Principal Asset Management Officer (4709572)

Job title:            Principal Asset Management Officer

Salary:                £51,356 - £54,495

Hours:                37 per week

Contract:           Permanent

Location:           Merrion House, Leeds City Centre and hybrid working

As a Principal Asset Management Officer, you’ll thrive on leading a team to successfully deliver asset and property projects which support organisational change, contribute to continuous service improvement, meet service need and 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 you

As a Principal Asset Management Officer, you will bring to the role:

• Experience of leading and managing a team, monitoring performance effectively and setting clear objectives for the review of individual and service level performance.
• A proven track record of successfully leading and 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.
• 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 politically aware and have experience of handling sensitive situations positively.
• Lead on both detailed delivery of schemes and development of strategy.

About the role

As our next Principal Asset Management Officer, you’ll be a senior member of the Asset Management team in a Team Leader position with management responsibilities as well as accountability on behalf of the Service across a range of projects. You’ll work with Executive Managers, Heads of Service and Chief Officers across the Council in the delivery of property related projects.

The role is integral to the Asset Management team which sits in the council’s Asset Management & Regeneration Service within the City Development directorate.  The team prides itself on curious thinking, problem solving and is outcome focused, to deliver at pace achieve not only our service objectives but also to contribute to the corporate wide agendas and deliver the Council’s budgets.

The work will be varied given the Council’s extensive property portfolio and includes the continuous review our estate portfolio, making recommendations for change, Community Asset Transfers, providing support to services across the Council when undertaking service reviews and service change, working with health partners to develop Neighbourhood Health Centres in the city and working with key internal and external stakeholders including the voluntary and third sector.

What we offer you 

We 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 apply 

The Council has appointed Hays Recruitment to manage this appointment. Please visit their website to view further details Welcome | Job opportunities with Leeds City Council | Hays UK

 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. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £38,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying. 

Contact information

Leeds City Council

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