TITLE: Surveyor
SALARY: Grade 12 - £40,476 - £42,708 (Plus £4,000 market supplement, for 2 yearly review) Permanent
This is an exciting but challenging opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic, well-organised and highly motivated surveyor to assist with a range of work linked to the Council’s land and property portfolio.
The Land & Property service manages a £268 million estate whilst also adding value to other services through regeneration, housing, planning and with a wide range of partners, including the NHS and social landlords.
The team of mainly chartered surveyors manage the Council’s land and income-producing commercial property portfolio, land disposals, provides viability and valuation advice and maintains asset records for the whole borough; amongst other property-related activity.
In line with the delivery of the Council’s Lets Do It Strategy, the demands on the service are changing to reflect the needs and priorities of the strategy and the future of the Council. More focus is being placed on the development of a more agile, highly performing team that delivers strategic asset management in relation to supporting the delivery of the regeneration, housing and corporate disposals programme, whilst maintaining management of the more traditional and statutory functions such as rent collection, asset valuations, and high volume lettings.
The successful candidate will undertake an interesting, varied and challenging workload including property portfolio management, acquisition and disposals of land and buildings, valuations for a variety of purposes, the provision of property advice to a range of internal and external customers and assisting with taking forward a range of development and regeneration opportunities in the borough.
You will be RICS qualified and will need to be a team player, willing to operate both under instruction and using your own initiative.
If you think this is the role for you, then we very much look forward to receiving your application.
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Working pattern to consist of hybrid working with 2 days in office as a minimum.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances, empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensures they grow up in the best possible way.
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises, values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Kausar Thorp on k.thorp@bury.gov.uk.
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