Head of Portfolio Management
Location: Birmingham, Bath Row, B15 1LZ
Salary: Competitive
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
The Role
What to expect? As our Head of Portfolio Management, you’ll have a demanding yet highly rewarding role, taking full ownership for ensuring that our ever-growing portfolio of 33,000+ homes is financially sustainable and remains desirable to current and potential customers.
Leading your team, you’ll be the driving force behind the delivery of a strategic options appraisal to prioritise asset investment and divestment, in-line with our corporate objectives, with influence over a sizeable budget. You’ll collaborate closely with and draw data from a range of internal teams; developing an in-depth understanding of the needs of customers and the make-up, condition and financial performance of our housing portfolio. Importantly, through the delivery of data informed plans and regular reports to our senior leadership, you’ll provide assurance that decisions regarding our portfolio are geared towards providing maximum value for our customers and return on investment for our organisation.
Working within a data-driven organisation, to inform our asset investment approach, you’ll also lead the delivery of an effective stock condition survey programme to collect and maintain good quality, consistent stock condition data for 100% of our portfolio.
Our deal candidate?
You’ll hold a suitable Building Construction qualification (e.g. MCIOB, MRICS) and / or have significant experience of developing and delivering data-driven asset investment strategies in a property based environment. You’ll be a strategic thinker with a track record of formulating such strategies based upon your knowledge of the property / housing market, demands of customers and financial viability of housing stock – both now and in the future. Strong people skills are a must and you’ll demonstrate not only the ability to lead a team, but also to work collaboratively with and influence a range of internal and external stakeholders. Importantly, you’ll also have a high degree of personal drive which matches our ambitious corporate strategy, with the capability to deliver results to tight timeframes and under pressure.
Who are Midland Heart?
We’re a large and ambitious housing organisation providing more people an affordable place to call home. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return you can be assured of a great place to work, where you will be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we’re here to develop your potential.
Applications close at midnight on Thursday 1st October 2020.
Please be advised that we may close applications earlier, should the need arise.
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the Candidate Information (role profile) and complete the application process.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.
Please read the role profile in full on our website, before you apply.
Recruitment Agencies please note that we do not accept speculative CVs and should one be submitted we will assume the candidate is our own.
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