Watford is an urban borough in South West Hertfordshire; The borough has excellent transport links with mainline rail connections to London. Watford is the centre of a sub region serving around 500,000 people living within a 20 minute travelling time catchment. As part of the London commuter belt Watford is strongly influenced by London which brings the benefits of a buoyant economy.

At a glance
•    £1.4bn local investment happening – mix of public and private funding
•    5 major development and regeneration projects happening
•    3500 registered businesses
•    Higher than average working age population
•    Skilled workforce
•    Affordable local housing market
•    Home to many major international head offices

Watford is currently undergoing a transformation programme which aims to create a customer-focused, digitally-enabled and commercially-minded organisation of the future. 

The Department:-
This small department leads on managing the council’s investments assets and the development on key regeneration sites to meet the councils challenging delivery plans for the future. This will involve working closely with other departments across a range of disciplines, to include members and fellow officers.

The Role:- 
The post holder will be overseeing the asset management of Croxley Park. This is one of the council’s key commercial investments, Croxley Park is a leading UK business park and comprises some 500,000sq ft. of offices and 200,000 sq. ft. of industrial space. The role will involve working with our external asset and property managers and will critically involve overseeing the letting strategy of the park and maintaining strong and sustainable income streams as well as overseeing a refurbishment programme of office and industrial accommodation.

What we are looking for:- 
We are looking for an individual who can develop an annual business plan in conjunction of our finance team and ensuring its delivery. In addition to the Business Park the role will additionally involve assisting in overseeing the management of the council’s substantial commercial property portfolio which has a present value of £180m and inputting into development opportunities.

What we offer:- 
£47,444 - £51,398 - more could be paid for an exceptional candidate.
We offer an excellent benefits package, including competitive salary, 28 days holiday - rising to 33 days, a generous employer contribution pension scheme, flexible working, career development, season ticket loan, cycle-to-work scheme, discounted leisure centre membership, employee volunteering schemes and access to branded shopping discounts platform, and discounted activities and days out.

A basic DBS check will be carried out for this post.

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