Head of Asset management - Lambeth

Eden Brown Synergy; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization in Hounslow is seeking a senior property manager to lead their VASA team. Responsibilities include overseeing complex property transactions, advising on major regeneration projects, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. An ideal candidate will possess significant experience in property management, strong leadership skills, and a commercial mindset to maximize asset value. This role provides an opportunity to enhance service delivery within the community and foster a customer-centric approach.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in property management and strategic advice.
• Strong ability to lead teams and engage with stakeholders.
• Commercial knowledge with understanding of the Council's priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the VASA team and ensure compliance with processes.
• Support acquisition and disposal of properties at professional standards.
• Identify investment opportunities to generate secure income streams.

Job description

Generic responsibilities

1. To deal, without professional support, with work of the highest complexity and technical content as appropriate to the duties of the post.

2. Provide professional leadership for the Council's VASA team being accountable for ensuring that internal customers are aware of standard processes and regulatory requirements in relation to property and how these processes are designed to protect the Council and support effective service delivery.

3. Foster a customer‑centric approach to delivery by supporting users of the service to pro‑actively engage and seek professional advice. Work with Services to develop an annual work programme for the team ensuring and promoting performance and professional competence of staff.

4. To proactively support and take ownership for the sound delivery of all aspects of acquisitions, disposals, leasing, and other property transactions, to the highest professional standards including reporting on performance, facilitating internal and external scrutiny as appropriate.

5. Contribute to the capital pipeline through the strategic disposal of assets for the future delivery of major housing, education, infrastructure, and other priorities.

6. Maximise value / revenue generation through lettings to third parties in the existing portfolio and identify and implement opportunities for new and emerging revenue and value generation.

7. Develop innovative ways of exploiting the underlying asset value across the borough and be responsible for the acquisition of properties where this can create additional value, either through land assembly and / or marriage value.

8. Investigate and identify investment opportunities for acquisition to provide a secure income stream or enable added value and advise the Council on any associated risk.

9. Advise on major regeneration projects, particularly those involving complex Joint Ventures, land swaps, or other transaction services, including CPO.

10. Advise and provide professional support to the council on all aspects of strategic housing advice, including significant enfranchisement cases, buybacks and minor disposals.

11. Lead and innovate on new asset disposal and acquisition ideas, spotting opportunities and keeping a strong market ‘interface’.

12. Develop a strategic approach to the procurement, monitoring, maintenance, management of the framework of consultants and external professional advisors responsible for estates and professional advice and the rent roll, to ensure the professional running of the portfolio and that opportunities to maximise revenue are being fully exploited. Renew frameworks as required. The task includes a high level of commercial knowledge combined with an understanding of the Council's outcomes and how the portfolio contributes to these.

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.