Service Manager - Strategy And Performance, Assets

Are you passionate about sustainability and the environment? Do you enjoy managing a diverse team of project managers and energy surveyors? Do you want to help shape Kirklees councils approach to the energy efficiency within their housing stock?

The Team

A great opportunity to join a highly skilled, dynamic multi-faceted team delivering capital investment and improvements to Council Housing in Kirklees.

Our vision at Kirklees is to create a district with a strong, sustainable economy that offers a great quality of life for all residents, leading to thriving communities, growing businesses, high prosperity and low inequality.

Our assets include 21,500 council homes with 750 new builds in the pipeline. We’ll be looking to you to support the drive for excellence with the strategic, operational and financial management of the workstreams which feed into the asset strategy as we invest in greening and decarbonising homes with planned investment in the stock of £1.5 billion over the next thirty years.

We’re looking for a strategic and focussed Asset Strategy and PerformanceService Manager to join the team to help us deliver our ambitious investment plans.

This role is key to ensuring that we provide homes and neighbourhoods that are fit for the future and that people are proud to live in, by:

• Leading and coordinating the Strategy and Performance functions of the Assets, Building Safety and Development team;
• Ensuring oversight and coordination of all capital delivery projects, by developing a suite of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to provide transparency, ensure statutory compliance and support management of services and projects;
• Leading service and improvement planning that supports the embedding of best practice and emerging good practice, legislative requirements and sector innovations to deliver the best outcomes for H&N;
• Providing expert guidance on programme and contract management ensuring risks are identified and managed
• Working collaboratively with colleagues, partners and stakeholders to deliver a holistic approach to asset management
• Performance managing the work of the team ensuring high standards of operation and delivery

For an informal discussion about the job please contact Martin Cooke (Interim Head of Assets, Building Safety and Development) on 01484 221000 or email martin.cooke@kirklees.gov.uk. No agencies please.

For full requirements of the role please find attached the attached focus sheet and Job Description.