Contract Length: 31-03-26
Location: Newcastle, Manchester, Exeter, Bristol. Cardiff, Peterborough, Worthing, West Malling, Reading.
Expected to travel, 1 or 2 face to face meetings in North. Approx Once a month/as per business needs
Minimum Requirement:
About The Role:
Role Specific •
Take full day to day estate management responsibilities for your allocated portfolio.
• Provide property advice and recommendations
• To deliver property transactions within your portfolio
• Hold a recognised professional surveying qualification, preferably graduate background.
• Hold significant estate management experience.
• Provide guidance on Licenses to alter, wayleaves and telecoms code. General Responsibilities
• Supporting the Principal Corporate Property Surveyors
• Managing a defined property portfolio
• Delivering property advice, guidance and transactions in support of the property strategy and good estate management.
• Providing advice and professional support to the Defra Group businesses
• Assisting in the provision of specialist advice, guidance and assurance in line with relevant legislation and best practice
• Sharing technical expertise to improve knowledge, capability and competence
• Collaborating and partnering with colleagues across the Defra Group and other government bodies • Commissioning, supervising and delivering through external property advisors
About The Candidate (specialist skills & requirements):
Qualifications Candidate must demonstrate they have a degree or equivalent qualification in an appropriate discipline. Candidate must have knowledge and experience in one or more of the following: Wayleaves Licenses to Alter Telecoms Code
Understand commercial property
Landlord/tenant law
Property management practice
Used to working with ext suppliers
Some familiarity with commissioning & assuring advice that is being provided by ext consultants & advisors
Ideally chartered surveyors
Accept that there are a limited supplier of people – will consider candidates who have degree in estate management/ relevant qual/ experience.
Don’t want :
Building managers
Residential architects
Top 3
1. Experience with landlord & tenant law
2. Commercial property management
3. General awareness of commercial property
transactions