Head of Estates

7 months ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 288631**Salary**:

- £61,940 - £68,959**Job grade**:

- Grade 6**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DVSA - Corporate Services**Type of role**:

- Estates
- Property
- Senior leadership**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- You can choose from Bristol, Newcastle, Nottingham or Swansea as your home office. We offer hybrid working - giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work.About the job

**Job summary**:

- To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace and making DVSA a great place to work _visit our Careers website_._

This is an exciting opportunity to join DVSA in the role of Head of Estates. DVSA has a large network of estates, which will impact staff across all areas of the agency. The DVSA estate is a mixture of owned, leased and MOTO sites delivering driver and vehicles services, enforcement activity, traffic commissioner activity, and administrative offices.

DVSA’s estates are going through a period of change, and this is an opportunity for a qualified Chartered Surveyor to make an impact in a meaningful way, helping to ensure the continued safety of road users.

You will be managing a medium-sized team, overseeing Estate and Facilities Management, Site Rationalisation, Property Investment and the sustainability of our estates.

**Job description**:
You will:

- Deliver a fit for purpose property portfolio, ensuring value for money from the range and use of all property assets.
- Demonstrate leadership by providing influence, direction and guidance to staff to support the delivery of objectives. Establishes a strong direction and a persuasive future vision; managing and engaging with honesty and integrity, and upholding the reputation of the Agency, Department and Civil Service.
- Provide expert advice, support and challenge to DVSA managers and budget holders and to consultants and other parts of the business on estates and property issues.
- Manage capital, maintenance, rental and other property related budgets and balance resources to deliver value for money.
- Development, communication and promotion of DVSA’s corporate core purpose, vision, objectives and values.

**Person specification**:

- Proven leadership of teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills.
- Proven strategic insight.
- Proactive, can do attitude.

**Qualifications**:

- RICS professional qualification.**Memberships**:

- Membership of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service

**Benefits**:
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps everyone stay safe on Britain's roads.

We're an innovative organisation that values professional expertise and invests in all our people. We champion inclusive and diverse teams, ensuring we have the skills required to deliver transport that moves Britain ahead now and into the future, meeting the needs of the people who use our services.

If you would like to read more about the great opportunities and benefits of working at DVSA visit our Careers website

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.**How to Apply**

Please structure your Covering Letter to provide detailed evidence of each of the following:

- Experience in property management.
- Experience and knowledge of property legislation, valuation, rating and estate management, property development, project management.
- Proven resource management skills - financial, personnel and property related.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively in a variety of formats at all levels, with excellent report writing skills.

**Sift & Interview Dates**

The sift is due to take place w/c 6th June

Interviews are due to take place w/c 19th June
- This interview will be conducted via a video interview, details of which will be provided to you should you be selected for interview._

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:

- An interview

You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.

The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of f

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