Head Of Service - Asset Management

Head of Service – Asset Management 📍 Location: North East
💰 Pay Rate: £55 per hour
🕒 Contract Type: Agency
Are you an experienced and strategic housing leader ready for your next career-defining role? We’re looking for a Head of Service – Asset Management to join a forward-thinking Housing & Communities Directorate in the North East, where you’ll shape the future of social housing and make a real difference for residents and communities.
🏡 About the Role: In this pivotal role, you’ll take the lead on delivering high-quality asset and compliance services across a substantial council-owned housing stock. Your focus will be on ensuring value for money, capital investment planning, and compliance excellence while keeping resident wellbeing at the heart of all decision-making.
You’ll oversee strategic initiatives including:

• The Social Housing Asset Management Programme
• Long-term capital investment planning
• Budget responsibility for multi-million-pound housing assets
• Ensuring timely, safe, and sustainable outcomes for tenants

🔑 Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, and inspire a high-performing asset management team
• Deliver compliance and asset strategies that meet housing regulations and local priorities
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to shape investment decisions
• Ensure homes are safe, high-quality, and aligned with long-term regeneration goals
• Embed best practice in operational delivery and resident engagement

🎯 What You’ll Bring:

• Proven senior leadership experience in asset management, housing compliance, or capital investment
• Strong budgetary and project management skills
• A passion for delivering excellent services to social housing residents
• Ability to build strong partnerships internally and regionally
• A strategic mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation
• A resident-first approach and commitment to equality, inclusion, and community wellbeing

💼 Why Work Through Pertemps?

• A dedicated consultant with access to nationwide roles
• Streamlined registration and onboarding process
• Ongoing compliance support
• Prompt and reliable payroll
• Generous referral bonuses and regular incentives

📍 Easily commutable from:
Redcar, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, Brotton, Eston, Skelton, Loftus, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Durham, Hartlepool, Scarborough, Hambleton, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Whitby, and Sunderland.
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Adult Social Care, Children’s Services, Asset Management, Housing Strategy, Team Managers, Heads of Service, and more.
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