Asset Management Surveyor

On behalf of FCDO, we are looking for an Asset Management Surveyor Inside IR35 for a 12 months contract based Hybrid 2 days week in London

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) pursues our national interests and projects the UK as a force for good in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK's security, defend our values, reduce poverty, and tackle global challenges with our international partners.

As a Asset Management Surveyor , your main responsibilities will be:

• Developing, maintaining and implementing a UK Strategic Asset Management Plan that aligns with organisational goals, staff needs, departmental priorities, and government policies, including Government Workplace Design Standard 004. You will be expected to maintain and analyse the estates data that underpins the plan.
• Leading and managing all UK lease arrangements, including new acquisitions, renewals, and terminations, ensuring they support strategic objectives and deliver value for money - there will be transactional activities that you will undertake yourself and transactional activities that you will instruct professional services providers from existing framework agreements to undertake on your behalf.
• Monitoring and interpreting relevant government policies and standards, ensuring the estates strategy and lease management practices remain compliant and forward-looking.
• Leading and managing arrangements with our tenants including the Memorandum of Terms of Occupation (MOTO) that we have with FCDO Services and the new arrangements will need to put in place for the Government Departments moving into KCS.
• Developing effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including senior leaders, departmental heads, property teams, and government bodies to ensure alignment and support for UK estates planning and decision-making. This will include supporting Stakeholder Board meetings and engaging and collaborating with other FCDO property professionals (Project Directors, Transactional Surveyors, FM Operations, IT) and our security experts.

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience in developing and delivering estates strategies, transactional work and property management.
• Strong knowledge of UK property legislation, lease management, and government estate standards, including Government Workplace Design Standard 004.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across departments and with external partners
• MRICS qualified - Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Desirable:

• Experience working within or alongside central government or public sector estate functions.
• Familiarity with sustainability and net zero targets in the context of estates planning and property management.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, FCDO guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".