Space and Asset Officer

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Living Wage Employer

Training opportunities

Job summary

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a proactive Space and Asset Officer to support property portfolio management, including lease administration, acquisitions, disposals, service charges and space planning. You will work with healthcare teams and external stakeholders to ensure estates are well managed and meet service needs.

The role requires strong negotiation, analytical skills and knowledge of property regulations.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational property advice across the portfolio.
• Negotiate leases, renewals, settlements, rents and related contracts.

Skills

Property management

Lease administration

Negotiation

RICS knowledge

Financial awareness

Education

Degree in property discipline

AssocRICS/MRICS/FRICS

Tools

MICAD system

Job description

We are seeking a proactive and organised Space and Asset Officer to support the management of Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust's property portfolio. You will play a key role in delivering effective property and asset management services, including lease administration, landlord and tenant matters, service charges, property acquisitions and disposals, and space planning. Working closely with healthcare teams and external stakeholders, you will help ensure the Trust's estates are fit for purpose, well-managed, and support the delivery of high-quality patient care.

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 website before 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 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

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