Chartered Surveyor

5 Star Recruitment; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Local Council in Knowsley, United Kingdom, seeks a leader to drive strategic property management and oversee the land and property portfolio. The post-holder will plan and implement strategic advice for future direction and development opportunities while ensuring excellent service delivery.

Key responsibilities include asset valuations, maintaining comprehensive records, and overseeing the shops portfolio and school playing fields programme.

Qualifications

• Integrity and high standards of personal behaviour.
• Accountability for actions and decisions with clear consequences.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams.
• Respect for others, with care and dignity.
• Leadership knowledge and experience applying policy and management practices.
• Experience in partnerships and change management.
• Negotiation and customer care skills.
• Project, programme and resource management capability.
• Knowledge of strategic and operational commissioning.
• Financial, procurement and contract management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage Strategic Property Team to optimise the Council's asset portfolio.
• Determine allocation of space within administrative buildings.
• Support statutory asset valuations and the external audit process.
• Oversee Annual Asset Valuation programme and IFRS-compliant valuations.
• Provide valuation advice for disposal, acquisition, lease and insurance.
• Undertake property reviews to rationalise estate and identify opportunities.
• Assist with delivery of land and property development opportunities.
• Oversee school playing fields improvement programme.
• Manage shops portfolio in line with good estate management practice.
• Provide high quality professional property advice to support decision making.
• Maintain records of land ownership and asset management data including asset register.

Skills

Integrity

Accountability

Communication

Respect

Leadership Knowledge

Policy & Compliance

Negotiation

Partnership Development

Project Management

Financial Management

Job description

The post-holder will ensure that the Councils property assets are managed efficiently, effectively and facilitate the provision of excellent services. This will involve preparing and implementing strategic advice with regard to the management and future direction of the Councils Land and Property portfolio. In addition the post-holder will assist with the delivery of land and property development opportunities and will oversee the management of the Councils shops portfolio.

This is not a comprehensive list of all the tasks, which may be required of the post holder. It is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the work to be undertaken.

• To manage the Strategic Property Team and ensure that the Councils property assets are managed efficiently, effectively to facilitate the provision of excellent services.
• To determine the allocation of space within the Councils administrative buildings in response to the changing shape and structure of the Council.
• To support the Council in meeting its statutory obligations associated with the annual asset valuations for the statement of accounts and the external audit process.
• To manage the Annual Asset Valuation programme and provide valuations for accounting which meet the requirements of the International Financial Reporting Standards.
• To provide valuation advice and manage the provision of valuations including for disposal, acquisition, lease and insurance purposes.
• To undertake property reviews to rationalise the Councils estate and identify development opportunities.
• To assist with the delivery of land and property development opportunities.
• To oversee the implementation of the Councils school playing fields improvement programme.
• To efficiently manage the Councils shops portfolio in accordance with good estate management practice.
• Provide high quality professional property advice to the Council to support the decision making and property review process.
• Maintaining and developing comprehensive records of land and property ownership and asset management data including a statutory asset register and annual asset valuations.
• Management of the Councils rating liability to ensure accurate valuations and appropriate charging.
• Making a positive contribution to the production and successful achievement of the Teams business plan and performance management targets.
• To ensure the Councils operational assets and shopping parades are fully compliant in accordance with the relevant building compliance, health and safety and fire safety regulations.
• To ensure suitable and sufficient risk assessments are carried out in the delivery of the Assets Service.
• Implement and act in accordance with the Information Security Acceptable Use policy and Data Protection Policy.
• Protect the councils information assets from unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, destruction or interference.
• Report actual or potential security incidents.

The following qualities have been adopted by the Council and apply to all employees. You are expected to embrace and display these qualities. Your line manager will discuss your behaviour with you, during your My Time and My Time Extra meetings.

Integrity. You are required to be open and honest, maintain high standards of personal behaviour and display strong moral principles.

Accountability. You must take personal responsibility for your actions and decisions and understand the consequences of your behaviour.

Communication. You must listen and talk to others, taking account of other peoples points of view. You should share information and strive to work together.

Respect. You must treat people with care and dignity, observing the rights of other people, and helping and supporting others where you can.

Leadership Knowledge, understanding and experience applying current policies, legislation and management practices

Working with others Knowledge of Equalities Standard and protocol Effective presentation and report writing skills

Experience of developing partnerships and implementing change

Effective negotiation and customer care skills

Achieving Results Project and programme management skills

Knowledge of strategic and operational commissioning Resource management skills

Financial, procurement and contract management skills