Head of Urban Estates & Property Strategy

Recruitment Hub; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing package

4 weeks additional annual leave (sac)

Flexible bank holidays

Additional Voluntary Contributions top

Development opportunities

Paid volunteering hours

Peer Support Groups

Employee Recognition Awards

Our Cambs Rewards discounts

Car Lease

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Cambridgeshire County Council seeks an experienced estate professional to join its senior leadership as Head of Service - Urban Estates. You will guide strategic management, performance, and the commercial stewardship of the urban property estate to support service delivery, regeneration and financial sustainability.

You will lead across estate management, landlord/tenant matters, valuations, acquisitions, and development opportunities, advising senior officers and elected Members with robust

Qualifications

• Strong strategic and professional leadership across a multidisciplinary estates team.
• Proven ability to develop and deliver estate and asset management strategies.
• Ability to maximise financial, operational and social value from property assets.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong strategic and professional leadership to a multidisciplinary estates team.
• Develop and deliver effective estate and asset management strategies.
• Maximise the financial, operational, and social value from the Council's property portfolio.
• Identify and progress opportunities for rationalisation, disposal, acquisition, investment and development.
• Provide high-quality professional property advice to senior officers and elected Members.
• Lead complex negotiations and significant property transactions.
• Maintain strong governance, professional standards, and effective management of property-related risk.
• Develop productive relationships with internal services, public-sector partners, developers, occupiers, and professional advisers.
• Lead and develop colleagues, creating a high-performing, customer-focused and commercially aware service.
• Support the wider transformation of Property Services and the Council's corporate estate.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Estate management

Negotiation

Stakeholder engagement

Financial acumen

Education

MRICS qualification

Job description

Cambridgeshire County Council seeks an experienced estate professional to join its senior leadership as Head of Service - Urban Estates. You will guide strategic management, performance, and the commercial stewardship of the urban property estate to support service delivery, regeneration and financial sustainability.

You will lead across estate management, landlord/tenant matters, valuations, acquisitions, and development opportunities, advising senior officers and elected Members with robust