Estates Surveyor

Growth Directorate

Strategic Property Service

Estates Surveyor

36 Hrs – Permanent

Salary: Grade I. Scale 35 - £38,890 to Scale 39 - £42,821 with a professional bar at SCP 37**

The role will be flexibly worked from home but will necessarily require attendance at site locations across the Borough, and also occasionally out of Ashton Old Library, Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne.

Tameside Borough Council is embarking on a programme of radical change to meet the challenges of modern local government, public service reform and integrated health/social care. Fast paced improvement across the Council and the Tameside and Glossop CCG is being driven by a highly motivated, integrated leadership team, who are pushing the boundaries to dramatically change culture, modernise services and identify innovative ways to manage service demand.

Our recently appointed Assistant Director of Strategic Property and the Director of Growth have undertaken a review of the directorate’s services and are restructuring services  to respond to the agreed priorities placed upon us .

Reporting to a Senior Estates Surveyor you will be a core part of the Council’s Estates Service.

You will deliver an effective estate management and valuation service for the Council, ensuring that the Council grows its real estate portfolio income and you will support key services in delivering key services to residents. The post holder should have previous experience of mixed portfolios ideally gained client side. An understanding of inward investment and regeneration would be beneficial and should be used to working with members of the public.

As a member of the Estates Team and the wider Strategic Property Service you will play a key role in the delivery of Council and Growth Directorate priorities, transformation of our functions, integrate existing services and build new delivery methods.  You will support the implementation of a Strategic Asset Management Plan and delivery of all the Council’s projects and programmes.

You will work with a wide range of partners and stakeholders, including Schools, Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, to achieve optimum results.

With your advanced theoretical, practical and procedural  knowledge and experience in relation to a whole range of property covering buildings, land and water you should have  experience in successful property negotiations, you will be able to work at pace with enthusiasm engaging with and influencing stakeholders .

A virtual open day will be held 18 January 2021 when you can meet on a 121 basis with Mathew Chetwynd Head of Assert Strategy/ Estates Business Manager. To book a time please email the post title and the 30 minute slot you would like, to Marie.dale@tameside.gov.uk

There are further opportunities with Tameside Council advertised on https://www.greater.jobs/towns-organisations/tameside.

** This post is classified as being in a professional job category.  As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:

1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND

2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND

3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND

4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.
 

Ref No: DPT 201

Closing date for applications: 23:59 24 January 2021

Dates for assessment/interview will be February 2021

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Tameside is an equal opportunity employer.