Senior Asset Manager

Wealden District Council; Hailsham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Wealden District Council is seeking an Asset Manager to manage their diverse property portfolio effectively. You will advise on best practices, conduct inspections, and liaise with stakeholders while enjoying benefits like flexible working and professional development. Join a supportive team committed to community needs.

Benefits

Flexible working

Excellent salary and pension

Comprehensive staff health & wellbeing scheme

Free parking

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge and experience of property and estates management.
• Well-organized, highly motivated, and able to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Carry out property inspections, acquisitions & disposals.
• Manage external consultants and day-to-day estate management.

Skills

Property Management

Communication

IT Skills

Education

RICS Membership

Job description

Salary: £45,320.64 - £47,207.40, plus Car Allowance £2,745.96 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time

Hours: 37

Location: Hailsham / Hybrid

Would you like to use your knowledge and experience of property and estates management in a rural setting, where you will be a key member of the Assets & FM team?

Who?

Wealden is a large and predominantly rural area situated in East Sussex stretching from the coastal areas of the Seven Sisters and Pevensey Bay in the south, and inland to Crowborough and the Ashdown Forest.

The Council has a diverse property portfolio of Local Authority assets. These include operational property assets, leisure centres, retail and industrial investments, commercial and historic properties.

We are seeking to appoint a qualified and experienced Asset Manager, to ensure that the Council’s property assets are efficiently managed to maximise income and ensure that public and community needs are met.

What will you be doing?

You will be one of the team’s property specialists advising other staff, Directors, and Members on best estate management practice.

Travelling around the district, you will carry out property inspections, acquisitions & disposals, lease renewals, rent reviews, while managing external consultants, valuations, and day to day estate management business.

What do you need?

You will be well organised, highly motivated and work with minimal supervision. You will also have extensive knowledge and experience of property and estates management.

In addition, you will have good IT skills and can effectively communicate with Directors and Elected Members, as well as with occupiers and stakeholders.

Candidates must have membership of the RICS with experience of estate management. Local Authority experience is desirable.

What do we offer?

• Working for a great, forward-thinking Local Authority.
• Excellent salary, pension, flexible working, fantastic employee benefits and comprehensive staff health & wellbeing scheme.
• A friendly, supportive team and a range of opportunities for continuing professional development.
• Hybrid working with the ability to work from home as well as from our newly refurbished offices in Hailsham.
• Free parking.
• Please note that you must have the right to work in the UK.

Post number: P1015

Closing date: 1 July 2025

Interview date: TBC

Wealden District Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are committed to maintaining a diverse workforce and an inclusive work environment. We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities and all applications will be treated on merit.

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