We are looking for someone to support the Programme Manager in delivering a robust investment programme, helping to monitor, evaluate and report on performance, and using data insights to drive continuous improvement across our housing portfolio on a 12-month fixed-term basis to cover maternity leave.
This is a full-time role, offering home or hybrid working with flexibility to travel across our operating areas in the South of England as required.
What you’ll be doing
You will play a key role in ensuring our investment programmes are accurate, efficient and data led. Day to day, you will support the Programme Manager in producing annual investment programmes for housing stock, working closely with Investment Managers to understand operational requirements and priorities. You will update programmes of work in collaboration with Contract Managers and Technical Coordinators, ensuring all changes are accurately recorded, and attend weekly meetings to review referrals, track progress and monitor budgets.
The role includes responding to day-to-day enquiries relating to planned works, complaints and property data, as well as monitoring the progress of planned works programmes and presenting updates and findings to senior managers where appropriate.
You’ll also be responsible for improving data quality within the Asset Management System by validating, investigating and correcting information, as well as identifying system and process issues and working with teams to improve usage and provide targeted support or training. A key part of the role involves analysing investment programmes to identify opportunities for improved efficiency and resource utilisation and using data insight to highlight where investment priorities may conflict with wider business decisions.
You’ll review reports to identify areas for improvement or further investigation, support the Programme Manager in developing cost models for 1, 3–5 and 10-year budget planning, and produce accurate, reliable data outputs to support strategic decision-making.
In addition, you will interpret complex datasets, investigate issues and make evidence-based recommendations, working proactively to identify opportunities for improved data analysis and business efficiency, while building strong working relationships across departments to support effective decision-making and positive customer outcomes.
What you’ll bring
You’ll have:
* A minimum of A Level standard qualification (or equivalent), or comparable professional experience
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Excellent analytical skills, particularly in asset management data
* Experience working with large and complex datasets
* Experience supporting the production of planned investment programmes (ideally within social housing)
* Strong understanding of reporting tools used within the sector
* Experience in data gathering, analysis, reporting, and process improvement
* High level IT skills, including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
* Understanding of the regulatory and legislative environment for Registered Social Landlords, including Decent Homes Standard and EPC requirements
* A commitment to continuous personal and professional development
* A creative and practical approach to problem-solving
This is a key role in shaping how we invest in and improve our housing stock. Your insight will directly influence long-term planning, budgeting, and the quality of homes delivered to our customers.
What’s in it for me
We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:
* Flexible working – whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business’ needs
* A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
* We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
* Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
* Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
* Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
* Enhanced leave
* We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives
Ready to apply?
To apply, please use information provided in the advert and role profile to let us know why you’d be good for the job. Please submit a copy of your up-to-date CV along with a supporting statement.
Internally this vacancy will be offered as a secondment, please discuss with your leader before applying.
We require the successful candidate to commence as soon as possible, subject to pre-employment checks and mutual agreement.
We create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and believe that creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.
All candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it’s subsidiary brands.