Asset Manager, Adur and Worthing Councils

Asset Manager

Post No: TBC

Salary: Starting from £45,718 to £49,764 per annum

Grade: Grade 8

Hours: 37 hours per week

Place of work: Worthing Town Hall

Closing date: 6th April 2025

Interviews: TBC

At Adur & Worthing we are committed to taking an entrepreneurial and commercial approach to serving our communities. We are focused on using our assets and investments to improve our economy and support our communities. So…

Are you qualified or part qualified in non-residential property asset/estate management? Are you seeking a role within a friendly and results oriented team? Are you adaptable and a good communicator? Are you interested in a variety of work across asset types? Are you keen to drive value for our communities and help us to improve our service?

This is a key position in an environment where your property, tactical and commercial skills will flourish and where energy for the job is appreciated, led by experienced, supportive and friendly staff to assist in your success.

The Councils have significant holdings of community and commercial property and we want to maximise value and community benefit from these assets. Working across the Adur District and Worthing Borough administrative area provides a unique breadth of opportunity, as we own a very wide variety of property types. This includes high quality investment assets, agricultural land, urban investment property, community and sports/leisure property, the seafronts and a range of eclectic assets.

We will want you to quickly gain an understanding of parts of the portfolio that require your attention, get ahead of Landlord and Tenant issues, working with us and our tenants on MEES compliance, disposals and problem solving issues, get to know the systems and support the senior staff.

The structure of local government is likely to change in the next few years and as such this may present opportunities to work across a wider area and with other types of property. The scope of the role could increase which will appeal to candidates with career ambition or those who prefer to work with certain types of asset class, for example.

This role is within a high-performing professional team. We are therefore looking for someone with problem solving skills, communication skills, and who is calm under pressure. This is a collaborative team that values work being done in a timely fashion and will help you to deliver and grow. There is experienced support to assist you in the role and assist in getting to know our systems and processes. We have good data, good geographic software and organised record keeping to enable an easy start.

We look forward to you being part of the team to bring more growth and prosperity to the people of Adur & Worthing by making the assets we own compliant, income producing and/or of immense value to the community.

At Adur & Worthing, we are committed to supporting care leavers, in accordance with the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and the Children and Social Work Act 2017. To that end, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for anyone meeting the essential criteria of the role they are applying for. In order to be considered for this, you will need to be a care leaver under the age of 25 at the time of application. Please confirm that you are a care leaver in the "Showing how you meet the person specification and job description" section of the application form.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of applicants declaring a disability, that meet the essential criteria for this position, will be offered an interview.

Staff are our most important asset and we therefore have a benefit package which reflects our continuing commitment to our employees. This includes:

Generous leave entitlement; a minimum of 26 days + Bank Holiday entitlement Local Government Pension Training & development Occupational Health Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Employee resource groups/networks Buddy Support Programme Flexible working options

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. Staff work in a supportive and safe environment, recognising their responsibility to value and respect each other’s contributions. Standards of conduct must be of the highest level to ensure that no-one is harassed, bullied or victimised. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, staff engagement forums and are keen to hear from applicants from a variety of different backgrounds.