ABOUT WOMEN’S COMMUNITY SHELTERS

We are a registered Community Housing Provider looking for an Asset Manager to develop our organisational systems and processes to support the management of our growing housing portfolio.

Women’s Community Shelters (WCS) has changed the conversation on women’s homelessness and domestic and family violence in NSW. Since opening our doors in 2012, we have walked beside and supported over 7,600 women and children to live brighter lives, free from violence. In 2023 WCS became a registered Community Housing Provider, and has a growing asset base.

Our work includes education and prevention; early intervention; crisis and transitional accommodation; social and affordable housing; outreach support and recovery; and advocacy. We support women of all ages, at all stages of their journey. We bring together community, government, business and philanthropy to achieve housing outcomes that no party could achieve individually. We are proud to have established and operate a network of eleven crisis shelters and three large-scale transitional homes (specifically for women aged 55+). We have an innovative healthy relationships program for high school students, which reaches 4,000 students each year. In 2024 our work evolved to include social and affordable housing. In 2025, we will commence crisis shelter operations in Victoria for the first time. 

We are looking for a talented ‘Manager – Asset Strategy and Operations’ to support this critical work and help create more safe and supported homes for women and children experiencing homelessness and domestic and family violence.

“On that first day, I didn’t think I could be any more grateful to you for taking me in, accepting me and saving my life. Your great big hearts have put me back on the right track again.

Forever grateful”   Former WCS crisis shelter resident

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Location: Surry Hills, Sydney (next to Central Station)
• Work type: Maximum term contract (2 years) Full-Time (preferred), or part time for right candidate (with work from home flexibility)
• Reporting to: Director of Housing

Please apply as soon as possible as we will be reviewing applications as they are received. Interviews will be held in January/February 2025.

Your Purpose

As our ‘Manager – Asset Strategy and Operations’, you'll play a crucial role in the development and strategic and operational management of WCS as a Community Housing Provider and our growing property portfolio, ensuring that the homes we provide are safe, sustainable, and maintained to the highest standards.

This is a brand-new role offering a unique opportunity to shape our asset management strategies, create streamlined policies, and develop responsive maintenance systems. You'll play a pivotal role in building internal expertise across WCS and our network of crisis shelters, enhancing operational efficiencies, and strengthening the foundation of WCS’s life-changing work.

You will be part of an agile and innovative team that responds to government and philanthropic opportunities when they present, to create more places and safety and support.

Your key responsibilities will include

• Strategic asset management and planning
• Policy and system design and implementation.
• Contract management
• Business excellence and innovation
• Relationship management
• Financial management

ABOUT YOU

You have the following skills and experience:

Essential

• Tertiary qualifications or relevant demonstrated experience in strategic and operational property and asset management.
• Demonstrated experience in life-cycle asset management and planning.
• Experience in strategic partnership development and relationship management.
• Strong working knowledge of compliance and reporting frameworks and legislative requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in system development and review.
• Demonstrated experience in project management principles and delivery.
• Expertise in policy development and implementation.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated computer literacy in Microsoft products.
• Hold a current NSW Drivers licence.
• Mandatory Compliance Checks including Working With Children’s Check and National Police Check.

Desirable

• Working knowledge of Social and Affordable Housing.
• Experience in a Community Housing Provider.
• Experience in the scoping and implementation of Tenancy and Asset Management Systems.

• Experience in the development and delivery of training to support quality outcomes.

What we offer

• Meaningful work with purpose and impact.
• Hybrid work and work life balance.
• Great team environment in Surry Hills convenient office location close to Central train station.
• Salary Sacrifice fringe benefit – meaning you can package up to $18,550 per annum of your pre-tax salary before income tax is calculated, you take home even more pay!
• Meal, entertainment, leisure and accommodation benefits.
• Additional leave days on offer during Christmas and New year.
• Wellbeing allowance.
• Supportive learning culture with career development and training opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Program.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY ABOUT OUR WORK AND OUR TEAM

Hear from Julia – a mum with two daughters, who was supported by one of WCS’ crisis shelters

Hear from Sue – an older women, who was supported by one of WCS’ homes for women 55+

Click Apply Now to submit your application. 

For any questions, please contact [email protected] using the subject line: Manager - Asset Strategy and Operations enquiry via EthicalJobs.