Estate Manager
Closing Date : 10/11/2024
Interviewing : week commencing 25/11/2024
A bit about the role...
Working in a team with Julie Brown our Senior Estate Manager (South region), and other team members, the Estate Manager will play a critical role in leading on the estate management of assigned assets in Homes England’s extensive and diverse land portfolio. The Estate Manager is a technical role and provides expert advice on estate management, implements best practice, identifies risk and manage compliance with legal, and health & safety requirements, ensuring Homes England meets its statutory and legal obligations.
You will be joining our highly skilled and experienced team which forms part of the larger national Estates Management Team of 24 people, who are committed to making positive change in how the Agency’s assets are managed and ensure a safe and compliant estate.
Julie is dedicated to delivering a first-class customer service, resolving issues informally wherever possible, and taking a positive and creative approach to estate management issues. He believes in working in a collaborative/flexible way to foster good decision making and problem solving within the team.
This is a rare chance to shape the future of estate management in a fast growing, national organisation. Working with key stakeholders and a professional estate management team you will ensure efficient, consistent, and effective resolution of management issues and have the opportunity to help create an agile and proactive estate management function.
You will be involved at all stages of the development process from acquisition through to disposal. This will include contribution at pre acquisition stage, peer assessment and contribution at approval stages.
The role will support the delivery of key strategic projects around the Agency’s asset portfolio. There are some exciting projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to the estate management offering.
A bit about you…
Whilst our day job is to deliver a high quality and consistent service to our stakeholders on estate management, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve performance and innovate.
Educated to a relevant surveying degree level and, ideally, with a recognised professional qualification (e.g. RICS), you will be experienced in commercial and/or rural estate management and will be comfortable supporting the Acquisition, Delivery and Disposal Teams in resolving complex estate management issues. The aim is to deliver a professional estate service to the Homes England vacant and tenanted land and property portfolio which includes high risk sites, brownfield, industrial, commercial, agricultural land, and other green estates.
You will be able to demonstrate a good understanding, supported by evidence of continued professional development of Health and Safety legislation relating to Estate Management and a qualification from a professional body such as NEBOSH or IOSH would be advantageous for this position.
Proficient in delivering professional estate management service across a diverse range of sites located within a wide geographical area, you will possess the excellent communication skills required to confidently lead on estate management requirements, working alongside internal teams and external stakeholders from site acquisition through to disposal and you’ll understand how to manage a busy workload whilst demonstrating you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative and inclusive way.
Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as an estate management team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.
Who are we?
Homes England : The Housing and Regeneration Agency
We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.
How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.
Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.
What we offer...
As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.
Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.
Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay controls and pay policy. You can find these on the recruitment pages of the intranet.
If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.
Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.
If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.
Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.
We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.
We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme.
If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at this stage.