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Head of Assets and Development

Employer
Kirklees Council
Location
Kirklees, West Yorkshire
Salary
£53,984 - £63,449
Closing date
26 Sep 2021

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 ALMO transitioned into the council this year as our Homes and Neighbourhood Service. We’re looking for an inspiring Head of Assets and Development to join the team to help us deliver our ambitious investment plans.

Our assets include 21,500 council homes with 750 new build in the pipeline. We’ll be looking to you to drive excellence  and review our 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 whilst bringing leadership, management and support to this multidisciplinary service.

A great leader with a strong track record in your field you’ll have a creative and innovative approach thinking beyond tried and tested solutions for new ways to deliver our service with the tenant experience always at the core. Your background will be at a senior level in a social housing field, ideally you’ll be RICS qualified, have qualification in the built environment or be able to demonstrate through your experience your ability to work at that level.

Your values and behaviours must align with the kindness, inclusion and pride we have seen demonstrated so clearly in the last 18 months and our approach of ‘doing with not to’ will come naturally. You’ll need an understanding of our place, place making and place-based working to excel in the role.

It's an exciting time to join Kirklees as we emerge from the challenges of the pandemic recognising the strength and resilience of our teams and having brought into focus our priorities. You’ll be joining a leadership team with passion to bring change and investment to social housing in Kirklees

For an informal discussion about the job please contact Naz Parkar (Service Director – Homes and Neighbourhoods) on 01484 221000 or email naz.parkar@kirklees.gov.uk. No agencies please.

Applications should be submitted before 11:55pm on Sunday 26th September 2021. The shortlisting results will be issued by 6th October 2021. First stage interviews are scheduled for Friday 22nd October 2021, with second stage interviews scheduled for 29th October 2021.

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