Senior Asset Investment Analyst

Are you passionate about optimising property portfolios and ensuring top-notch housing quality? Longhurst Group, a leading social landlord and housing provider across the Midlands & East of England, is committed to enhancing communities and improving lives of both our colleagues and customers. With a mission to provide safe and affordable housing, we are now seeking a dynamic Senior Asset Investment Analyst to join our Asset Investment Team. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and possess a talent for strategic decision-making, we want to hear from you!

Offered on a hybrid, 36.25 hour per week basis, you will be working from home, though there will be a requirement for occasional travel to one of our offices (Boston, Rushden, or Peterborough) or locations across the Midlands, East of England for training or meeting purposes, or to support your colleagues or customers.

Role Overview:

As a Senior Asset Investment Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing asset data and ensuring its timely utilisation to shape our planned investment programmes. Your primary responsibilities will include maintaining accurate asset records, collaborating with colleagues to align asset data collection with strategic goals, and providing transparent reports to stakeholders. Join us in contributing to informed property portfolio decisions, implementing maintenance programs, and optimising resource allocation for asset management activities.

You will add value by:

• Developing and supporting planned maintenance programs to preserve housing stock quality.
• Overseeing and reporting on asset management information to facilitate informed decision-making.
• Contributing to formulating and monitoring investment budgets for optimal resource allocation.
• Collaborating with colleagues to review and update essential asset data.
• Identifying opportunities for process improvements in asset management practices.
• Providing regular reports on asset performance and conditions.
• Communicating asset-related information effectively to stakeholders.
• Facilitating upgrades of existing asset IT systems and plan improvement projects.
• Leading the implementation and use of our asset performance evaluation model.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to enhance customer services and stock viability.

Why Join Us?

This is a hugely exciting time to join Longhurst Group – not only are we continuously striving to achieve better results for our customers, but our colleagues too. Our Senior Asset Investment Analyst is the perfect opportunity for a Senior Data Analyst (or similar) to help shape a large investment programme (circa 25,000 assets, £1.3b stock portfolio value), and play leading role in the update of our asset performance evaluation tool. Working collaboratively across the Group, you’ll be making sure that we have an accurate, up to date and evidenced understanding of the condition of our homes. This opportunity offers fantastic progression if you’re currently a Data Analyst looking to step into a more senior position too, with great support from the team on offer to aid your development.

If you are ready to take on this exciting opportunity and contribute to our mission of providing quality housing solutions, apply today!

What you receive from us

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension Scheme
• Life Cover (as part of pension scheme membership)
• Health Care Cash Plan
• Free Eye Tests
• Investment in your personal development through our extensive learning and development opportunities.
• Family friendly, carers leave plus other paid leave.
• Employee Assistance programme
• Wellbeing Support
• Free flu vaccinations
• Carers Networking Group a platform to support Unpaid Carers

How to apply

Please click apply now to submit your CV today. In the event of high applicant volumes we reserve the right to close this advert and CV submission window early.

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

Vetting Requirements

The important things - We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to live and work in the UK. All shortlisted candidates will need to verify eligibility to work in the UK at interview. If you are the successful candidate, original proof must then be provided before your first day.

Naturally working with our customers, we need to complete pre-employment checks before you join us. This role is conditional upon receipt of two satisfactory references (one from your current employer). We also need you to tell us what you have been up to over the past 5 years as a minimum in terms of employment history. This could include carer duties, travel, seeking work, education, employment, training, or volunteering.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Longhurst Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We pride ourselves on looking after our colleagues and as part of our commitment we are an Employer for Carers and would welcome your application if you have additional unpaid caring responsibilities.

We aspire to have a greater diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Longhurst Group.