About the role
The Estate Surveyor is responsible for delivering of professional estate management work, primarily on the commercial investment portfolio. This portfolio is held to earn revenue and the estate surveyor will work under the Commercial Estate Manager and be required to use their landlord and tenant knowledge and expertise to undertake property agency work, contract negotiations through to completion, and thereafter maintain ongoing effective relationships to retain income.
Additionally strong customer service skills are required in building and maintaining Tenant and Landlord relations. The post holder will attend, as necessary, occasional meetings of the council and its committees inside of normal working hours.
If you have any queries please contact simon.hart@northnorthants.gov.uk
What will you be doing?
Principal responsibilities
- To delivery effective Estate management as agreed with the commercial Estate Manager (CEM), primarily for the investment portfolio although some operational landlord and tenant work may be required. Using appropriate valuation methodology undertake market reviews and calculations, negotiate new leases from agency enquiries, manage lease assignments, and other general estate management services as directed through to completion.
- To provide technical advice to the commercial estates team by supporting with lease advice, arrears collection options specific to commercial leasehold interest and general landlord and tenant best practice matters.
- To support the wider asset management team when requested by the CEM by providing information for review meetings, at times contributing to management reports and recommendations.
- To assist with the annual asset valuation programme by maintaining and supplying information to the lead officer, at times supporting with site visits.
- At times to prepare sites for agency, draft fee proposals for external valuations, liaise with agents and external valuers, where approved appoint advisors and liaise with them through to completion.
- To support the Senior Accounts Officer with their learning and development by providing advice on landlord and tenant matters and service charge queries.
- To support the wider Council team by at times providing advice, attending and contributing to meetings, preparing briefing notes, reports etc. To support the Councils Carbon Neutral 2030 target by assisting with the identification of sites that may be improved and supporting the wider asset team review of such assets.
To work with the wider Council teams, including legal and facilities and external consultants, such as legal and agents, complying with all regulatory processes and building effective relationships to achieve the corporate objectives
About you
Person Specification
|
Attributes |
Essential criteria |
Desirable criteria |
|---|---|---|
|
Education, Qualifications and Training |
Educated to degree level or equivalent (or equivalent experience) with evidence of continuing professional development in property, surveying, or a similar discipline |
Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. |
|
Experience and Knowledge |
Property inspection including basic building pathology Landlord and Tenant experience including lease renewals, rent reviews, assignments, VOA awareness, lettings, licences to alter, assignment and changes of use, purchase and sale of land and property. Knowledge and understanding of effective, efficient, and economic use of property and accommodation. Demonstrable ability to write clear, concise, and accurate reports, letters, and emails appropriate to the audience. |
Some knowledge of public sector property and working practices. |
|
Ability and Skills |
Evidence of IT literacy including a sound knowledge of tasks, systems, databases etc. Proven ability to manage a range of conflicting work demands and pressures. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders (internal and external), across all levels; and write clear and concise management reports. Diplomacy – managing different understandings / expectations. Presenting information to a range of audiences Developing articulate and evidenced based arguments Developing high quality documents i.e. business cases, management reports etc Proven experience working within a total team environment A driving licence and use of a vehicle |
Experience of working within the Public Sector and with external partners |
|
Equal Opportunities |
Ability to demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behaviour, physical, social and welfare needs. |
|
|
Additional Factors |
Proven ability to work to tight deadlines and manage own workload. Proven ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative and willingness to embrace change. |
|
Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising that you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our Key Commitments
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.
We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
Attached documents
The following content displays a map of the job's location.
