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Senior Estates Surveyor

Employer
Oxford City Council
Location
Oxford
Salary
G8: £38,743 to £40,656 per annum
Closing date
24 Mar 2019

Job Title: Senior Estates Surveyor

Service Area / Directorate: Regeneration and Economy

Salary and Grade: G8: £38,743 to £40,656 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours​: 37 per week

Location: Oxford - St Aldate's Chambers

What we want………is an experienced Senior Estates Surveyor to help us manage our diverse and comprehensive commercial and operational property portfolio.

In return, we can offer you.......... the opportunity to work flexibly, either full or part time, and the chance to regularly work from home to enable you to achieve a great work life balance and reduce your commuting time each week. When you do travel in to the office, you can take advantage of our subsidised travel benefits, to help with the cost of your journey. We recognise that Oxford isn’t the easiest place to travel to, but as well as the train and bus network we have a fantastic park and ride service that enables you to get into the city quickly and easily. If all this isn’t enough to persuade you, there is also our fantastic pension scheme and much more.

The work is varied and requires a fully qualified general practice RICS surveyor to contribute with an enthusiasm for work and a “can do” attitude. The work will also include other professional activities which may include rent review and lease renewal negotiations, acquisitions, disposals, the preparation of valuations and marketing of vacant property, RICS Red Book, Rating, CPO as required.

You will have demonstrable experience of working within a multi-disciplined practice, ideally with local authority knowledge and experience. You will be well organised, an excellent communicator, adaptable and flexible in your approach yet possessing strong negotiation and influencing skills.

If all this sounds appealing then we’d love to hear from you.

About us

Oxford City Council prides itself on delivering high quality, cost effective public services. Oxford is a world class city and the Council has high aspirations for its services and employees. We are a multi-award winning Council and in May 2017 we were re-accredited at Gold level for Champion IiP status. Our other awards include the Institute of Revenues Rating & Valuation (IRRV) ‘Excellence in Corporate Fraud’ winners 2016, Oxfordshire Environment Partnership (OEP) ‘Best Food Waste Reduction and Collection System’, and several ‘Team of the Year’ national and regional awards across our Service Areas. This builds on our previous success in achieving ‘Council of the Year’ in 2015.

With over 700 staff dedicated to delivering the best service possible to our communities this is an exciting time to be working in Local Government. We focus on improving outcomes for local people and you might be surprised at the range and quality of the services we provide.

We offer a fantastic range of staff benefits that include generous holiday (from 28 days a year plus bank holidays), local government pension scheme, subsidised leisure membership, discounted travel and flexible working in many roles. We offer well-defined opportunities through our learning and development programme. We also have an employee wellbeing programme, an employee assistance programme and support via our dedicated occupational health service.

How to apply

More information is available on the role profile document. Please read this document to ensure that you meet our requirements. More information about working for the Council, our values and vision, is available on our web site.

The City Council is committed to having a workforce that reflects the diverse local community it serves. We particularly welcome applicants from the BAME communities who are currently underrepresented across the organisation.

Note: For roles that require a DBS Certificate (Enhanced and or Barred List check), candidates are required to supply their complete work history. Please ensure you explain any gaps in your work history.

Closing Date: 24 March 2019

Interview Date(s): 10 April 2019

Late applications will not be processed

We want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the community we serve so we welcome applicants from all communities. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for any vacancies.

Oxford City Council is not currently licensed as a sponsor and cannot employ migrant workers outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland under the Point Based System rules, issued by the UK Border Agency.

To apply for this role, or for more information, please click the apply button. 

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