Space and Asset Manager

Sussex Community; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Sussex Community is seeking aProperty Manager to oversee the Trust's property portfolio, negotiate leases and renewals, and manage service charges. The role will coordinate site searches, acquisitions, disposals, and space allocations to support healthcare teams.

The post holder will ensure compliance with NHS policies, RICS best practices, and the Trust's estate strategy, engaging with NHS partners and other stakeholders.

Qualifications

• MRICS or equivalent professional qualification.
• Accredited Degree in a relevant field.
• AssocRICS or MRICS membership.
• Member/FRICS status encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Manage The Trust's Property Portfolio and related duties, including landlord/tenant negotiations, rent reviews, lease renewals and licences.
• Undertake site searches and manage acquisition and disposal cases.
• Oversee service charges as landlord and tenant and ensure timely transactions.
• Identify space requirements, conduct inspections and support the estate strategy.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation skills

Contract interpretation

Education

MRICS or equivalent

Accredited Degree

AssocRICS

Member/FRICS

Job description

The post holder is required to manage The Trust's Property Portfolio and other property related matters. They are responsible for a broad range of property duties, including landlord and tenant negotiations such as rent reviews and lease renewals, manage and administer service charges and formalise all occupational arrangements including the granting of licences and leases. To also manageproperty acquisitions and disposals.

In addition to this, to identify and facilitate fit for purpose premises suitable for healthcare teams to provide their services and undertake site inspections for the purposes of space allocations, repair/maintenance, valuations, updating records.

The post holder will provide the strategic and operational day-to-day property management, support the delivery of the Trust's estate strategy and ensure the Trust's estates related strategies and processes are in line with NHS strategic policies and procedures and RICS best practices.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will engage with a wide range of stakeholders, including (but not limited to) healthcare occupiers, property owners, and other NHS partners

To negotiate new leases, lease renewals, reinstatement of premises, dilapidations, licences, rent reviews, wayleaves, easements. Tenancy at wills, and other contracts such as Memorandum agreements in accordance with best practice, legislation and Trust Policy.

To undertake site searches and manage acquisition and disposal cases.

Responsible for lease events and ensure other related transactions are executed and completed on time and to meet the needs of the Trust's service provisions

To achieve the best outcome for the Trust and protect the Trust's interests through effective communication, negotiation, completion of due diligence and more.

To identify income revenue opportunities and ensure that revenue income is optimised.

To assist in the production and to manage Service Charges both as Landlord and Tenant capacity.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief network
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Job responsibilities

• manage The Trust's Property Portfolio and other property related matters. They are responsible for a broad range of property duties, including landlord and tenant negotiations such as rent reviews and lease renewals, manage and administer service charges and formalise all occupational arrangements including the granting of licences and leases. To also manageproperty acquisitions and disposals.

Person Specification

MRICS or equivalent

• MRICS or equivalent
• Accredited Degree
• AssocRICS
• Member/FRICS

Experience in Property Management

• Years worked in relevant field and experience in undertaking such a role
• 2 years experience in similar role
• 5+ years experience in similar role
• 3+ years in the same role and having had experience in a majority of duties as listed with NHS background
• 3+ years in the same role and having experienced all duties as listed, with NHS background

Ability to think strategically

• General experience
• Works independently and can demonstrate own ideas
• Provides lots of initiative examples

Communication/engage with stakeholders

• Ability to lead on communications
• Demonstrate a variety of communication styles
• Leadership in comms and engaging with stakeholders

Problem solving

• Can demonstrate investigative skills such as interpreting leases
• Depending on the example given
• Extensive and obvious skills to read and interpret contracts

Knowledge of RICS and HBN

• Estates Code and RICS professional statements
• RICS knowledge of best practice or HBN one or the other
• Estates Code knowledge plus RICS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Associate Director of Health Planning and Property