Head of Asset Information

Job Description

The roleAre you an exceptional leader that delivers big improvements and confidently leads and motivates a thriving team of proficient data professionals Are you looking for your next career moveDo you have a passion for detail, strategic decision skills, plus the ability to maintain data and information Then this may be the role for you!Southern Housing is one of the largest housing associations in England with 77,000 homes.We are currently recruiting for a Head of Asset Information to join our Strategic Asset Management Team. This is a hybrid role which can be based at any of our office locations in London or Croydon. This is an exciting role which has been recently createdto deliver on our plans for knowing our assets and integration and transformation of our asset management data and systems.The role is pivotal for us to deliver our Asset Management Strategy. The successful candidate will be responsible for the development and application of solutions to complex datasets and asset management systems, alongside key business stakeholders, andimplementing them successfully, whilst ensuring the integrity and robustness of our asset management data quality standards.Within this role you will be the lead client for a range of relevant data integration and transformation projects to ensure we have lean and digitally enabled processes to support a wide range of decision making. You will do this by leading on initiativesto enable smarter use of data to inform decision making, including data analytics using a variety of data sources. This includes Power BI, Intozetta, Data Warehouses, IoT and other modernisation and automation opportunities that exist.The post holder will play a major role within our organisation, ensuring Southern Housing makes well informed investment and divestment decisions based on complete and reliable datasets. You will do this by managingand integrating data from a variety ofsources and systems that ensures we have robust information on property assets to make effective investment decisions, predict building element failure and estimate investment costs in advance. This will include maintaining and updating datasets in a varietyof databases internally as well as central registers and other open data sources.As the Head of Asset Information, you will manage a diverse team of colleagues. You will ensure as a people manager you motivate, inspire, lead and be a role model, consistently demonstrating our culture and values which are: Honestly, Efficiency, Accountable,Respectful and Trustworthy. As an organisation we are always keen to promote within and we do this via our line managers motivating and supporting their team to succeed. Within this role you have financial responsibility of the departments financial budgetof up to £3 Million. You will need to work closely with the Director of Strategic Asset Management as well as other key stakeholders within the wider Asset and Property services team.What youll need

• Minimum five years’ experience at comparable organisation and level of responsibilities within a regulated sector.
• Expert in configuration of larger databases, analysing complex data sets to provide clear and concise reporting with recommendations and conclusions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities; well-developed, ambassadorial, influencing, networking, promotional and negotiating skills.
• Confident to lead, motivate and manage staff to achieve targets and provide a high standard of service whilst working under pressure.
• Able to plan, prioritise and deliver under pressure to ensure the effective use of own time and that of other staff, and the delivery of work plans to timetable, often under pressure.

About usAt Southern Housing, our residents are at theheartof everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordableto call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.Whats in it for you

• Pension
• Life assurance
• Healthcare cash plan
• Eyecare & dental
• Birthday leave
• Retailers discounts
• Cycle to work
• Buy & sell annual leave
• Season ticket loan
• In-house academy & career development
• Flexible working

Inclusion and DiversityWe work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience andperspective of each individual. We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our OneTeam approach.Closing date for applications: Sunday 24th March 2024 at 23:59We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. Depending on the number of applicants we receive we may interview before the advert closing date.