About the role
The Principal Surveyor is responsible for delivering a range of professional estate management case work, primarily on the corporate estates portfolio.
This portfolio is held to achieve the corporate plan, deliver services, and maximise value depending on the category of the asset. The Principal Surveyor will be required to use their extensive technical expertise to assist with the management of the corporate estate and undertake property contract negotiations through to completion, and thereafter maintain ongoing effective relationships.
What will you be doing?
- To be responsible for the delivery of a case load of higher value asset management using landlord and tenant knowledge and expertise to maximise value from the estate. Using RICS valuation methodology undertake rent reviews, lease renewals, monitor actions such as break notices, rent free periods, and provide recommendation reports to the Senior Asset Manager.
- Provide technical and expert advice to council services and directorates on complex or sensitive service delivery improvements including occupancy agreements, procure specialist valuation reports from third party suppliers, and provide recommendation reports including reports to Executive and Delegated Decisions.
- Lead on complex negotiations for leasehold acquisitions and disposals, licences, easements, and wayleaves, making recommendations on the best terms to the Senior Asset Manager. Assist with Compulsory Purchase Orders.
- Assist the Senior Asset Manager to manage the capital receipts programme.
- Provide reports to the Asset Management Review Group on council owned land and property identifying surplus assets for disposal at best consideration in accordance with S.123 legislation.
- Manage the asset valuation programme ensuring that the value of the Council’s land and property portfolio is accurately reported for accounting purposes. Ensure accurate records are provided to the data input officer and support the asset valuation programme at times liaising with the external valuers, finance and audit to ensure valuation deadlines are achieved.
- To review the portfolio to support the wider team to ensure that it meets the service/ council need. 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.
- Survey land and property and provide updates for asset records team.
About you
You will be self motivated with a minimum of 10 years post qualification surveying experience in a property management discipline. Ideally you will have experience of working in the public sector but this is not essential. You will be able to demonstrate that you have provided or have managed the delivery of asset valuations for accounting purposes, and have current knowledge of CIPFA rules. You will have provided high level technical advice to clients on the acquisition and disposal of both freehold and leasehold assets, and will have experience of selling land for development. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to manage difficult or challenging situations. Most importantly you will be a team player and have excellent negotiation skills.
Our benefits
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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)
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