Asset Investment Manager

The Vacancy

This is a new key role, working with the Strategic Asset Management team which forms part of the larger Property directorate.

Reporting to the Head of Asset Appraisal and Investment you will manage two Stock Condition Surveyors and an Asset Surveyor.

With your considerable experience and expertise, an important part of your role will be to mentor, coach and develop our surveyors to provide critical data on our properties, used to build our investment works programmes and ensure Decent Homes compliance.

You will lead on the collection of stock condition data; ensure homes new to

Paradigm, are successfully onboarded onto the asset management database;
develop investment programmes for component replacements and cyclical works;
contribute to budgeting for proposed investment; work with the data team to

intelligently profile investment demands throughout a 30-year business plan;
ensure proposed programmes of work are appropriately validated.
- Your main responsibilities will include:

- Provision of qualified and comprehensive advice and support on a range of issues that will ensure effective investment in the property asset portfolio within regulatory constraints.
- Managing Stage 1 Complaints related to key accountabilities.
- Effectively managing, coaching and developing the Stock Condition and Asset Surveyors.
- Contribute to reports and policy, and develop process and procedure associated with stock investment, asset data collection and business planning
- Manage the stock condition surveying function through analysis of property data, management of stock condition and HHSRS surveys and any other appropriate intelligence collection media.
- Build and develop a team of stock condition and validation surveyors to deliver stock condition and capital investment programmes
- In conjunction with data team and wider organisation, refine asset intelligence to capture priority issues and vulnerabilities.
- Assist the Head of Asset Appraisal in making decisions in relation to options appraisals/regeneration opportunities.

To be successful in this role you should have:

- Minimum qualification of a HND in Building Construction or degree in Building Surveying or equivalent, with substantial experience
- Experience of working in a planned maintenance environment
- A good understanding of current Decent Homes legislation
- Experience of coordinating stock condition programmes
- Effective communicator with understanding of diverse customers
- Attention to detail and sound judgement in decision making
- Flexible approach to hours worked & managing own workload
- Full UK Driving Licence and use of personal vehicle
- Computer literate with good IT skills

Paradigm Housing Group is one of the South East’s leading housing providers. We employ more than 550 staff and manages over 16,000 properties, with an annual turnover of +£120million, we are a financially strong, safety conscious, and an environmentallyaware social housing provider. We endeavour to make the best use of our resources in order to provide a cost effective and professional service to our customers, we aim to provide a first fix service where possible, with professional, polite and competentpeople delivering and exceeding on our Customer Care Standards.

We offer a very generous package including the following:

- Pension scheme: employee minimum contribution of 3% and Paradigm will contribute 7.5% or 9.5% depending on the employee’s contribution rate.
- Family Friendly policies incl generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared parental and adoption leave, sabbaticals and more
- Health Cash Plan - worth over £1,800 p/a includes Dental, Optical, Prescriptions and Flu jabs, Physiotherapy, Chiropractic therapy, Reflexology, Sports massage and more. It’s free to add up to 4 dependent children aged up to 24yrs (if in f/t education)and
each
child is entitled to 50% worth of your allowance for each category
- Annual Bonus potential
- Opportunities for career advancement - if that’s what you want, but it’s fine if you don’t
- Social events, such as Quiz nights, Xmas Party, Summer BBQ (Covid permitting)