What's involved with this role: Interim Head Of Service - Asset Maintenance Reference no: Exeter 5259116 Pay Rate: £37.72 per hour PAYE 37 Monday – Friday, 08:30 - 17:00 This opening assignment is for 12 months City: EXETER W ork as a member of the Operational Management Board, delivering against corporate ambitions and priorities by offering strategic and operational support to the Asset Maintenance service. Provide excellent management and leadership that ensures the City Council delivers its vital services. Key Responsibilities: Lead the management, development, performance and continuous improvement of all Asset Maintenance services including HRA Retrofit & Maintenance, General Fund Asset Management, Capital Expenditure, Facilities Management and External Health & Safety. Be responsible for and contribute to Asset Maintenance strategic and business plans and effective policies that form a customer centric service. Take ownership for creating a culture that prioritises health and safety, which is embedded across the whole council and partner organisations. Be responsible for the health and safety framework, policies and procedures for the City Council’s external assets, buildings and general responsibilities. Be a champion of collaborative working by engaging services across the council and external stakeholders to deliver an outstanding Asset Maintenance service, which contributes to a healthy and safe city for all. Be knowledgeable, informed and offer excellent judgement while adhering to relevant laws, national policies and current trends across the sector. Be responsible for HRA Retrofit & Maintenance ensuring council owned buildings and houses are in an excellent state of repairs and is cost effective and within financial budgets. Lead the Assets Maintenance team by delivering a comprehensive asset management function in respect of the Council's diverse property portfolio and to contribute to the delivery and management of those estate management activities. Have principal responsibility for the capital expenditure and while establishing and implementing appropriate strategies and improvement programmes for the council’s property and other portfolios. Lead the professional development of employees within the Asset Maintenance service creating a pathway for future leaders and qualified members of staff, while also addressing barriers to retaining staff. Key requirements: Educated to Degree Level or equivalent in a relevant field to the Asset Maintenance portfolio. Extensive knowledge leading services related to Asset Maintenance. Extensive leadership and senior management experience in a complex organisation. Evidence of controlling and managing substantial budgets. Outstanding communication skills and the ability to adapt to all stakeholders needs. Excellent ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders. Solution focused and innovative in overcoming challenges facing the Council. Good self-awareness and ability to analyse own performance to identify opportunities to enhance work. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please