Estates Strategy Delivery Manager
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Interim Estates Strategy Delivery Manager
Job Ref: Surrey BL TCL 364309Pay Rate: £494.24 per day PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 9-12 months
City: Guildford, Surrey
Hybrid working – 2-3 days in the office
NB: Police Vacancy - only for candidates with a minimum of 5 years continuous UK address history. Please note that this vacancy is subject to a strict security vetting procedure.
Please note the pay rate is provisional only and the ad will be amended with the confirmed rate, once received.
The purpose of the role is to support the Estates Development and Strategy Delivery Manager in the delivery of Estates development & strategy delivery projects across Surrey Police property portfolios, including disposals, refurbishment and new builds as well as other Blue Light Partners, when required.
Key Responsibilities
Responsible for the delivery of designated projects as set out in the Surrey Estates Strategy and Estates Development Masterplan.Supporting the Estates Development & Strategy Delivery Manager in developing appraisals and Estates Strategies for Surrey Police and to identify suitable sites to maximise utilisation, income generation or capital receipts. Ensuring that financial planning and management of investments and grant finding opportunities are recognised.
Accountable to the Estates Development & Strategy Delivery Manager with regards to delivery of the designated projects.Manage staff in a professional and positive manner, ensuring that all actions are consistent and transparent across teams, in line with the Estates & Facilities Communication Strategy and PMO and to ensure a proactive and assertive approach to time, performance, risk and change management, both personally and through the teams.
Work with the Estates Development & Strategy Delivery Manager and senior stakeholders and consultants with regards to delivering the designated projects and strategies.Accountable for the ongoing, regular review of practises and procedures, ensuring that efficiencies, innovations, improvements and commercial opportunities are identified, where possible, and are followed through agreed processes to ensure a positive and consistent approach across the department and organisations.
Support the Estates Development & Strategy Delivery Manager in the delivery of the Transformation Plan and the introduction of a centre of excellence to ensure the collaboration of the Surrey Police and Sussex Police E&F Teams is a success and the strategic and departmental objectives are fully met.
Support the Estates Development & Strategy Manager in delivering cost reduction targets to ensure that efficiencies are identified, evaluated and introduced, whilst performance is maintained at the levels outlined in the service level agreement.
Accountable for full compliance with all statutory, organisational and departmental policies and procedures and to successfully comply with all statutory requirements specified in the delivery of services.Providing an in-house Town Planning function for advice and support in all internal estate’s developments and applications to Local Councils for Section 106/CIL funding.
Qualifications:
Full current membership of a professional body e.g. Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).Architectural, surveying or construction, engineering degree or suitable alternative experience.
Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.Extensive experience of estates/ construction Programme Management.
Proven experience of commercial real estate development, preferably within a public sector setting.
Proven, demonstrable experience of a senior estate’s strategy, construction and project planning position.
Proven experience of delivering multiple projects and a varied value range and type.
Proven experience of Risk Management.
Experience in providing strategic advice and recommendations regarding the real estate and factors affecting value of land and development opportunities.
Proven experience in the preparation of planning applications and appeals documentation.
Leadership and management of technical teams and a varied portfolio of services within an office-based environment.
Demonstrable knowledge of project management and construction issues and extensive experience of using this knowledge to provide effective solutions.
Extensive financial experience, including demonstrable experience of full accountability for capital/revenue budgets.
Extensive experience of CIL/S106 implementation, land valuations and development finance.
Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Suite –Outlook, Excel, Word, Visio, Auto-CAD and Project.
Experience of managing and motivating a team; using tact, initiative and independent judgement within policy and procedure.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
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Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms.We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Surrey BL TCL 364309
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