Estate Management Surveyor

**What's involved with this role**:
**Ref number**:Haringey RQ1334515**

Capital Projects and Property provides property leadership across the Council and has direct responsibility for the portfolio covering the whole property lifecycle. The team manages the Councils property portfolio to maximise value, reduce costs and increase returns. This senior role sits in the Property team which provides professional portfolio management and advice to Councillors [cabinet] and senior stakeholders, giving direction and assurance on all estates issues, by translating Council business strategies into real estate related consequences.

You will represent the Councils property interests on a variety of projects providing professional portfolio management and advise in a wide range of settings and asset types including property management, Industrial development, retail, de risking and disposal of development land, delivering administrative office accommodation, and acquiring and managing land to support Haringey’s regeneration agenda.

You will also support the wider Property team’s work on property development and placemaking, using your commercial insight and property expertise for policy formulation and implementation across the Council. This could include retail and industrial development, intelligent client to other services, delivering administrative office accommodation.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Effectively managing the property portfolio to maximise value, reduce costs, enhance long term value and increase returns, with a focus on both financial performance and social and economic benefits.
- Take ownership for identifying and executing value add opportunities and asset management initiatives across the assets.
- Delivering commercial arrangements (including leases and acquisitions) which meet the council’s needs.
- Act as an “intelligent client” to our supply chain and property managers on all property management issues.
- Working with Senior colleagues in developing and delivering the property strategy in line with wider Council policy.
- Maximising property regeneration opportunities from assets through development enabling work and ensuring asset disposals meet Councils objectives and represent best value.
- Undertake budgeting, forecasting and financial management in respect of the property portfolio
- Managing and advising on cross Haringey initiatives and policies
- Understand future workstreams and ensure the expected consequences of the business strategy inform the development of the wider Property Strategy
- Create robust business cases to support strategy recommendations; feasibility management, quantifying value creation and other commercial benefits appropriately tailored to departmental objectives. Support progress through Programme / Investment Boards up to Cabinet approval
- Develop effective client relationships with our professional advisors and with service teams, Legal and Finance colleagues

**Qualifications**:

- Degree in a property related field or Chartered Surveyor (member of RICS) or equivalent.
- Educated to degree level, have a property related qualification or be working towards these with excellent and detailed experience within the industry.

**Knowledge**:

- Expert knowledge and understanding of legislative, policy and contextual framework affecting the work of the service; an understanding of the workings of local government, public sector management, and current and future challenges facing local authorities.
- Firm understanding and demonstrable track-record in handling asset management initiatives: lettings, rent reviews, re-gears, refurbishments as well as hold / sell analysis in addition to a thorough understanding of commercial leases
- Understand and can demonstrate compliance with Statutory, Regulatory and Professional requirements.

**Experience**:

- Experience will include working as a leader and establishing good relationships with key business heads and senior stakeholders.
- A range of experience and a good knowledge of legal negotiations and contracts/agreements.

**Skills & Abilities**:

- Be able to produce quality reports and analysis in tight time constraints.
- Able to influence others by articulating reasons to gain agreement.
- Able to work through difficulties and establish a shared way forward.
- Manage a changing portfolio of projects and priorities with the ability to deliver to tight deadlines, manage teams, prioritise work and adapt your working style to meet the different needs of each client or transaction.

**To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF.**

**If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pa