At Accent we believe everyone has the right to a safe, secure and warm place to call home. Are you ready to go above and beyond to ensure our asset data is fit for purpose so that we can maximise component lifetimes and keep our customers homes maintained for longer.  

We’re looking for an Asset Data Analyst to join our Asset Data team.

About the role and person:

• 35 hours per week


• Permanent

At Accent, we use our Asset Data for asset performance assessments and updating planned maintenance programmes. As our Asset Data Analyst, your role is to ensure our asset data held and collected is fit for purpose and meaningful. You’ll use your analytical and data modelling skills to identify and detect good, marginal and poor Net Present Value (NPV) and social objectives performance from the homes portfolio. Your analysis will contribute towards the development of detailed and clearly targeted stock condition programmes, which ensure the right work is carried out at the right time, maximising component lifetimes, and delivering value for money to our customers by reducing unplanned reactive repair/void spend.

Salary

The spot salary for this post is £37,184 per annum for applicants who fully meet the requirements of the post. Applicants, who do not meet all the requirements of the post, will start 5% or 10% below the spot salary.    

What will you get from us?

In addition to a competitive salary and agile working, we also have a focus on employees’ development. We support both professional and personal development, ensuring everyone has a development plan and provide access to a wide range of internal and external learning resources.

You’ll also receive:

• 28 days paid holiday (pro-rata excluding bank holidays) per year rising by 1 day per year up to a maximum of one working week.


• A choice of Pension Schemes including a Defined Benefit Scheme with a 7.5% member contribution or a Defined Contribution Scheme with a 4% member contribution and 4% employer contribution. Both pension schemes provide Life Insurance Cover.


• Option to purchase additional holiday of up to 2 of your working weeks (at managers discretion.


• Employee Assistance Programme.


• "Hapi" Benefits App with multiple discounts. 


• Cycle to work scheme.

What skills/behaviours do you need to be an Asset Data Analyst?

• HND/HNC in an IT related discipline or building surveying/construction environment or equivalent relevant experience

• Fantastic attention to detail and ability to succinctly articulate analysis and opportunities for improvements to the Accent portfolio


• Conversant with asset management systems and creation of asset management reports in Excel or PowerBI.

• Understanding of the Decent Homes standard, reduced standard assessment procedure (RDSAP) measurement and housing health & safety rating system (HHSRS) rules & measurement


• Experience of utilising ‘smoothing’ and ‘modelling’ techniques for planned works programmes


• Ability to take complex data sets and translate them into actions/results the business can utilise.


• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

• Numeracy and literacy skills essential.


• IT literacy, confident in use of SQL systems, MS Office applications as well as the ability to use company operational software

For a full job description of this role please click here.

Location

The successful candidate will be required to live within a commutable distance to an Accent (Burnley, Bradford, Peterborough, Camberley, Stockton) office.

We’re a keen promoter of agile working and encourage working from home, as long as we meet our customers’ needs.

We’ll provide you with the equipment and software you’ll need for the purpose of your role however it will be your responsibility to have an appropriate space to work from as well as a suitable broadband connection/provider.

Who are Accent?

We own around 20,400 houses across the North, East and South of the country. They are home to over 41,000 customers. We exist to improve lives, providing people with high quality homes, affordably. Whatever their housing need, whether family, single, older or more vulnerable – our customers come first. They are always at the very heart of our business. 

If you feel great about putting customers first, then we feel great about you joining the Accent team.

And we are a team. We live and breathe our values – we are Smart, we are Driven, we are Caring and we are Inclusive – are you? If you can do what’s right and challenge what you think is wrong, relish the opportunity to work with some fabulous colleagues to improve the customer experience and make sure we keep to our promises, then you are the person we are looking for.

If you require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, please let us know we will ensure requirements are met. 

Please don’t delay in submitting your application. Where roles are urgent or we receive a high volume of applications, we may interview and conclude the process prior to any closing date indicated.

If you have any queries about the role, please email: 

"PeopleServices@accentgroup.org". 

We are excited about our future and if you are too, we’d love to hear from you.