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Buckinghamshire Healthcare Nhs Trust
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Job summary
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Property Manager to lead the management of its multi-site property portfolio, including freehold and leasehold interests, licences to occupy, wayleaves and easements. You will protect the Trust’s legal and financial positions and ensure compliance with statutory obligations.
You will oversee lease renewals and rent reviews, negotiate with landlords, tenants, agents and valuers, and manage space planning across the estate while deputising
Qualifications
- Degree level education in estate management, valuation, surveying or related discipline.
- Chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or working towards chartered status with clear timeline.
- Significant experience managing a large, complex multi-site property portfolio.
- Experience leading lease renewals and rent reviews; negotiating with landlords, tenants, agents and valuers.
- Experience negotiating licences to occupy, wayleaves and easements.
- Experience managing external professional advisors (solicitors, agents, valuers).
- Experience line-managing staff.
Responsibilities
- Manage the Trust's portfolio of freehold and leasehold property interests and maintain an up-to-date property and asset register.
- Lead on lease renewals and rent reviews, negotiating with tenants, landlords, agents and valuers to protect financial and legal position.
- Negotiate, prepare and manage licences to occupy for third-party occupiers and Trust premises; manage wayleave agreements and easements.
- Provide assurance on statutory and regulatory property requirements; oversee space planning and utilisation across the estate.
- Deputise for the Director of Capital Development as required and manage external professional advisors.
Skills
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Job description
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Property Manager to join the Capital Development Directorate at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
Reporting directly to the Director of Capital Development, you will be responsible for the effective management of the Trust's property portfolio across its multi-site estate, including all freehold and leasehold interests, licences to occupy, wayleaves, easements, rent reviews and lease renewals. You will protect the Trust's legal and financial interests and ensure statutory and contractual property obligations are met.
You will have proven knowledge, qualifications and experience in managing a complex property portfolio and will hold membership of a relevant chartered institute such as the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. You will have in-depth knowledge and experience of negotiating landlord and tenant and other property-related matters and be able to consult effectively with legal advisors and other professional consultants.
You will manage the Trust's portfolio of freehold and leasehold property interests, maintaining an accurate and up to date property and asset register of leases, licences, wayleaves and easements. You will lead on lease renewals and rent reviews, negotiating with tenants, landlords, agents and the District Valuer or other retained valuers to protect the Trust's financial and legal position, and will monitor lease events, including break clauses, rent review dates and lease expiries, escalating risk ahead of critical dates.
This will include negotiating, preparing and managing licences to occupy for third-party occupiers of Trust premises and for Trust occupation of third-party premises, and managing wayleave agreements and statutory easements with utility companies. You will prepare and issue letters of indemnification and other property-related legal and contractual documentation, and will deal with landlord and tenant matters including statutory notices, dilapidations and service charge queries.
You will be required to provide assurance that the Trust is fulfilling its statutory and regulatory requirements with regard to property transactions, occupation, and adherence to landlord and tenant and freehold title obligations. You will also oversee space planning and utilisation across the estate through line management of the Space Planning Project Manager, and will deputise for the Director of Capital Development as required.
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
- A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
- Educated to degree level in estate management, valuation, surveying or a related discipline, or equivalent experience in a property-related role.
- Chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, or working towards chartered status with a clear timeline.
- Postgraduate qualification in real estate, planning or a related discipline to master's equivalent level.
- Membership of a further relevant professional body
- Significant experience managing a large, complex, multi-site property portfolio, including freehold and leasehold interests.
- Proven experience leading lease renewals and rent reviews, negotiating with landlords, tenants, agents and valuers
- Experience negotiating and managing licences to occupy, wayleaves and easements.
- Experience managing external professional advisors, such as solicitors, agents and valuers.
- Experience line-managing staff.
- Previous NHS or public sector property experience, with understanding of NHS Estates terminology and procedures.
- Experience of space planning and utilisation processes.
- Good knowledge of landlord and tenant law, including the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, and its practical application to property management.
- Ability to negotiate complex property transactions and protect the Trust's legal and financial interests.
- Knowledge of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and the Land Registration Act 2002. D
- Able to travel to other sites and off sites as necessary
- Full driving licence and access to a car.
- Flexibility to attend occasional meetings outside core hours.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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