Job Description

The Service & Team:

The Assets and Property manage the Council's 23000 acres mixed estate providing day to day FM and estate management and strategic overview through a Corporate Asset Management Plan. The team of 60 people of which 20 are MRICS deliver both a direct management and consultancy support.

Role:

Cornwall Council require a property professional able to support the identification and bringing forward of land for a range of purposes primarily housing, but including employment and renewable energy. The ability to work with planners, legal teams and developers to bring sites forward successfully for delivery. RICS preferred.

Site searches already undertaken has identified in excess of 60 new sites along with an existing portfolio of land opportunities which require assessment and preparation for marketing.

We need an organised professional mind to work alongside the Senior Surveyor Site Lead to review each site identifying issues, resolving or de-risking the sites and preparing them for the market to meet the Council's ambitions linked to housing numbers, growth and renewable energy infrastructure.

This role will primarily focus on Housing sites and the Homes Cornwall branded sites coming from the Council property portfolio.

This position will be subject to a basic criminal record disclosure check.

What you’ll need to succeed:

The drive to bring sites forward from identification to delivery and make housing happen.

The ability to work with other professionals to solve problems.

A focus on meeting the outcomes required and thinking creatively.

Working Pattern:

This is a full time role working 37 hours per week with flexible working arrangements. Hybrid working is the normal pattern with an expectation of one day per week in the office for collaboration sessions to build programmes of activity and share progress reports

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

· a competitive salary.

· a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions

· a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.

· A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme

· Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Jonathan Alford on jonny.alford@cornwall.gov.uk

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.