North Coast Community Housing (NCCH) has been providing community housing in northern New South Wales since 1984. We manage close to 1000 social and affordable properties from our offices in Lismore, Grafton and Tweed Heads. We believe that everyone has the right to live in safe, comfortable and affordable housing. We are committed to our values, our people and our culture.

We are committed to our values, our people and our culture:

Respect: We are a people centred organisation, respecting the diversity and different needs of the individuals we work with.

Social Responsibility: We support people with housing needs, striving for equality and fairness in housing outcomes.

Professionalism: We work with integrity to provide quality, innovative services and are accountable for our decisions and actions.

Safety and Wellbeing: We are committed to a work environment that values health, safety and wellbeing.

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced General Manager, Asset Management with inspiring leadership qualities to join our organisation. Working in conjunction with the Chief Executive Officer, the General Manager, Asset Management is responsible for maintaining the Company’s assets in accordance with the NSW Land and Housing Corporation asset standards and NCCH asset standards. The General Manager, Asset Management is also responsible for developing and managing NCCH’s long term asset management strategy to ensure the sustainability of NCCH’s asset holdings across their life cycle. This position will be the principle representative in property development during construction phase, playing a pivotal role right from the start of the asset lifecycle.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills are a must as the role interacts with tenants, contractors, staff and other community organisations on a daily basis, and provides the vision for the organisation in ensuring quality built form of our assets.

This is a permanent, full-time position based in Lismore and is required to travel and work regularly from the other two offices at Tweed and Grafton.

About You:

Leading the management of assets and maintenance, you will be able to demonstrate a track record for comparable assets. You will be driven and self-motivated with previous experience in a leadership team that supports the delivery of business outcomes, preferably in an environment seeking to better the lives of vulnerable people and communities. You will have highly advanced written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships focussed on performance outcomes. The ideal candidate will be a positive role model who wants to work as part of a strategic leadership team.

Minimum requirements include:

• Tertiary qualifications in asset management, construction or building and equivalent industry experience related to the sustainable management of assets
• Extensive leadership and management experience in leading and motivating a collaborative team of professionals.
• Extensive experience with residential infrastructure including cyclical maintenance and operational management, management of contracts and contractors, implementation of tender processes, and strategic asset management
• Sound working knowledge of WHS and Quality Assurance principles/systems, and practical knowledge of and experience with compliance to Australian Building Standards and relevant building legislation
• Possession of an unrestricted NSW driver’s licence.

Email enquiries to [email protected], using the subject line: General Manager, Asset Management - Lismore enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.