Interim  Principal Corporate Property Surveyor -Hybrid Working – PSR 1JP00066494

Pay Rate: Up to £700 per day pay range subject to IR35 status

Location. Bristol or any other hub, 40% in the office – any hub office.

JOB INFO:

A Principal Corporate Property Surveyor is needed on a contract basis for approximately 6-9 months.

You will provide expert property advice across the diverse property portfolio to a broad spectrum of government bodies each with its own business objectives; matrix managing differing priorities to ensure outcomes consistent with Group objectives.

You should hold Professional Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and preferably commercial property, property management, lease advisory or commercial valuation discipline.

What you’ll do:

• Provide expert property advice across the diverse property portfolio to a broad spectrum of government bodies each with its own business objectives; matrix managing differing priorities to ensure outcomes consistent with the Group objectives: interest management (legal interest on freehold, leasehold, MOTOs (govt lease), disposals and acquisitions; advising on lease compliance; interpreting legal ownership information, titles and leases; and interpreting government policy and strategy in the context of the Group’s aims and objectives;
• Through the commissioning, management and assurance of outsourced property service provider, or directly where appropriate, provide advice and guidance on such activities as rent reviews, lease renewal, landlord/tenant queries, recharging, property acquisition and disposal and land law;
• Provide environmental & sustainability advice relevant to commercial property and commercial property transactions (including policy development & consultation across departments, input into project specifications and compliance issues across the estate). For example the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards;
• Provide specialist advice/or produce papers for briefing submissions and official correspondence (complex Parliamentary Questions, Freedom of Information, National Audit Office (NAO), Internal Audit (IA), public enquiries);
• Contribute advice/ input into inform the Group Workplace Strategy to keep pace with Government Estates Strategy;
• Measure, performance against agreed KPIs (key performance indicators) for contracted property advice, taking immediate remedial action where there is failure to achieve agreed standards, widely applying lessons learnt where positive performance is achieved and undertaking ‘deep dive’ into KPI data to identify trends that can drive and enhance performance for customer benefit;
• Contribute to  the Group workplace planning to define portfolio changes and to develop future strategy implementation, having regard to sustainability, safety and other professional property advice;
• Responsible for working within a team and across  the Group Property to ensure join-up of activities, priorities and shaping strategic thinking
• Personally and through the team, develop and implement improvement and innovation to working practices, processes and systems across the Group, driving consistency and best practice, developing a model to do things once and right in a way that customers recognise and appreciate.
• Use management information to develop a strong understanding of delivery, portfolio and team across Network Estates using data to drive up performance.

Who you are:

• property professional with management and/or lease advisory experience of a complex estate;
• Working within an operational delivery environment;
• Producing reports and gathering evidence;
• Working with 3rd party contractors / other government departments;
• Significant Estate management experience;
• Experience of corporate real estate, estate management and transactional services;
• Transactional and advisory services to the Client using a combination of in-house expertise and external professional advisors;
• Experience of delivering specialist property advice guidance and transactions aligned to the property strategy and good estate management;
• Ability to share technical expertise to improve knowledge, capability and competence;
• The ability to collaborate with colleagues across organisational boundaries;
• Experience of managing property within a complex stakeholder and customer environment
• Experience of commissioning, supervision and delivery through external property advisors.
• Hold a recognised professional surveying qualification, be a qualified RICS Chartered surveyor with significant post qualification experience in a relevant discipline.
• Hold Professional Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and preferably commercial property, property management, lease advisory or commercial valuation discipline.