Senior Estates Officer

Estates Officer/Senior Estates Officer
£33,539 to Cira £39,000 per annum/pro rata 
Part time, 12 Month Maternity Cover 
Cirencester with flexible working from home option

Publica is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and flexible individual to join the Estates Team as either an Estates Officer or Senior Estates Officer dependent on experience, qualification, and skill set.  The role will assist in the management of the investment and service property portfolios for Cotswold, West Oxfordshire and Forest of Dean District Councils.  The role is varied involving correspondence, drafting reports and site visits.  If you have had experience of property management and or administration, property legal work or are a trainee surveyor this could be the role for you!

About the role…

We have up to 12 months fixed term maternity cover, part-time hours between 23 to 27 per week, with flexible options to work from.

You will be a trusted professional providing an estate function for all internal and external occupiers of the three Council’s property portfolios. You will be required to agree/ negotiate heads of terms for new lease and licence transactions and subsequent lease & licence renewals and rent reviews, resale covenants and restrictions.  To obtain the requisite authorities to process those transactions in accordance with the Councils Schemes of Delegation for Land and Property and the Councils Acquisition and Disposal Policy and to communicate and liaise with all interested parties through to completion. To tender, appoint and manage agents, valuers, surveyors, and other consultants as necessary and to instruct the Council’s Legal officers in connection with the negotiated terms of property transactions (e.g. disposals/ acquisitions, leases/ licences and their review/ renewal).

You will be responsible for debt recovery for rent, service charge recovery and accounts, Rating Surveyor management and EPC Surveyor. Part of the role will involve assisting the Asset Manager and Property Manager in carrying out property reviews and budget preparation.

You will need…

• A qualification in your area of expertise, equivalent to a degree or relevant experience of four years (depending on the level of experience)
• Knowledge and understanding of the issues and legislation affecting estates and property issues and ability to negotiate on property and estates related matters
• Knowledge and understanding of keeping of financial records and the use of related IT systems  
• Good negotiating skills
• Communicates effectively at all levels (excellent verbal and written skills) 
• Is customer focussed, responsive, and co-operative with customers
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in accordance with Data Protection

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jasmine McWilliams on or email jasmine.mcwilliams@publicagroup.uk  

What can we do for you… 

• Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working
• Flexible working arrangements (depending on the role)
• 27 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays and an extra two volunteering days off a year for you to support a charity of your choice
• Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
• Pension scheme with a good employer contribution of 5% of your earnings
• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with huge tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
• Access to digital financial advice (covering your pension scheme, mortgages and other finances)
• Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements
• Additional income protection, covering 50% of your salary for potentially a further five years if you are unable to work due to sickness or injury
• Life assurance, currently four times your annual salary

These are just a handful of the benefits that you can enjoy when you join us!

To apply for this position please click on "apply now" within this page to complete an application form and supporting statement together with your CV. Please tell us about your skills, knowledge, qualifications, experience and how they meet the criteria listed above and in the job description/person specification. It’s important that we’re a good fit for each other, so let us know what’s important to you and why you want to work for Publica Group Ltd.  Your CV will not be available to the hiring manager unless you are shortlisted for interview to assist with our non-biased screening process so please ensure you complete the application form in full.

It is important that our staff reflect the diversity of our community, and we therefore welcome and encourage applications from people of all genders and sexual orientation, those from Black, Asian, and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and those with disabilities.

Accredited of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies - Please state this within your covering statement or in a separate email. 

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Safer recruitment practices are applied to all job vacancies. Successful candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment medical questionnaire; provide references;  proof of identity; nationality and immigration status; three years’ employment or education history (if applicable) and, in some cases, verification of criminal record.