Property Professional

Colbern Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading asset management consultancy in Greater London is seeking a Head of Asset Management – Valuation and Strategic Assets. This role requires extensive knowledge of the property industry and MRICS certification. The successful candidate will lead strategic property transactions, manage a team, and work on projects that maximise the value of assets for the council. Competitive daily rates available.

Qualifications

• MRICS is essential in this role.
• Detailed knowledge of complex property transactions.
• Experience managing teams with qualified staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the VASA team and ensure compliance.
• Maximise property value through third party lettings.
• Develop innovative asset management strategies.

Skills

Extensive knowledge of property industry

Project management

Contractual expertise

Staff management

Strategic asset management

Education

Degree level education

MRICS certification

Job description

Head of Asset Management – Valuation and Strategic Assets

Lambeth

Contract

£444.57 per day PAYE or £600 per day limited paid via umbrella company inside IR35

Our client is looking for an experienced Head of Asset Management – Valuation and Strategic Assets.

Educated to degree level.

MRICS is essential in this role.

Detailed and extensive knowledge and understanding of the property industry, complex property transactions and the opportunities they offer local authorities.

Detailed and extensive knowledge and understanding of strategic asset management, project management and performance management.

Extensive staff management experience including teams that include professionally qualified staff.

Extensive experience of commissioning and managing consultants and technical advisers in delivering projects.

This is one of many opportunities we are currently recruiting for please visit our website colbernlimited co uk for more jobs.

The Head of Strategic Assets is a key role within Valuations and Strategic assets team responsible for processes, policy and systems as well as leading on complex landlord and tenant contractual cases. As such the role requires an individual who can demonstrate significant Landlord and Tenant and property contract expertise and must be a chartered survey and current MRICS.

The purpose of the valuation and strategic assets department is to advise the Council specifically on opportunities to exploit the underlying value of property assets either through a third party letting, disposal or acquisition, leading to a direct capital, revenue, or social-value benefit.

Accountable for the development and delivery of property and asset programmes of work, ensuring that the Council is making the best use of its asset base in the delivery of its outcomes, this role is to ensure the provision of high‑quality advice to the Council, Cabinet Executive and Senior Management Team on matters pertaining to property and assets of the authority.

As deputy to the AD VASA, the purpose is to lead and deliver a value adding, customer focused valuation and strategic asset’s function that collaborates with service colleagues and other professional functions to meet the needs of the authority and the changing service environment, delivering on corporate objectives and responsibilities while complying with statutory and policy requirements for the management of property.

Supporting the Head of Service and staff in delivering the changes and improvements needed to meet its challenges in the short, medium, and long term,

Including internal and external communications.

This Head of Asset Management role will lead on maximising benefit from technological changes, focus on becoming a data‑led, value adding professional advisory and support function in delivering transformation to the Council in relation to the management and operation of the Council’s property and the asset base.

Responsibilities

• Deal, without professional support, with work of the highest complexity and technical content as appropriate to the duties of the post.
• Provide professional leadership for the Council’s VASA team being accountable for ensuring that internal customers are aware of standard processes and regulatory requirements in relation to property and how these processes are designed to protect the Council and support effective service delivery.
• Forster a customer centric approach to delivery by supporting users of the service to pro‑actively engage and seek professional advice. Work with Services to develop an annual work programme for the team ensuring and promoting performance and professional competence of staff.
• Proactively support and take ownership for the sound delivery of all aspects of acquisitions, disposals, leasing, and other property transactions, to the highest professional standards including reporting on performance, facilitating internal and external scrutiny as appropriate.
• Contribute to the capital pipeline through the strategic disposal of assets for the future delivery of major housing, education, infrastructure, and other priorities.
• Maximise value / revenue generation through lettings to third parties in the existing portfolio and identify and implement opportunities for new and emerging revenue and value generation.
• Develop innovative ways of exploiting the underlying asset value across the borough and be responsible for the acquisition of properties where this can create additional value, either through land assembly and / or marriage value.
• Investigate and identify investment opportunities for acquisition to provide a secure income stream or enable added value and advise the Council on any associated risk.
• Advise on major regeneration projects, particularly those involving complex Joint Ventures, land swaps, or other transaction services, including CPO.
• Advise and provide professional support to the council on all aspects of strategic housing advice, including significant enfranchisement cases, buybacks and minor disposals.
• Lead and innovate on new asset disposal and acquisition ideas, spotting opportunities and keeping a strong market ‘interface’.
• Develop a strategic approach to the procurement, monitoring, maintenance, management of the framework of consultants and external professional advisors.

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The first part of our recruitment process is to send your CV. Should you be short listed Colbern Limited will contact you within 5 days or we may contact you about other job opportunities. Colbern Limited along with our clients are an equal opportunities employer.