Estates Manager - Working for Essex

About the role

Estates Manager

Permanent, Full Time

£47,250 to £55,589 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Closing Date: Sunday 25th May (23:59)

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The Opportunity

The Essex Property team is responsible for managing and maintaining the Essex County Council’s (ECC) £1.7bn estate, which covers approximately 350 buildings and around 1,500 sites ranging from residential care, waste, country parks and schools. ECC’s challenge is to deliver an estate strategy to achieve best value, whilst supporting service delivery.

ECC is in a 15 year partnership with a delivery agent for all property and facilities related operational functions. The team operates as the Corporate Landlord for ECC, providing strategic, intelligent client functionality for ECC. Providing corporate policy, strategic advice and managing the transactional and property management services procured through the Mitie contract.

The Estates Manager, working with Service Managers in ECC, will focus on areas covering property strategy, estates management, and projects that support the property strategy. Working collaboratively with suppliers and stakeholders to identify opportunities to enhance the efficiency of property management and ensure the best arrangements for stewardship of the ECC estate.

Accountabilities

To manage and commission property services in order to implement the Council’s Property Strategy and current policies around the use of property.
Use specialist skills, knowledge and experience to ensure the effectiveness of the Corporate Landlord function,
To provide professional support and expertise to members of the team and the partnership on property matters.
To establish, develop and maintain effective and collaborative communication, working relationships and arrangements with all internal and external stakeholders to optimise the potential of the service and the use of ECC property assets.
To contribute to Essex Property service outputs, ensuring best value for money and accurate in-year spend.
Provide expert, specialist advice and guidance to ECC as required
Ensure compliance with all external and internal regulation.
To manage a caseload that delivery required Property projects, ensuring effective integration and coordination across the property strategy.
To commission works as appropriate from the supplier partner and to oversee, monitor and evaluate the outputs from these projects.

The Experience You Will Bring

Educated to RFQ Level 6 or equivalent
Evidence of continuing professional development and a qualified member of an appropriate property and/or facilities professional body
ExtensiveExperience of Property Management including strategic reviews, transactional work and the implementation and commissioning of projects.
Ability to intelligently instruct work from partner consultants and project management in a property field

Why Essex?

As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we’re committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in Everyone's Essex . With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. We kindly ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the Nolan principles , including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful workplace for everyone.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

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