Regional Surveyor

**About us**

The Trust owns and manages a unique and complex portfolio of over 350 properties and other assets including, but not exclusively:

- _ Supported Living accommodation_
- _ T_wo Estates with listed mansions_
- _ Working farms and smallholdings_
- _ Workshops (Woodwork, Pottery, Arts & Craft)_
- _ Music halls_
- _ Cafes_
- _ Staff offices and other support facilities_

**Purpose - Team and Role**

The Regional Surveyor’s role is a key position within Estates. The role provides professional advice and support to The Trust delivering capital investment projects, major infrastructure upgrades, and planned maintenance projects as well as providing professional assessment and advice in relation to the repair and maintenance requirements to improve the condition of our unique property portfolio.

This position plays a crucial role in assessing and recording the condition of our properties, project management of investment projects and programmes of work. You will ensure timely completion of works, to quality and budget; overseeing contractor activities to ensure safe working practices are adhered to.

The Trust is developing an environmental strategy and has an investment programme to deliver EPC rating of C, whilst working towards Net Zero. You will be involved in developing and implementing this plan of works and knowledge and experience of sustainable property management is highly desirable.

**Location**

This is an agile role with scope for some home working, balanced with time on site and working from our communities. This role will cover our Gloucestershire, Stourbridge, St. Albans and Watford communities. The scale and complexity of the investment programme in the next 24 months balanced towards Gloucestershire.

You will therefore ideally be located within easy reach of Gloucester and for monthly visits to Stourbridge / North London and therefore within the M5/A40/M40/M4 Triangle.

**Duties & Responsibilities**

This is a regionally based role providing flexible and professional support to the Estates directorate and in particular the Property Assets and Compliance team.

You will be responsible for managing activities in your designated region of six communities, in a combination of rural and urban settings.

This is a pivotal role requiring a flexible and organised approach to managing multiple work-streams including;
- Project Management
- Capital improvement and minor works programmes
- Supply chain management
- Property Management and Survey
- Supervision of contractors and site activities

**Main Areas of Responsibility**
- ** Leadership**

You will visit your designated sites on a regular basis to monitor Project progress and onsite activities. This will include the management of contractors and the monitoring of PPM works being delivered by our in-house maintenance teams. A key part of the role is as professional Business Partner / advisor for the Trust and in conjunction with the Supported Living & Green Care operations team, working to a ‘Co-Production’ ethos with the People we support.
- ** Project Management**

The Trust have an ambitious programme of annual investment works that must be completed to time and cost constraints. Some of these works may be tackled internally, larger works will be delivered via our supply chain, but in all cases will need Project management across the region. You may be asked to lead on specific projects in your region or to contribute to larger national initiatives including infrastructure upgrades and civils. Budget management and providing of monthly status and risk reports for the projects in your region with presentation and accountability to the Executive Management Team and Investment Committee.
- ** Supply Chain Management**

Work closely with suppliers in your region, to ensure works are completed to budget, on time and to a high standard. Carry out periodic site surveys of works-in-progress and checks to ensure safe working practices are being observed, that works are progressing to expected timescales and that quality is maintained. Build a rapport with the supply chain to establish excellent working relationships and leverage best value for The Trust.
- ** Asset Management and Survey**

Take the lead in managing all Property assets in your region, monitoring condition and feeding back issues to the Head of Assets and Compliance. Work closely with members of Executive and the General managers at each site, to identify future works, so that these can be fed into our rolling programme of improvements. Work with our Regional Maintenance supervisors to agree and schedule a rolling programme of routine maintenance tasks for the in-house delivery team. Carry out regular inspection of our empty properties (long-term management voids) and ensure these are safe and secure and establish the void lettable standards. Carry out stock condition surveys to feed the Asset management database and our programme of investment works.

**Person specificati