Investment Planning Lead

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Pontypridd; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A government department is seeking a professional to lead their Asset Management Strategy. This role involves developing investment strategies, managing asset portfolios, and ensuring compliance with asset standards. The successful candidate will analyze maintenance data, work closely with various stakeholders, and help improve asset performance, contributing to a safer environment for colleagues and customers. The position requires strong skills in data analysis and collaboration with external suppliers.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing asset portfolios.
• Knowledge of ISO 55000 compliance requirements.
• Ability to analyze large data sets for lifecycle and investment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the Asset Management Strategy.
• Manage the Forward Maintenance Register and oversee suppliers.
• Collaborate to identify underperforming assets.

Skills

Investment strategy development

Data analysis

Asset compliance

Collaboration

Job description

For jobs located in Wales, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is one of the government’s largest public service departments with a sizeable annual budget, serving over 20 million citizens.

The estate spans
1.4 million square metres across 800 sites and supports around 78,000 colleagues.

Our vision includes DWP colleagues, supply chain, partners and, most fundamentally, the customers the Department exists to serve.

They are the reason for our existence. We are responsible for the day-to-day operation of our vast Estate by managing a private sector supply chain that delivers essential services such as Security Guarding, Maintenance, Property and Leasehold Management, Construction, Cleaning and Facilities Management.

DWP Estates is not just about maintaining buildings

• it’s about transformation.

Our strategic goals include: Transitioning to a smaller, more affordable, and adaptable estate to meet future needs Investing in infrastructure through planned replacement works Embedding sustainability in line with Government Greening Commitments (GGCs) Delivering cost-effective services while maintaining high standards Creating a professional, best-in-class working culture across the Government Property profession Our Estates strategy ambitions have been refreshed to take us through to 2030: OPTIMISE: Continue to transition to a more affordable and adaptable DWP estate that creates productive environments INVEST: Investment in an improved environment that better meets the needs of customers and colleagues and minimises service disruption SUPPORT the drive for sustainability throughout DWP DELIVER: Expertly deliver improving, cost-effective services for DWP THRIVE: Continue to develop a working culture for DWP Estates that is best in class across government Supporting the Head of Investment Planning and Asset Surveying, you will you lead on defining and delivery investment strategy.

The role will include supporting the Estate’s strategy portfolio appraisal and continued investment or disposal across a wide and varied portfolio, through the application or alignment to ISO 55001 with the aim of optimising the asset portfolio for DWP employees, customers and other stakeholders whilst at the same time maintaining the critical requirement of asset compliance.

You will play a key role in our department’s goal of improving the estate to provide a safer, more productive environment for staff and customers, whilst reducing the Department’s carbon footprint.

You will support the delivery of the Department’s asset strategy commitments, working closely with the Portfolio Strategy, Leasehold and Service Delivery functions, and the Facilities Management supply chain, to optimise asset performance.

Government Property Profession Career Framework (Link) This role sits within the following: Job Family

• Strategic Asset Management Core Role
• Property Data Management Level
• Senior Practitioner Key accountabilities Supports the Head of Investment Planning and Asset Surveying with the delivery of the Asset Management Strategy for the Estates property portfolio.

Promotes compliance with ISO 55000 Responsible for development, management and reporting of condition data across the estate, including application of the principals set out in GovS0004PDS010, and in particular the FMS007 GPF Guidance.

Reporting into Cabinet Office Better Buildings / OGP interface (Lifecyle and maintenance cost calculator, supporting the department as reporting with regard to SoftE reporting.

Responsibility for the development of LCW strategy, management of data and plan content, providing budget costs determined by scenario analysis, and supporting the SAMP. Analysis of large data sets, relating to lifecycle, asset condition, and investment costs.

Reporting on forward and backward maintenance liability and supporting Finance functions with Spending Review and budget justification for Lifecycle and investment.

Collaborates with colleagues to drive processes for identification of poor performing assets, repeat failures and obsolete assets for review/inclusion in the LCW planning process.

Manages and develops the Forward Maintenance Register, including overseeing external suppliers to produce an accurate data set capable of defining Lifecycle demand and producing project plans.

Manages the LCW programme prioritisation process, providing knowledge/expertise and technical support including production of pipeline programmes, and application of overlay factors such as Portfolio Strategy to develop LCW delivery programmes Defines strategy for LCW expenditure to meet DWP’s objectives (safe, compliant and operational) whilst identifying and promoting opportunity for investment to drive longer term value.

Promotes Investment Strategy with wider internal stakeholders.

Collaboration with other project streams

capital investment, sustainability, accessibility etc.

integration and promotion of AM strategy.

Supports the Capital Projects and Investment Team in the delivery of the LCW program, performing the role of internal Client function Develops and promotes asset management strategies, in support of leasehold property strategies.

Fosters a ‘one team’ culture of quality and continuous improvement across the extended organisation to include supplier partners, on a day to day as well as strategic basis.

Supports and deputises for the Head of Investment Planning and Asset Surveying as required.

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