One of my local government clients are currently recruiting an experienced Asset Manager on a temporary basis. This is a 3-month minimum contract with the possibility of the role being extended further to work Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Hybrid working role were, however, you will be required to attend the office 2/3 times a week.
Overview:
* The purpose of this role is to lead and manage the Council’s asset management function within Estate Services, including the line management of the Asset Management Surveyor.
* To take the Council lead on operational and community property asset use and optimisation, devolution of assets to bodies such as local Parish Councils, transfer of assets and community asset matters as well as repurposing and regeneration projects and on procuring portfolio-wide Red Book valuations and Reinstatement Cost Assessments.
* To lead and deliver on specific priority projects and business objectives within the asset management function and to act in a support capacity for priority projects in the wider service, where required.
* Supporting the Estates Services Manager more broadly on delivering strategic work and business planning, as required, including the provision of effective records management.
* In addition to the asset management aspects of the role (approx. 80%) the role holder will provide a general estates surveying function (approximately 20%), in conjunction with the other surveyors and officers within Estate Services; thus providing a flexible resource pool in order to respond to demands and provide high levels of customer service.
Responsibilities:
* To lead the design and implementation of efficient systems, policies and processes for the management of the Council’s operational and community property and land assets to maximise residents’ benefit (financial and non-financial) whilst aiming to reduce running costs borne by the Council.
* To lead and manage the budgeting, forecasting and delivery of transactions such as: sales of Council-owned property and land assets, residential long-leasehold lease extensions (via external specialists), releasing parties from restrictive covenants, granting wayleaves to utility providers, issuing temporary licences to occupy and site access permissions and protecting the Council’s position under the Party Wall Act (via external specialists). This role will have income/capital receipt targets and will be expected to plan appropriate actions to deliver these.
* To lead and manage the work programme of Red Book asset valuations through an outsourced approach. This will involve taking on a contract management role and making sure that actions are commercially sensitive, ethically appropriate, based on robust evidence and delivered (via external specialists) to the timetable required by the Council’s Finance team for statutory accounting and budgeting purposes.
* To provide internal support and advice to SADC’s Housing Service, to include matters relating to their non-residential portfolio as well as relevant housing tenant issues (position of boundaries and responsibilities, extent of gardens, advising tenants about party wall matters etc.); commenting and instructing the Legal Department on non-commercial leases, valuing new residential developments for setting the housing rents (directly or via outsourcing) and valuing (directly or via outsourcing) for building insurance purposes.
f you are interested in this vacancy, please send your CV to Jahker Miah from Coyle Personnel Ltd