Asset Officer

Overview

Housing Asset Officer

Salary - £36,363- £40,777 (Grade
6)

Hours - 37 Hours per week

Contract type - Full time, permanent

Work Style - Flexible working: working from home/working in a suitable location within the City of Wolverhampton 2 days per week.

You will be joining the Housing Enabling Team within Housing Development, City Housing who are committed to improving housing services for our City’s residents.

Our overall aim is “Good Homes in well-connected neighbourhoods” and we are tasked with delivering a key corporate objective, supported by the City Housing Strategy, to improve housing services across all tenures.

This post will support the Strategic Housing Asset Manager with the management of land and property assets within the housing portfolio and help develop a comprehensive database of estate-based assets, making recommendations for future use, to support the City’s plans for regeneration and asset investment.

Guided by the Building Safety Act, this role will ensure the Council, as Landlord, is compliant with all matters relating to building safety for leased properties by developing a robust monitoring programme for future repairs and maintenance obligations.

The role will also support the development of a housing supply which meets the needs of the residents of the City of Wolverhampton. You will provide technical support to a programme of market to affordable housing conversion to support plans aimed at increasing housing stock within the City.

Additionally, you will provide support in ensuring that all assets are used to make the best use of assets through optimising existing housing assets to improve living conditions and community sustainability.

Experience of working in a relevant field (e.g., asset management, housing management or regeneration), project delivery, carrying out consultations and managing a land and property portfolio is essential.

We are seeking a motivated and committed professional to join a friendly, positive and progressive team. You will have a good knowledge of land and property assets, the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, use IT confidently and develop databases effectively. You will have the confidence, credibility and interpersonal skills to work with a range of partners both internal and external to the Council.

For full details of the responsibilities and requirements of this role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We support flexible working and welcome applications for full and part time hours.

Should you wish to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Rhiannon Beach, Strategic Housing Asset Manager– City Housing at [email address omitted].

Interviews to provisionally take place week commencing 2nd March 2026.

All council roles are allocated to either a fixed, field or flexible work style. Some roles are agile which enable and empower employees to maximise their performance and productivity, whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance. Roles with a fixed workstyle work in a fixed permanent council location. Roles with a field workstyle are usually allocated where employees are required to be out working in the community with a minimum requirement for "touch down" space at any council location.

Roles with a flexible workstyle have a flexible base location to meet the needs of the business and employees can work from a mixture of home or any council office, partner/client, or external location, as required to meet service requirements.

Please refer to the Job Description for further information on the workstyle assigned to the role you are applying for.

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