Asset Data Manager

Job Description

About Us:THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF HAYLEA’S UNBEATABLE SPIRITWestminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where people use their optimism and talent to achieve more than anyone thought possible.Nobody personifies this more than Haylea Navarro. Born with cerebral palsy and paralysed down one side since birth, Haylea has been gleefully proving people wrong ever since. Now a project officer, she brings faster broadband connectivity to Westminsterbusinesses, boosting the economy for all. Throw in her gong at the 2020 London Apprenticeship Awards, and it’s clear for all to see just what can happen when you never give in.The Role:As an Asset Data Manager you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster’s success, directing a programme of work that ensures the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) stock is surveyed on a 3-year cycle, and computerised records of the surveys and conditionare kept and maintained. Ensuring the integrity of the Management Reports Incorporated (MRI) Asset Management/Stock Condition database, and confirming that other data management systems are maintained and built into the council’s business processes, you’llalso help with the on-going development of a 30-year capital investment programme of work for the HRA stock.Directing and managing a programme of in-flat survey work that monitors the Decent Homes standard, and providing quarterly updates to our Leadership team, you’ll assess and prioritise major works projects for handover to the Client Surveying team. Assistingthe Asset Programme Manager with the development of our capital works programme by scheduling planned works for the stock, you’ll also record these projects in the stock condition database, and make sure this is kept up to date.But your work won’t stop here – we’ll also expect you to keep abreast of Government and Council strategies and policies that might affect our work, and contribute to the writing of policies and procedures for implementing any changes. Assisting senior colleagueswith the preparation of technical reports that enable us to make informed decisions on planned expenditure and the development of the asset strategy, you’ll also help to produce stock data and reports for other departments within the Housing and CommercialPartnerships directorate.About You:To be a success in this important role you’ll have well developed experience of working in a project management environment dealing with repairs, capital works or housing stock data. Capable of managing large stock condition surveys, and with a good understandingof stratified sampling techniques and data analysis, you’ll have practical knowledge of analysing technical information systems with a view to providing technical input into asset management and business plans.You should have excellent IT skills and the ability to use complex spreadsheets and integrated databases, and in addition to experience of working in a housing environment, you should be aware of the way in which the political landscape can impact on thedelivery of real estate projects. We’ll also expect you to have a flexible approach to your work, and possess the ability to question proposals and ensure they offer value for money.This is a role where you’ll need to get to grips with a range of complex and multi-faceted initiatives, and work closely with senior managers and a wide range of stakeholders. Tenacious and with excellent financial acumen, you’ll have a superb eye for detail,and your brilliant written and verbal communication skills will make you a motivating and inspirational colleague and team worker.The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a global majority background and, while the role is opento all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background,you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.What We Offer:Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towardsa Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city thatcelebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities weserve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way.As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonableadjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.Closing date:5 November 2023Contact details for an informal discussion:Katherine Swanton, Asset Programme Manager