Estates Surveyor in Esher, Surrey

In your role as an Estate Surveyor within the Strategic Property Team, you will play a key part in the service, ensuring the Councils\’ property portfolios are future-proofed, opportunities are achieved to increase income and the estates are effectively managed to deliver the Councils\’ ambitions. Client Details Elmbridge Borough Council is the local government for the affluent borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, UK, responsible for local services like waste, council tax, and planning, operating within a two-tier system alongside Surrey County Council, with its offices in Esher. Description Join our Property Team and be part of an innovative and exciting service focusing on targeting and delivering important local developments and ventures; driving revenue income growth and making lasting improvements to the borough. In your role as an Estate Surveyor within the Strategic Property Team, you will play a key part in the service, ensuring the Councils\’ property portfolios are future-proofed, opportunities are achieved to increase income and the estates are effectively managed to deliver the Councils\’ ambitions. Conducting Lease renewals & rent reviews. We are looking for a pro-active, high performing, self-motivated and organised individual who can efficiently manage their time, demonstrate initiative, and work under pressure. You will ideally have experience of dealing with a varied commercial and council operational property portfolio, undertaking negotiations and providing evidence-based valuation advice to support new lettings, with the ability to juggle priorities and manage a suite of varied property cases. The successful candidate will have strong all round communication skills to build positive working relationships within the organisation as well as with external partners, tenants, and other Council departments. The structure of local government could be changing over the next few years, and this may offer opportunities to work across a larger area. Profile The ideal candidate will have an extensive working knowledge of property management, but applications are welcomed from anyone meeting the essential criteria in the person specification appended to the job description, Being a qualified Chartered Surveyor MRICS Knowledge of Property Management, and the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Excellent communication and negotiation skills Job Offer A pay rate between £400-£450 Hybrid Working Collaborative Working A chance to work for one of London\’s most renowned Local Authorities