Surveyor

Role Responsibility

Are you a driven and ambitious Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors with experience in managing a range of occupied and unoccupied property and looking for an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic Real Estate Management Team and wanting to make a difference in Kent’s community?

As part of team of property professionals (likely to be a General Practice Chartered Surveyor or aspiring to become one) aligned to one of the four property portfolios, and in line with RICS Standards and the Council’s constitution, you will provide professional property advice on land and property matters, including developing, implementing, and delivering an effective Estate Management service, undertaking complex transactions and responding appropriately to contractual and legal matters.

You will implement Estates strategies across a portfolio of assets in one of the four portfolios:

• Operational Estate
• Education Estate
• Tenanted Estate
• Investment & Disposals (Surplus) Estate

As a surveyor, you will be at the forefront of the improvements as to how we manage our Estate. You will be a self-motivated individual who wants to make a difference to the portfolios and assets you team are responsible for.

We have vacancies across both our Estates and Disposals & Investment team for Surveyors based in the County of Kent with access to beautiful countryside, coastal destinations, historic towns, and villages.

What you'll do:

• Deliver proactive property advice and guidance to KCC and its partners.
• Effectively manage you/your team’s portfolio professionally, prioritising its requirements in a timely way to mitigate risk.
• Maximise value, minimise operational costs/liabilities, and promote efficient use of assets.
• Implement activity, change and operating policies to ensure that portfolios of land and property are managed effectively.
• Deliver a programme of property estate deliverables in accordance with KCC’s Strategic objectives, including Framing Kent’s Future.
• Ensuring value for money through driving externally procured property consultancy advice as necessary.

What you'll need:

• A Level 5 qualification (Diploma or Degree) or advanced level professional knowledge or qualification.
• Established experience in a similar environment working with a range of occupied and unoccupied assets.
• Extensive experience and expertise in managing property transactions of varying complexity, driving value and quality of service.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
• Ability to think laterally with a problem-solving approach.

Remuneration:

Working as part of the Infrastructure Real Estate Team at KCC offers lots of benefits:

• A competitive salary including a ‘Golden hello’ payment of £2,000 on appointment and a Market pay premium allowance paid in instalments.
• Flexible and home working. Whilst you will be required to attend the office, meetings, and site visits, we operate flexible hours and support working from home by arrangement with your manager.
• Generous leave entitlement (29 days on appointment) and flexitime leave opportunity.
• An excellent local Government contributory pension scheme.
• Relocation assistance scheme (subject to eligibility requirements)
• Kent Rewards – A scheme where employees have opportunities to obtain goods and services at a discount.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, we would welcome your application.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

For more information on the roles and working for KCC, please see: https://jobs.kent.gov.uk/were-recruiting/surveyors

Contact Details

For further information on this role, please contact:

Mark.Cheverton@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.