Principal Asset Management Officer

Posting date:	09 February 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Competitive
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	11 March 2026
Location:	Bolton, BL1 1RU
Company:	inploi
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	75784743

Summary

Grade: I scp 31 £41,771- scp 35 £46,142 plus Essential Car User Allowance up to £963pa
Contract: Permanent
Essential Requirement: Full Driving Licence
Essential Qualification: NVQ 3 or equivalent in a Buildings or Administration discipline

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The Role
This is an opportunity to take a leading senior role within the Children’s Services Department Asset Management and Pupil Place Planning Team, supporting the development and delivery of the Department’s capital programme.

Working in partnership with colleagues across the Council’s Corporate Property Services Division, you will help identify, commission and lead a range of priority capital and condition projects, ensuring the effective maintenance and improvement of the Local Authority’s Community and Voluntary Controlled school estate so that schools remain safe, functional and fit for purpose.

The role also plays a key part in supporting the Council’s approach to pupil place planning. Working closely with colleagues in Information and Analysis and School Admissions, and engaging with a wide range of partners across the education sector, you will contribute to the development and delivery of strategies that ensure sufficient and appropriate school places are available to meet local need.

As part of this work, you will support and, where appropriate, lead on relevant statutory and regulatory processes associated with school organisation and changes to school land, drawing on specialist advice where required.

About You
You will bring experience of developing and delivering capital or improvement projects, acting as a client or lead officer, and be able to demonstrate how you identify, prioritise and manage projects in the context of competing demands and constrained resources.

You may already have experience of working within an education or local authority setting, but we also welcome applicants with relevant transferable experience from other public sector or complex organisational environments. An understanding of, or the ability to quickly develop knowledge of, legislation and statutory processes relating to school place planning and school organisation will be important in the role.

You will be comfortable working both independently and collaboratively, supporting the Manager in the wider work of the team while also taking a leading role on individual projects. You will be able to demonstrate strong communication and negotiation skills and a practical, outcome-focused approach to working with internal colleagues and external stakeholders.

We welcome applications from candidates with a range of professional backgrounds who can demonstrate strong project leadership skills and an interest in contributing to the delivery of high-quality education infrastructure.

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk

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