Position: Head of Corporate Estates

Salary: SS1 (£60,857 - £65,865)

Contract Type: Permanent Full Time

Hours: 35 per week

Work Location: Manchester Town Hall Extension, M2 5DB

Closing Date: Thursday 6^th June 2019

Assessment Centre: Tuesday 18^th June 2019

Reference: RNSR4767RN/Corp

We are seeking a Head of Corporate Estate to lead our Corporate Estates Service.

The role holder will oversee the day to day management of the operational estate, as well as initiating and delivering a range of strategic Estates projects, including capital projects. The role holder will be responsible for leadership of a significant workforce, deploying resources to meet operational and strategic priorities, and for the financial performance of the service.

The Service acts as the ‘Corporate Landlord’ for the City Council, and maintains and manages the operational estate to support the quality of services provided by the organisation and it's partners, reduce costs, reduce carbon emissions, support new ways of working, strengthen community activity and ensure our properties remain safe and accessible. 

The operational estate includes a diverse portfolio of over 300 sites that the Council uses to deliver services, ranging from offices, depots, community centres, accommodation supporting children’s services and health and care services, buildings in parks, leisure centres and changing rooms, libraries and markets. The portfolio includes a number of significant heritage buildings, and major Manchester landmarks. 

The role includes close working with the Capital Programmes Service and Facilities Management Service, and a range of internal and external stakeholders who rely on the operational estate to deliver services.

The successful candidate will have:

• Significant understanding of how estates service delivery, at a strategic and tactical level, supports the needs of a complex organisation;
• Proven experience of managing the impact of organisational change on an operational estate;
• Proven experience of leading the development, communication and implementation of a clear vision and strategy to meet organisational needs;
• Demonstrable ability of engaging and communicating clearly and effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, partners and organisational leaders; 
• Significant experience in delivering customer focused estates services, including managing people and budgets, maintaining accurate records of estates assets, commissioning planned and reactive maintenance programmes and capital projects, and statutory compliance; 
• Have proven experience in driving continuous service improvement;
• Understanding of the national policy context for Local Government, specifically in respect of property and estate management.

This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable. 

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. 

Closing date: Thursday 6th June 2019 

Assessment Centre: Tuesday 18th June 2019