Asset Manager

Asset Manager 

Salary: £67,410 

Location: Manchester - Agile 

Full Time, Permanent     

Closing Date: 10th December 2024 

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city.     

At One Manchester we are passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. We are more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth. 

We have an exciting position available for Asset Manager to join us! 

You’ll implement One Manchester’s long term Asset Management Strategy. You will develop our short, medium and long term investment programmes leading a professional team to effectively carry out active asset management, asset data management, investment planning and surveying across both the residential and commercial property portfolio. The Asset Manager will lead smarter services that can influence the shape and use of our assets to meet the needs of One Manchester’s customers now and in the future. 

What we’re looking for:        

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  Strong IT literacy and experience of harnessing advances in technology to change ways of working.  

  
  


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  Excellent awareness and working knowledge of option appraisal models. 

  
  


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  Strong communication skills. 

  
  


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  Ability to work under pressure and have a forward thinking and positive approach to problem solving with proven experience of effective decision making. 

  
  


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  Experience of both residential and commercial property management. 

  
  


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  Knowledge and experience of developing and maintaining asset management software systems.  

  
  


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  Sound knowledge of building maintenance and construction with the ability to provide technical and non-technical advice. 

  
  


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  Proven experience of contracting and negotiating with clients and contracts together with a commercial and economical awareness. 

  
  


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  A wider knowledge of housing law and housing strategy. 

  
  


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  Good knowledge of business planning processes and lifecycle impacts on current and future budgets;  

  
  


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  Experience of staff supervision and management.  

  
  

Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we’re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city.        

If this sounds like you then apply today, we’d love to hear from you!     

We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one our key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives.  We put people at the heart of everything we do. We’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we’re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in.   

In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'.  This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles.  We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation. 

One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do.  We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.     

We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.