Space and Asset Officer

Sussex Community; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living Wage Employer

Flexible working options

Training, development and research

Job summary

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced property professional to manage its NHS property portfolio. The post holder will negotiate leases, manage acquisitions and disposals, and optimise service charges, working closely with the Associate Director for Health Planning and Property.

The role requires strong stakeholder engagement, detailed knowledge of estates best practice, and the ability to manage multiple high value projects across Sussex.

Qualifications

• Degree level in a property related discipline.
• AssocRICS/MRICS/FRICS with experience in property/asset management.
• Significant experience in large value property transactions and asset management.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational property advice across the property portfolio.
• Negotiate leases, renewals, licences, rent reviews and related contracts.
• Identify income opportunities and manage service charges as landlord and tenant.

Skills

Negotiation

Lease renewals

Asset management

Financial analysis

Communication

Risk management

Education

Degree in property discipline

MRICS/FRICS/AssocRICS

Tools

MICAD system

Property databases

Excel

Job description

• The post holder is required to manage Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (The Trust/SCFT) Property Portfolio and other property related matters on behalf of SCFT. They are responsible for a broad range of property duties, including landlord and tenant negotiations such as rent reviews and lease renewals, managing property acquisitions and disposals.
• The postholder will support the management of service charges and formalise all occupational arrangements including the granting of licences and leases to third-party occupiers. 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

Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role may not be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk websitebefore applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

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Main duties of the job

• Provide the strategic and operational property advice across the propertyportfolio to the Associate Director for Health Planning and Property and services as necessary.To undertake and assist colleagues with other planned strategic initiatives asinstructed by the Associate Director of Health Planning and Property.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 executedand completed on time and to meet the needs of the Trust's service provisionsTo achieve the best outcome for the Trust and protect the Trust's intereststhrough effective communication, negotiation, completion of due diligence andmore. To undertake comparable valuations and where necessaryto manage registered valuers/agents.
• 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 wellbeingo
• 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 Brightono
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• 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

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details regarding the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and/or professional registration

• Degree level in a property related discipline.
• AssocRICS/MRICS/FRICS with experience in property/asset management.

Experience

• Significant experience in managing large value property transactions including acquisition and disposal, asset management, landlord and tenant.
• Detailed knowledge of Property management, RICS best practice.
• Commercial awareness and experience in dealing with landlord, tenants, solicitors, building surveyors, quantity surveyors, compliance H&S officers.
• Experience and knowledge of the NHS or public sector. Have broad technical knowledge of the 'Estates Code'.
• Experience and knowledge of managing contracts/consultants.

Skills and knowledge

• Ability to communicate highly complex / sensitive and commercially confidential information verbally and in writing relating to estates projects, and multi-stranded business cases to Board senior managers, project teams and client departments as appropriate
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, able to negotiate and persuade people with a balanced consultative approach to implementing change.
• Ability to process, analyse, and interpret complex information and arrive at judgements by providing options and professional recommendations compliant with legislation.
• Ability to identify and manage risks
• Ability to manage conflicting demands including financial and political, multiple cases/ be part of multiple projects of varying complexity over a broad geographical area
• Ability to work on own initiative guided by RICS, NHS England, ICB, legislation, and other regulations and guidance
• Be numerate and computer literate in a range of computer packages such as word and excel, particularly in relation to capital projects and estate management applications of computer technology.
• Knowledge and experience of market testing, tendering process, contract negotiations and performance management.
• Ability to use MICAD system or property database system alike.

Other requirements

• Ability to drive/travel across sites. Postholder is required to undertake site inspections and carry out site visits.

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