure properties are maintained to a high standard and performance, quality and budget targets are achieved
• Managing contractor performance and compliance, ensuring works are delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with legislative, regulatory and organisational requirements.
• Building effective partnerships with housing teams, tenants, contractors, government agencies and other stakeholders to support positive asset and service delivery outcomes.
• Contributing to asset management strategy and continuous improvement through planning, budgeting, reporting, policy development and the implementation of best‑practice asset management initiatives.

This role will occasionally require participation in an on‑call roster, with potential regional travel.

About You

You are a confident and collaborative leader with extensive experience in asset management, property maintenance, construction or a related field. You are commercially minded, highly organised and thrive in roles where you can take ownership, exercise sound judgement and deliver high-quality outcomes. You have a proven ability to lead teams, manage contractors and balance operational priorities with strategic thinking. Building strong relationships comes naturally, and you work effectively with a range of stakeholders to drive service excellence, continuous improvement and positive outcomes for customers and communities.

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams within asset management, maintenance, property or housing environments.
• Strong contractor management, stakeholder engagement and relationship‑building skills.
• Experience managing maintenance programs, budgets, compliance requirements and service standards.
• Sound knowledge of building maintenance practices, WHS requirements and asset management principles.
• The ability to work collaboratively with internal teams while building productive relationships with contractors, government agencies and community stakeholders

A copy of the position description can be found here . Email enquiries about this role can be directed to [e-mail].

Please note that Unity will not be accepting recruitment agency submissions for this position.

Unity Housing is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples to apply. We are dedicated to making our recruitment process accessible and can provide reasonable adjustments as needed. If you require any support or adjustments to participate in the process, please let us know.

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