Senior Estates Surveyor

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About The Role

Role: Senior Estates Surveyor
Location: Chorley / South Ribble (flexible hybrid working)
Contract: Full time (36.25 hours per week) / Permanent
Salary: £46,464 - £47,420 plus 6% car allowance
Closing Date: 10 November 2024

We're looking for a qualified Senior Estates Surveyor to help manage our diverse portfolio and support an aspirational development programme across both Councils.

Join us as and become an integral part of our exciting shared service including estate management, acquisitions, disposals and development. The current programme for capital projects totals over £50 million across both Councils. If you are looking for the next step in your career, this is the role for you.

What you'll be getting up to

• To manage a comprehensive estates management service, covering a variety of different assets across Chorley and South Ribble, and ensuring that the councils are meeting their key priorities and legislative requirements
• To support the Estates and Assets manager in the development of asset management strategies and plans.
• To support the delivery of a range of 'business as usual' and improvement projects and programmes, to help ensure that the councils are making the most out of their key assets and estates.
• To manage the negotiation and monitoring of new leases, lease renewals, rent reviews, tenant lease queries and oversee the delivery of property management across the councils' portfolios.
• To manage and oversee asset inspections, surveys and red book valuations across Council owned estates.
• To manage the delivery of the acquisition and disposal of assets and the effective management of disputes or encroachments.
• The preparation of appropriate technical and financial reports to Senior Leadership, the Councils or their committees.
• To investigate and answer queries received from Elected Members, other Council departments and members of the public.
• To assist the Major Projects Team on property and land matters.

Who we're looking for

• Educated to degree level, vocational or professional qualification or equivalent experience in related area.
• Professional RICS qualification - Registered Valuer status preferred but not essential.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Other requirements

• This role requires some travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving licence or the equivalent mobility.

Our Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
• Hybrid/agile working from day one
• Local Government pension
• Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
• Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
• Volunteering days
• Free parking
• Car Allowance

Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We're always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you're interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the "Contact Us" form on our careers website.

About Us

Chorley Council is dedicated to providing first-class services and promoting the well-being of the local community. Our staff are our greatest resource, at the heart of everything we do, and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services for our residents. At Chorley Council, we're always striving to make our borough the best to live, work and visit.

Working Together

We share a number of our services with South Ribble Borough Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.

Additional information

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date.

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We're committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.