Senior Management jobs in United Kingdom

As a Senior Asset Management Officer, you'll thrive on successfully delivering asset and property projects which support organisational and service delivery change, contribute to continuous service improvement, meet service need and achieve efficiencies across the organisation.
Our vision is for Leeds to be the best city in the UK. One that's caring and compassionate, has a strong economy and which tackles and reduces inequalities. The organisational culture is to provide a quality service that we can be proud of and enhances the development of the Leeds City region.
Our focus in Asset Management is to review the organisation's corporate estate, to achieve an efficient and fit for purpose property portfolio for our employees, services and partners whilst supporting both revenue and capital income generation.
Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.
About youAs a Senior Asset Management Officer, you will bring to the role:

• A proven track record of successfully delivering change projects in a large organisation.
• Degree qualification, a relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships in complex situations.
• Be compassionate and have emotional intelligence - possessing excellent leadership and motivational skills to get the best out of people.
• Experience of identifying creative solutions to complex problems.
• Build networks based on honesty, trust and respect across a wide range of sectors.
• Have evidence of working with partners and key stakeholders to deliver change and cross-sector priorities.
• Be flexible and adaptable to lead a wide range of initiatives.

About the role As our next Senior Asset Management Officer, you will be responsible for managing and delivering asset and estate related projects working with service leads across the Council Directorates. You will manage and lead the Council's Community Asset Transfer programme, working in partnership with colleagues across the organisation. Key to this role is working across sectors with a focus on strong, positive relationships, with the ability to negotiate and influence and to problem solve often in complex situations.
The role is integral to our Asset Management team which sits in the Asset Management & Regeneration service in the City Development directorate. The team prides itself on curious thinking, problem solving and is outcome focussed to deliver at pace achieve not only the service objectives but also to contribute to the corporate wide agendas and deliver the Council's budgets. The work programme of the team is varied with a current focus on reviewing our locality estate portfolio, making recommendations for change to ensure we are driving an estate which is efficient.
What we offer youWe take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• A competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• Membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• A clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• A range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How to applyThe Council has appointed Hays Recruitment to manage this appointment.
If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role, please contact Tom Watson, Business Manager. Call 07713 997117
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying.
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