Do you have extensive experience in social housing asset management and a passion for using data, insight and strategic thinking to improve homes and communities? We're looking for a Strategic Asset Appraisal Manager to lead our asset appraisal function, helping us make informed investment decisions that maximise the quality and value of our existing homes while supporting the delivery of new affordable housing.

You will combine strong analysis with supportive leadership, balancing commercial considerations with our social purpose and ensuring that customers remain at the centre of our decisions.  

Key responsibilities

• Strengthen how we measure property performance across physical, financial, strategic, legal and regulatory factors.
• Analyse portfolio information to identify patterns, test assumptions and make clear recommendations for investment or divestment.
• Lead detailed appraisals of schemes, clusters and blocks, developing robust business cases for regeneration, repurposing, investment or disposal.
• Lead and continually improve the individual property appraisal and land optimisation processes.
• Work closely with Development, Regeneration and New Business colleagues to identify opportunities and help shape the development plan.
• Partner with Housing, Sales and Empty Homes teams to support effective decant plans, reduce rent loss and ensure properties move quickly towards an agreed outcome.
• Build trusted relationships with local authorities and other strategic partners through open, credible and constructive engagement.
• Provide visible, hands-on leadership, setting clear expectations and bringing teams together to deliver positive change.  

Why should I join LiveWest?

This is an opportunity to play an important part in shaping the future of our homes and communities. You will influence significant investment decisions, bring colleagues together across the organisation and help us provide as many good-quality homes as possible for people in housing need.

You will join a collaborative environment where you can challenge existing approaches, improve how decisions are made and use your expertise to deliver meaningful, long-term outcomes for our customers.

This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week.

Hybrid Working is available for this role working 2-3 days in the office dependent on business need. You will be based from our Exeter office.

To be successful in your application for the role of Strategic Asset Appraisal Manager, you will have the essential skills and experience for a level 2 role and the following role specific skills and experience:

Essential skills

• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to lead people through change with clarity, resilience and positive energy.
• The ability to interpret property condition, structural and archetypal information and understand its effect on long-term asset performance.
• Confidence working with valuations, costs and funding to assess options, trade-offs and value.
• The ability to combine affordability, demand, management, sustainability, amenity and reprovision considerations into clear strategic recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex information clear, concise and persuasive.
• The ability to challenge constructively, build commitment and bring different teams together.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.  

Essential experience

• Housing leadership experience, including leading teams successfully through change.
• Extensive property management or asset management experience within a social housing environment.
• A track record of improving processes through data, automation and structured problem-solving.
• Experience of working with related teams or stakeholders to delivercross-functional improvements.

Essential knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of property and asset management within a social housing context.
• An understanding of the legal and planning constraints that can affect property ownership, development and disposal.
• An understanding of the physical, financial, strategic, sustainability and regulatory factors affecting property quality and management.

Essential qualifications

• A level, or an equivalent or higher qualification, in a relevant construction or property-related field.  

Desirable qualifications

• Membership of a relevant professional body, such as RICS, CIOB or RIBA.  

Please note, we are unable to provide CoS for this role; therefore, applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of this role without requiring a CoS.

• Working Style: Hybrid working with 2 - 3 days in the office to support your work/life balance. *remove if scheme or office based
• Generous Annual Leave: Start with 26 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with length of service - and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days (pro rated for part time roles).
• Pension Contributions: Enjoy up to 9% employer contributions with our Defined Contribution scheme.
• Health Benefits and Perks: Access to a health care cash plan (worth up to £1,100 annually), virtual GP services, discounted gym memberships, and retail discounts including access to a Blue Light Card.
• Learning and Development: Invest in your future with ongoing personal and professional growth opportunities.
• Family Support: Policies designed to help you balance work and family life, including a new child payment.
• Wellbeing Matters: Prioritise your health with mental health support, enhanced sick pay, wellness campaigns, and free flu jabs.
• Smarter Travel: Save with our Cycle to Work and Car Benefit schemes.
• Giving Back: Up to four paid volunteering days a year to support our communities.