Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The current Assistant Director of Property is
a key member of the Housing Leadership Team, who, in addition to
significant operational responsibilities, is overseeing a number of
key strategic projects, including the property related aspects of
the Housing Transformation Improvement Programme (HTIP) and the
re-procurement of the Council’s Repairs and Maintenance
contract. This is a key strategic contract for the Council, which
will need to ensure we have the right contractors in place to
deliver the repairs and maintenance service and the right client
function to support and oversee the new contracts.
He is also a key strategic lead for work streams which sit within
the Strategic Asset Review Programme.
These projects will have a significant impact on the service the
Council provide to our residents and tenants for years to
come.
This post is subject to the HTIP Service Redesign. The service had
been planning to consult on a new service design in April, with the
aim to start a recruitment campaign for leadership posts over the
Summer. This consultation is now deferred due to the recent
announcement of a statutory inspection of the Housing Service, so
will not now take place until the Autumn, when the inspection has
been concluded and the regulatory judgement has been published. The
service redesign process has now concluded and this confirms that
the post will not be further amended or reconfigured as part of the
wider service redesign. The plan now is remove the post from the
wider redesign implementation and to recruit to it over the Summer.
Assuming a successful recruitment exercise, and allowing for a
three month notice period, a new post holder could then be in place
from January 25, and this would also allow for a handover
period.
These timescales would also allow key work with the Strategic
Assets Review to be completed and allow time to consider the
resources required to support this work going forward.
Importantly, this extension would also maintain service stability
during a key period of external corporate scrutiny while a
regulatory housing inspection takes place.
To extend the contract for the current
Assistant Director of Property through to January 2025 with Tile
Hill.
Option 1 -
Option 2 -
Option 3 -
Publication date: 18/04/2024
Date of decision: 18/04/2024
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