Head of Estates

Redbridge Council; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Redbridge London Borough Council is seeking a senior Estates leader to provide strategic oversight of the council’s commercial portfolio and corporate estate. You will shape an asset management strategy aimed at maximising returns while delivering social and community benefits.

You will lead a small Estates team, drive performance through data-enabled reporting, and collaborate with regeneration and revenue services to align assets with council priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic oversight of a commercial portfolio.
• Proven ability to manage people and resources.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic oversight of the estate and commercial portfolio across the council.
• Lead and develop the Estates team, driving performance and continuous improvement.
• Develop an asset management strategy to maximise commercial returns while delivering social benefits.
• Use data and reporting to demonstrate impact and inform decision-making.
• Collaborate with regeneration, revenue, and other service areas to align asset use with council priorities.

Skills

Estate management

Strategic leadership

Financial acumen

Team management

Education

RICS qualification

Job description

There is a lot going on in Redbridge right now. Ambitious regeneration plans will transform how the borough looks and feels and help to create greater economic opportunities for our residents. And we are reshaping our organisation to be better equipped to have the greatest impact for our community. Momentum is building and there is a renewed sense of purpose within the Council that has the potential to achieve great things. This is your chance to be part of a new management team with a mandate for change and a shared sense of purpose.

This is new role in the organisation, created to bring greater strategic and operational oversight to our Estates function - working across the Council's commercial property portfolio and the corporate estate. A strategic asset review is already underway, and you will have the opportunity to develop this work into a fully developed asset management strategy that maximises the use of council properties and sites in terms of commercial return and establishing a more efficient and modern council estate.

You'll bring clear and focused leadership to a small team, shaping a more systematic approach to estate management and ensuring that active performance management creates opportunity for progression and builds capacity and expertise from within. Current and accurate data will be a vital tool in demonstrating and reporting on impact. Commercial awareness and financial rigour will be fundamental to maximising returns from our property portfolio - but you should also be attuned to the social and community benefits that will be key to decision-making around how we use our assets.

It's important that you can work with your peers across the Council too - identifying how your team's work can support and influence in other areas such as regeneration, commercial opportunities and other revenue collection services.

We expect that you hold a relevant professional qualification (RICS) and that you already have experience of strategic oversight of a commercial portfolio, alongside people and resource management responsibilities.

You'll discover that this is a very diverse role, where your expertise and experience can quickly identify improvement opportunities and make a measurable impact.

Closing date: 9th Novembe