Team Leader - Estates

Job Purpose:

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Location: Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom,
Duration: Permanent, Full Time

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The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members, and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.

job purpose/about the role

The postholder is responsible for leading, managing and developing the Estates team. The role manages specialist estates and valuation services, including acquisitions and disposals (including CPO requirements)  for operational, partnership and surplus property requirements;  the asset valuation of the Council property interests, community asset transfer advice and property input to corporate projects.

The postholder provides professional and managerial leadership to ensure property advice, transactions and recommendations are professionally assured, legally compliant, financially robust and aligned to best value, good governance  and Council priorities. This includes instructing, directing and quality-assuring work undertaken by professional and technical colleagues, legal and finance contributors, and external advisers or contractors. As an RICS Registered Valuer, the postholder provides valuation assurance and responsible signatory oversight within their remit.

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

• Educated to Degree level in a property related discipline
• A Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) (General Practice)
• Registered Valuer with the RICS
• Current UK Driving Licence

The postholder is able to demonstrate:

• Significant post-qualification experience in valuation, acquisitions, disposals, leases, licences and strategic asset management.
• preparing reports, options appraisals, recommendations and briefing material for governance, delegated authority or committee processes.
• managing contentious negotiations, community/stakeholder expectations and legally or commercially sensitive property matters.
• managing annual asset valuation activity and providing professional assurance on valuation evidence, assumptions and outputs.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, risk, governance requirements and service deadlines across a specialist professional function.
• Strong commercial awareness, including understanding of capital receipts, rental income, holding costs, liabilities, investment portfolio performance and best value.
• Ability to communicate complex, technical and potentially contentious property matters clearly to varied audiences.
• leading, motivating and managing professional, technical and clerical employees.
• Working with communities
• Knowledge and experience of financial management procedures

About Us

Please see the Job Profile for further details.

Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. For further information, please see our Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Recruitment pack.

Flexible Working

We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Employer.  If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact Recruitment@aberdeencity.gov.uk.

Armed Forces

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a gold award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.  We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families: armedforces@aberdeencity.gov.uk.  We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:

• have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 (all jobs)
• looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
• are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
• have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
• are New Scots aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships

Please note that eligibility to work in the UK is dependent on legal status and all applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.