The Head of Asset Information Management (AIM) leads the strategy, governance, quality assurance, and operational delivery of asset information across DWP Estates. The role ensures that accurate, consistent, trusted and accessible asset information underpins decision making, digital transformation, operational performance and long term asset management across one of the largest estates in government.

As the Department’s senior subject matter expert for BIM, Government Head of Asset Information Management Soft Landings (GSL), the Common Data Environment (CDE), and asset information standards, the postholder acts as a central coordination point across Estates, supply chain partners, and wider DWP stakeholders.

• Job Family – Strategic Asset Management
• Core Role – Property Data Management
• Level – Senior Practitioner

Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Define and maintain the AIM strategy, ensuring alignment with DWP’s Estates strategy, Asset Management objectives, digital transformation roadmap, and assist improve information quality.
• Lead the continual development of BIM, GSL and CDE policies, standards, and frameworks to improve asset information consistency, accessibility, and reliability.
• Champion the value of high‑quality asset information across the estate and drive cultural change toward information‑driven decision-making.

• Act as Estates’ senior information assurance lead for BIM deliverables, asset information handover, and data quality from capital projects into operational systems (including supporting transfer to CAFM).
• Oversee formal and informal assurance mechanisms, including supplier compliance checks, information audits, and project information requirements.
• Ensure alignment of AIM activities with legal, regulatory, DWP Information Management, and security requirements.

• Provide leadership to the BIM, GSL and CDE teams, acting as final technical authority, escalation point and senior responsible officer.
• Own the Common Data Environment strategy and roadmap, ensuring functional standards, workflows, permissions, and audit trails support reliable and transparent information management.
• Drive the integration of Government Soft Landings into programmes and contracts to ensure operational readiness, seamless handover, and whole‑life value from capital investments are captured and assist better decision making.

Operational Delivery & Oversight

• Lead the procurement, capture, validation of asset information, ensuring it supports DWP Estate decision making.
• Oversee delivery of project information outputs (documentation, artefacts and 3D models), ensuring they meet DWP’s information standards and enable downstream asset management and operational resilience.
• Drive continuous improvement in asset information processes, tooling, workflows and integration with CAFM and associated systems.

Stakeholder & Supply Chain Leadership

• Act as principal client representative for BIM and asset information across DWP Estates supply chains, including professional services, main contractors and technology partners.
• Manage strategic relationships to ensure high-quality, timely and accurate information delivery, including resolving escalations, clarifying requirements, and leading collaborative improvement initiatives.
• Represent DWP Estates at cross‑government forums and industry engagements where required.

Team Leadership & People Development

• Lead a multi‑disciplinary team of specialists across BIM, GSL, CDE and asset information functions.
• Develop capability across the AIM team and wider Estates colleagues through upskilling, training, and clear expectations on standards and best practice.
• Ensure clear roles, responsibilities, and succession planning within the AIM function.

Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of RIBA stages and experience of construction projects (design and/or construction).
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders, suppliers and cross‑functional teams and expert change management skills.
• Strong understanding of capital project delivery, asset lifecycle, and operational estate management.
• Strong analytical capability and an evidence‑based approach to decision‑making and able to balance different approaches and stakeholder objectives to deliver the target benefits.
• Deep expertise in Building information management (full ISO19650 suit) and assurance techniques to ensure client requirements are met.
• Experience establishing and governing Common Data Environments and information workflows (ISO19650 part 4).
• Familiarity with CAFM, asset registers, lifecycle modelling, digital methodologies and assistive technologies in construction.
• Deep expertise in asset information standards, requirements and schema (COBie, NRM, SFG20, Uniclass, GovS004-PDS010 etc).
• Contract management experience such as NEC4 forms of contracts and contract remedies, including the development, implementation and delivery of client BIM requirements across large frameworks and at project level for government department or large commercial estate.
• Digital procurement experience (e.g. G-Cloud).

Desirable

• Knowledge of central government strategy, policies, mandates and requirements (GovS, TIP2030, FMS, Information Management Mandate, etc).
• Experience in government, regulated infrastructure, or large distributed estate environments.
• Experience with and Government Soft Landings (BS8536) and project management.
• Awareness of Government Property Profession.

Qualifications/professional memberships

Essential

• Minimum of Undergraduate Degree or equivalent in a related subject (e.g. project management, quantity surveying, design/architectural, building surveyor, engineering, construction or relevant subject matter).
• CIOB Chartered (or evidence of submission).

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Leadership

DWP have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
• Generous annual leave – at least 23 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro–rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
• Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
• Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year’s continuous service.
• Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.