Overview
Senior Estates Surveyor – NN16 8TL
Our Benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
Are you an experienced Senior Estate Surveyor looking for a dynamic role in estate management?
We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled professional to play a key role in managing a diverse corporate property portfolio.
In this role, you will apply your landlord and tenant and land and property expertise to handle property contract negotiations, ensuring effective estate management and income generation. You will provide professional advice and recommendations to the Principal Surveyor/Manager and be responsible for maintaining excellent customer relationships.
The role also requires occasional attendance at council meetings and committees outside normal working hours.
This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the strategic management of a varied and high-profile property portfolio while developing your career in a supportive and professional environment.
About you
As a Senior Estate Surveyor, you will bring a combination of technical expertise, strong communication skills, and a proactive approach to estate management.
You will have:
- A degree (or equivalent experience) in property, surveying, or a related field
- Professional membership of the RICS
- Experience in property inspections, including building pathology, as well as landlord and tenant matters
- A solid understanding of efficient and economic property use
- Strong IT literacy, including proficiency in property management systems and databases.
- The ability to manage multiple priorities
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the confidence to liaise with internal and external stakeholders
A diplomatic approach to managing expectations and resolving disputes.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
