Key Responsibilities

• Maximise the value of our property portfolio by identifying opportunities to improve asset performance, quality, and long-term community benefit.
• Deliver transparent options appraisal processes that incorporate feedback from customers, colleagues and relevant stakeholders.
• Working alongside the Asset Strategy Director, you’ll embed the new and exciting asset management strategy. This includes implementing decarbonisation approaches for the portfolio that meet governmental policy and regulatory requirements.
• Use data, insight, and evidence-based analysis to inform decision-making. You’ll maintain accurate asset and stock condition information to support strategic recommendations.
• Manage acquisitions, disposals, and wider strategic asset activities, working collaboratively with internal teams, customers, and external partners to achieve the best outcomes.
• Develop and oversee investment plans across annual, five-year, and thirty-year horizons, providing clear recommendations to the leadership team and board.
• Lead the delivery of a comprehensive stock condition survey programme, ensuring strong data governance and accurate regulatory reporting.
• Inspire and lead a specialist service to deliver excellence in asset strategy, asset intelligence and investment planning.

About You

• You’ll have extensive experience in developing and implementing asset and property management strategies, including rationalisation, acquisition and transformation.
• An inspiring leader with excellent people skills to motivate teams and deliver results that improve portfolio performance.
• Solid understanding of portfolio management principles, property performance methodologies, and the legal and regulatory frameworks that underpin effective asset management.
• Commercially minded, with a track record of delivering value from large and complex residential and commercial property portfolios.
• Confident using stock condition data and performance insights to inform investment decisions, long-term planning, budgeting, and value-for-money outcomes.
• An exceptional communicator who builds strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels. You’ll have good report writing skills and the ability to deliver engaging presentations.

Why Thirteen

At Thirteen, we work together to provide quality homes, build stronger communities, and support people to live well. As the largest housing association in the North East and among the top 25 nationally, we manage over 36,000 homes, with over 1,600 colleagues providing services for around 100,000 customers.

Our vision is to be the most trusted housing association, with happy customers. In fact, we put customers at the heart of everything we do.

• Join a team that’s local at heart but welcomes talent from everywhere.
• Be part of an organisation that values diversity and inclusivity.
• Be a part of a company that offers tailored support services, going beyond just housing solutions.

Interested?

For more details, please refer to the attached documents.

If you’d like to talk more about the role, please contact Rich Thomas, Asset Strategy Director on for an informal discussion.

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES, please.

Are You Ready for a Rewarding Challenge?

Join us at Thirteen Group and be a part of our vision to improve lives every day. APPLY NOW and start your journey towards making a meaningful impact in our community!

As part of our hiring process, if you’re successful we’ll need to verify your right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not a Skilled Worker Sponsoring Employer at this time.