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Strategic Asset Manager
Location: Ashington and/or Durham.
Salary: £58,650 per annum.
£2,142 car allowance.
Hours: 37 per week, Monday to Friday.
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 12-Noon on Friday 10th July.
We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a Strategic Asset Manager to join our Assets & Property team at Bernicia. This role will be central to shaping our strategic asset management services, investment planning and asset performance functions and comes at a pivotal time following the launch of ‘The Bernicia Effect, Supporting Opportunity’ 2026-31 Corporate Strategy.
Role Benefits:
·28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) for full-time employees.
·Health cash plan membership so you can save money by claiming cash back – over £1000 each year - towards essential healthcare such as dental, optical, physio and loads more. We will also cover the costs of including any dependent children in the scheme – up to the age of 21 or 24 if in full time education – that you may have.
·Access to savings on gym memberships plus cash back and discounts on purchases from major retailers including supermarkets, travel, cinema and more.
·Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3 x salary.
·Working from home potential for 2 days per week.
About the Strategic Asset Manager Role:
This role will involve:
-Leading the development of a single, high-quality asset data framework, ensuring accurate and aligned data across systems including stock condition, compliance, repairs & maintenance, GIS and customer insight.
-Driving data-led investment planning, continuously reviewing budgets and programmes to ensure they align with the Asset Management Strategy and deliver long-term value.
-Modelling and assessing the impact of emerging regulatory, sustainability and performance standards, ensuring the organisation is well-positioned for future requirements.
-Developing and embedding asset performance frameworks, enabling robust assessment of property performance across the portfolio.
-Maximising both financial and social return from assets, ensuring they support wider corporate priorities and community outcomes.
-Providing clear insight and analysis to support strategic decision-making, influencing investment priorities across the business.
Please also see the associated Role Profile, for further details on accountabilities, along with guidance on essential and desirable criteria.
About us:
We’re all about helping people in need of housing. We believe a good home makes lots of other things possible, so we provide great homes and services that do just that.
We’ve built Bernicia to be a business that people want to be a part of. We’re one of the North East’s largest and most successful housing providers; building, renting, selling and managing homes as well as providing services to over 60,000 customers.
We operate within a set of simple, but effective values, which blend perfectly to create our unique ‘Bernicia Way’ culture. This ensures we are customer focused, through working together, respecting each other, being accountable for our actions and demonstrating integrity and leadership.
You will be required to hold a current and valid driving licence.
Interviews will be taking place week commencing 20th July.
For more information regarding this role, please contact:
Ryan Irving-Carr (Director of Assets & Property) on (phone number removed).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised, should we receive a large volume of applications.
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The Group is fully committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and we particularly welcome applicants from groups who are currently under represented at Bernicia
Salary description
£60792.00 - £60792.00 per year