Low Rise and Mixed Tenure Area Based Investment Manager - Waverley Court

City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Edinburgh is seeking a motivated Area Based Investment Manager to lead the operational management of the Low-Rise and Mixed Tenure Area Based Investment team. The role involves delivering energy efficiency improvements and requires excellent communication skills, strategic decision-making abilities, and extensive experience in project management. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership qualities and a commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing teams and projects effectively.
• Understanding of housing, property and construction services.
• Strong experience in engaging with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational management of the Investment team.
• Deliver energy efficiency improvements across low-rise housing.
• Make strategic decisions impacting owners and tenants.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic decision making

Communication

Project management

Initiative

Job description

Low Rise and Mixed Tenure Area Based Investment Manager
Waverley Court

Salary: £65,184 - £77,845
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and professional individual to join the Area Based Regeneration and Shared Repairs Service.

The successful applicant will lead the operational management of the Low-Rise and Mixed Tenure Area Based Investment team and lead in the delivery of energy efficiency improvements to existing low-rise housing stock across the city on an area basis. The successful candidate will join a highly motivated team who have a positive team culture and support each other.

We are looking for candidates who can use their initiative, be innovative in their approach and have a desire to assist and support private owners and council tenants with energy efficiency improvements during delivery of works on a large-scale area basis, has knowledge and an understanding of housing, property and construction services. You should be confident in making strategic decisions which will have an impact on owners and tenants across the city and have strong communication skills with experience of engagement with private owners and tenants in contracts of various values and complexity. You must have experience in the application of programme and project management and planning and managing team workload and revenue and capital budgets.

If you are someone who enjoys new opportunities and have strong leadership skills demonstrating our behaviours - respect, integrity and flexibility as well as extensive experience of maintaining and creating a high performing culture, driving change and service delivery, we would love to hear from you.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.