Assistant Director – Social Housing Assets, Repairs, Maintenance & Construction

Triumph Consultants Ltd; North East; Hybrid; GBP 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Triumph Consultants Ltd in the North East is recruiting an Interim Assistant Director – Social Housing Assets, Repairs, Maintenance & Construction to lead strategic asset management for a large social housing portfolio. You will shape strategies across acquisition, maintenance, compliance and capital investment, ensuring assets are safe, compliant and financially resilient.

The role requires significant senior leadership experience in housing assets, strong regulatory knowledge and a proven

Qualifikationen

• Significant senior leadership experience within housing assets, social housing, property or asset management.
• Proven ability to lead large multidisciplinary services and major transformation programmes.
• Strong knowledge of housing legislation, regulation, building safety and compliance frameworks.
• Ability to translate complex asset and regulatory information into strategic investments.
• Excellent influencing and communication skills in political environments.
• Experience in predictive asset management and data-driven investment planning.

Aufgaben

• Lead strategic housing asset management with long-term investment and optimisation strategies using stock data.
• Provide integrated leadership across housing assets, repairs, maintenance, construction, safety and capital delivery.
• Drive transformation of repairs and maintenance to predictive approaches to improve satisfaction and value for money.
• Oversee building safety, compliance and assurance frameworks across relevant regulations and standards.
• Manage major works, capital programmes, refurbishment and regeneration construction activity.
• Lead strategic procurement, commissioning and governance across the asset supply chain.
• Support sustainability and decarbonisation initiatives and net-zero targets.

Kenntnisse

Senior leadership

Housing assets

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory/compliance

Ausbildung

MRICS/MCIOB/CIH

Jobbeschreibung

Job Title: Interim Assistant Director – Social Housing Assets, Repairs, Maintenance & Construction

Location: North East (Hybrid)

Sector: Local Government / Social Housing

Ref: 8190

Contract: Temporary, 6 months

Working Pattern: Full-time

Hybrid Working: Yes

The Role

We are supporting a major public sector organisation seeking an exceptional senior leader to take strategic responsibility for housing assets, repairs, maintenance, building safety, construction and capital investment.

This high-impact role will shape long-term asset management, sustainability and compliance strategies that maximise the performance, value and lifespan of a large social housing portfolio. You will lead integrated services across the full asset lifecycle—covering acquisition, maintenance, compliance, investment, regeneration, redevelopment and disposal—ensuring assets are safe, compliant, sustainable and financially resilient.

You will provide strategic leadership for smart, data-driven asset planning, ensuring investment decisions balance risk, cost, quality, compliance, resident outcomes and long-term financial viability.

Key Responsibilities

Lead strategic housing asset management, developing long-term investment, lifecycle and optimisation strategies informed by robust stock condition data and asset intelligence.

Provide integrated leadership across housing assets, repairs, maintenance, construction, building safety and capital delivery, ensuring efficient, consistent and resident-focused services.

Drive transformation of repairs and maintenance services, shifting from reactive to predictive and preventative models that improve satisfaction, productivity and value for money.

Act as senior lead for building safety and compliance, maintaining strong assurance frameworks across fire, gas, electrical, water hygiene, asbestos, lifts, damp/mould and Building Safety Act requirements.

Oversee major works, capital programmes, refurbishment, retrofit and regeneration-related construction activity, ensuring safe, timely and high-quality delivery.

Lead strategic procurement, commissioning and commercial governance across the housing asset supply chain, strengthening accountability, contract performance and value for money.

Champion sustainability and decarbonisation programmes, supporting net zero ambitions, energy efficiency improvements and climate resilience.

Provide expert strategic advice to senior leaders and elected members, influencing corporate policy, cross-council programmes and long-term investment decisions.

You Will Need (Essential Requirements)

Significant senior leadership experience within housing assets, social housing, property, construction, repairs, maintenance or asset management.

Proven experience leading large multidisciplinary services and major organisational transformation programmes.

Strong knowledge of housing legislation, regulation, building safety and compliance frameworks.

Ability to translate complex asset, financial and regulatory information into strategic investment decisions.

Excellent influencing, partnership-building and communication skills, with experience operating in political environments.

Experience of predictive asset management and data-driven investment planning.

Knowledge of sustainability, retrofit and decarbonisation programmes.

Professional qualifications such as MRICS, MCIOB or CIH.

Experience overseeing major contracts, commissioning models and strategic procurement.

Strong commercial acumen with experience managing substantial capital and revenue budgets.