Estates Surveyor

Service Care; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Service Care in Gateshead seeks an experienced Property Surveyor to lead land and property transactions and valuation work within council regeneration projects. The role covers acquisitions, disposals, landlord/tenant matters, and corporate property management, with a focus on delivering reports and strategic advice.

You will work with external consultants and represent the service at meetings. Requires RICS membership or progress toward it, plus a driving licence and strong

Qualifications

• Detailed working knowledge of relevant legislation/technical aspects.
• Knowledge of commercial property markets.
• Knowledge of valuation and Compulsory Purchase Valuation methodology.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong negotiation and presentation/negotiation skills.
• Able to work to deadlines and manage varying workloads.
• Member of the RICS or working imminently towards membership.
• Current driving licence and access to a car.

Responsibilities

• Value, acquire and dispose of land and property to support council aims.
• Provide strategic development advice for regeneration delivery.
• Assist with Landlord and Tenant lease management (renewals, rent reviews).
• Undertake professional work in corporate property and asset management.
• Lead in workload delivery through consultants and surveying practices.
• Prepare and present verbal and written reports to the service or council.
• Promote a client-focused culture across the authority.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Time management

Initiative

Teamwork

Customer focus

Education

RICS membership or working towards

Tools

Property appraisal software

Spreadsheets

Databases

Job description

e’re looking to bring in an experienced Property Surveyor and I wanted to give you a bit more detail on the type of person we’re looking for.

The key thing for us is finding someone with strong experience in land and property transactions and valuation work. The successful candidate will take responsibility for individual cases and support wider property, regeneration and asset management projects.

We’re particularly looking for experience across:

• Land and property valuations
• Property acquisitions and disposals
• Commercial property markets
• Landlord and tenant matters, including lease renewals and rent reviews
• Corporate property and asset management
• Negotiating and valuing rights and interests in land and property
• Providing development and regeneration advice
• Procuring and managing work delivered by external consultants and surveying practices
• Preparing reports and representing the service at internal and external meetings

Candidates should have strong negotiation and communication skills and be able to manage varying workloads, work to deadlines and take ownership of their own cases.

Experience of technical appraisal work, Compulsory Purchase valuation methodology or another relevant specialist area would be particularly useful. Knowledge of local authority legislation and procedures would also be beneficial.

The candidate should be a member of RICS or be working imminently towards membership. They will also need a current driving licence, access to a car or another suitable means of mobility support.

ob Purpose

To lead on individual land and property transactions, and valuation work, supporting projects and work areas overseen by the Team Leader and Property Manager.

The key roles of this post will include:

1. To value, acquire and dispose of land and property to achieve the Council’s Strategic land holding and regeneration aims in line with budgets and timescales.
2. To provide strategic development advice to assist in the Council’s delivery of regeneration at a conceptual and practical level.
3. To assist with elements of professional work in relation to Landlord and Tenant Lease Management (ie Lease renewals / rent reviews etc).
4. To undertake all elements of professional work in relation to corporate property and asset management in relation to establishing, negotiating, and valuing all rights and interests that the Council either grants for its land and property, or takes from third parties.
5. To provide ownership of areas of work as defined by the team leader and / or property manager such as Right to Buy Valuations.
6. To act as an intelligent client in the procurement, and management of workload delivery through consultants and surveying practices working with the Team to help deliver its output, based on corporate objectives and instructions.
7. To contribute to the formulation of strategies and policies to ensure the effective delivery of property based policies.
8. To prepare and present verbal and written reports and represent the Service/Council at internal and external meetings.
9. To assist the Team Leader in promoting a client focussed culture across the Authority and Borough.
10. To liaise with and, where appropriate, co-ordinate involvement of all relevant services to ensure property acquisitions and disposals are consistent Council strategies and projects.
11. Actively developing and maintaining effective working relationships with key stakeholders.
12. Such other responsibilities allocated which are appropriate to the grade of the post.

Knowledge & Qualifications

Essential:

Knowledge

• Detailed working knowledge of relevant legislation/technical aspects.
• Knowledge of commercial property markets
• Knowledge of valuation and ideally Compulsory Purchase Valuation methodology
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Good presentation and negotiation skills.
• Acting as an intelligent client in procurement of valuation and transactional work.
• Able to work to deadlines and deal with varying workloads.
• Able to work on own initiative.
• Able to work as part of a team/teams.
• Knowledge of local authority legislation and procedures.
• Knowledge and technical skills of using property related appraisal software, spreadsheets and databases.
• Good ICT skills.

Experience

• Proven experience of property acquisitions and disposals.
• Proven experience of land and property valuation.
• Proven experience in either technical valuation (via appraisals), or purchases based on Compulsory Purchase methodology or other specialised area.

Qualifications

• Member of the RICS or working imminently towards
• Current driving licence, access to a car or means to mobility support.

Competencies

Customer Focus

Puts the customer first and provides excellent service to both internal and external customers

Communication

Uses appropriate methods to express information in a clear and concise way to make sure people understand

Team Working

Works with others to achieve results and develop good working relationships

Making things happen

Takes responsibility for personal organisation and achieving results

Flexibility

Adapts to change and works effectively in a variety of situations

Learning and Development

Actively improves by developing and applying new skills and knowledge and learns from past experiences