Asset Data & Valuation Project Lead

About the Job

This position is only open to current employees of Brent Council or Temporary Agency Workers currently working in Brent Council.

Salary range: £58,461 - £61,653 p.a. inc. London weighting
Contract: Fixed term/Secondment - 9-12 months
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Civic centre and other locations from time to time

Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here. The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us. The Post

This is your opportunity to lead a high-profile, time-bound project that will repair, standardise, and future-proof Brent’s fixed asset register and other data sources - ensuring our property data is accurate, auditable, and ready to support major valuation and financial reporting requirements.

You will be at the heart of a cross-departmental team, bringing together property, finance, GIS, and audit colleagues to build a single source of truth for all council land and buildings. It’s a rare chance to shape systems and processes that make a real, lasting impact on how we use public assets.

You will lead and deliver a focused asset data remediation and valuation-readiness programme. You will be responsible for standardising and reconciling data from property, GIS, and finance systems to produce clean, auditable information. The role involves collaborating with finance, audit, and external valuers to ensure robust annual valuations, including designing and embedding policies, workflows, and controls that keep our data accurate and reliable, managing and mentoring an apprentice, supporting their development as part of the project, and manage external specialists and overseeing the implementation of data solutions to support asset data improvement and valuation processes.

The Person

We are looking for an organised, analytical, and driven professional who thrives on making sense of complex data challenges. You’ll bring the technical know-how to manage large datasets - and the communication skills to build strong working relationships across teams and service areas and making change happen.

You will have experience leading asset, finance, or data improvement projects in a complex organisation, strong data management skills (Excel, Power Query, or SQL) and an eye for detail, familiarity with property systems (CAFM, GIS/LLPG) and local authority asset registers, knowledge of CIPFA, RICS Red Book, or IFRS standards is an advantage, and a confident, proactive approach - and a passion for improving how data drives decisions.

Closing date: 11 November 2025 (23:59) Additional Information

If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.

This position is only open to current employees of Brent Council or Temporary Agency Workers currently working in Brent Council. External candidates are not permitted to apply for internal only roles.

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances. Brent has a positive approach to flexible working. As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including “non-visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk Job Description Secondment Application Form