Senior Asset Program Manager

• Work with an experienced and collaborative team of Community Housing and Asset Management professionals  
• Enjoy non-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 per year 
• Access Health and Wellbeing programs including Employee Assistant Program 
• Hybrid working arrangements supported (currently minimum 3-days in office)
• Great office location within 10 minutes’ walk from train station/low cost parking available (relocation to brand new offices in late 2024) 

St George Community Housing (SGCH) provides sustainable, safe, and affordable housing as the foundation for our customers to connect to opportunities and build their communities. With a business head and a social heart, we deliver together with passion and purpose, guided by our values. Recognised as Employer of Choice (Public Sector and Not For Profit) at the 2022 Australian Business Awards, at SGCH you can realise your potential, whilst being supported to balance and achieve. 

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Asset Program Manager to join our Customers, Homes and Places team. Reporting to the Executive Director, you will lead the development, implementation and maintenance of asset and financial program information and documentation. You will collaborate with key stakeholders to deliver a strategic asset management framework encompassing all SGCH entities, partnership contracts, and management agreements aligned to the SGCH strategic plan.  

To succeed in this role, you will be a technical expert with strong data analytical skills and the ability to communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders at various levels. You will be confident to problem-solve creatively, make decisions and lead a team to support to growth of SGCH.  

This is a full-time permanent role, based at our Hurstville office currently (re-location to Redfern in mid-2024) and requires travel to other SGCH office locations.  

If this sounds like you, please head to our website https://www.sgch.com.au/join-our-team/  to download the full position description for further details on the role and what’s on offer.  

To apply for this role, please email Catherine at ****@sgch.com.au by 9am, Wednesday 03 April 2024, with your CV and cover letter addressing the essential requirements below: 

• Tertiary qualifications at degree level or relevant equivalent experience in property and asset management 
• Strong people leadership, with a reputation for coaching and building collaborative teams, delivering enhanced collaborative customer centric services 
• Expertise in life-cycle asset management and planning,  
• Expertise in an operational management role managing property and asset maintenance service delivery  
• Expertise in driving operational excellence, monitoring, and delivering on key performance metrics  
• Strong contract management, analytical, problem solving, influencing, facilitation and negotiation experience within a complex environment  
• Strong background and experience managing budgets and resources, delivering within budget, on time and to the standard required   
• Experience in strategic partnership management, identifying and establishing relationships with key partners and stakeholders to deliver enhanced customer outcomes   
• Experience in identifying and managing risk with knowledge and application of project management principles and project management delivery  
• Strong working knowledge of compliance frameworks and legislative requirements (NCC, BCA, Australian Standards, WHS) for property assets to ensure the portfolio is always compliant 
• Understanding and demonstrated capability in construction materials, maintenance, and repair/refurbishment in large and varied portfolio of property  
• Very strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills with experience writing reports 
• Demonstrated computer literacy in Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and the MS Office Suite including Teams 
• Hold a current NSW Driver's licence  

The recruitment process may include interviews and other forms of skills and behavioural assessments.  

SGCH is an Equal Opportunity employer. Diversity makes us stronger and we want an organisation that reflects the communities we serve. 

SGCH has a Safety at Work: Vaccination Policy which makes vaccination against COVID-19 a condition of employment/engagement for all workers unless an exemption is granted under the policy. This condition also extends to maintaining vaccination through booster shots, if required in line with any public health orders or if SGCH assesses this is required to meet its duties under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW).