Reading (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£53,630 - £60,004
37.00
It’s a great time to join our growing Assets Management Team, we’re responsible for the council’s property portfolio, maximising the use and value of all property assets and identifying surplus assets for disposal to achieve a capital receipt or for development purposes.
We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.
We’re fully committed to flexible working hours and within this role you will also have the opportunity to work largely from home, subject to service needs.
About the role
You’ll help us to deliver our Asset Strategy by reviewing the council’s assets, consulting with services and service users with a view to ensuring that the council and its residents are receiving best value, whilst delivering a fit for purpose property portfolio.
We want our people to be the best they can and to give them a platform from which they can deliver the highest quality services to our residents, external customers, external partners, and internal customers.
Key areas of responsibility include:
- Work with colleagues to ensure a holistic approach regarding the future use of all land and buildings in accordance with the desired outputs flowing from the Strategic Asset Management Plan/ Action Plan.
- Liaise with the Commercial and Investment management team(s) to ensure best capital and revenue receipts are achieved ensuring best value and taking into account Council’s Property Portfolio aspirations.
- To work closely with the Principal Valuer in leading multiple valuation cases, viability surveys, preparing committee and board papers and options appraisals to help inform major asset related decisions.
- To lead on innovative ideas involving the use of space from an operational perspective, whether by co-location, hubs development, surrenders and regrant of old holding-over leases, working with Service Areas/internal and external occupiers and partners on the best use of space.
- To ensure where applicable effective collaboration and partnership working in a manner that creates an exemplary development in line with Council Plan priorities and elected members’ aspirations.
You will be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you will also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place. Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success.
Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do
Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential
Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way
Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed
About you
We’re looking for someone who can combine expertise in asset development and disposal with asset management related skills and understanding to support and be part of a team of valuers and asset portfolio officers. You need to be someone that enjoys a challenge and be flexible and to never losing sight of the customer (both internal and external).
- Significant experience at senior surveyor level or equivalent in an assets and regeneration area, with proven track record of successful and consistent achievements.
- Knowledge of working in local or central government authority functions, structures and processes and knowledge of the role of local government and partnerships in relation to asset management and regeneration.
- Significant knowledge of successful delivery of major land and property regeneration and development capital projects, that preferably form part of a wider programme of change in a complex multidisciplinary organisation.
- Experience of leading on successful high-level and complex negotiations in relation to regeneration and development including S106, leading to multi-year implementation project.
- Demonstratable experience of successfully leading asset acquisition and disposal programmes, achieving best value and maximum return for the organisation.
Our offer
We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
- Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
- A wide range of flexible working opportunities include working from home with some office attendance when required to meet the requirement of the position.
- Modern working environment at the Civic Offices in the heart of Reading
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
- On-site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted, and a salary sacrifice scheme to help lower the cost of your nursery fees
- Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work
- Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax
To arrange a confidential discussion on this position please contact Dee.Maddox-Hinton@reading.gov.uk
Closing Date: 10th November 2024
Interview Date: to be arranged.
Interview Process: Interviews will be carried out preferable on TEAMS or Face to Face according if required. An opportunity to view the workplace can be arranged.
Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.