Manager - Property Strategy in Stoke-on-Trent

Directorate: Housing, Regeneration and Operations

Section: Corporate Property & Assets

Location: Civic Centre

Grade: Level 14

Salary: £51,356 - £54,495 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week

This advert is open to both Internal and External applicants.

Are you looking to make a real difference in the places where people live, work and thrive? Could you use your property expertise to help shape communities and deliver real social value? Here at Stoke-on-Trent City Council, we’re looking for a Property Strategy Manager to join our Corporate Property & Assets team. You’ll be working as part of a small, dedicated team which manages a diverse property portfolio across the city, including operational and commercial investment properties with a combined value of £500m+. Whether it’s ensuring our estate is fit for future generations, supporting regeneration schemes, optimising community assets or generating capital receipts from surplus assets, you’ll play an important role in improving lives through better places.

We are the Corporate Property & Assets function at Stoke-on-Trent City Council. We look after the council’s operational property portfolio including civic centre, offices, depots, libraries, leisure centres, children’s centres, schools, parks, etc. Plus, there’s a commercial investment portfolio comprising grade A offices, trade parks, industrial estates, retail parades and land. There are also community assets and heritage buildings that we manage.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and implement a land and property asset management plan so that the council’s assets can be managed efficiently and effectively.
• Develop accommodation strategies, identifying how each property will be used.
• Engage with services to develop service asset management plans identifying each service area’s future plans, headcount and property needs.
• Undertake asset assessments and feasibility studies to establish the most appropriate property strategy for individual assets.
• Be an advocate for innovation and change in the workplace, seek out examples of best practice and identify opportunities to deploy these where appropriate.
• Manage the delivery of the council’s Corporate Landlord model.
• Oversee all Community Asset Transfer activity.
• Lead, motivate and oversee the Property Strategy and Property Information teams.
• Support the delivery of excellent asset management across the council’s portfolio.

What we’re looking for:

• Have a property-related qualification and or substantial property-related experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of property matters across the full property lifecycle (acquisition, development, property management, disposal).
• Experience of implementing asset management plans, undertaking asset reviews and developing accommodation strategies.
• Can lead, motivate and inspire a team.

Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy, their application will receive priority. If this happens you will be advised accordingly.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: At Stoke-on-Trent City Council, we believe our strength comes from the diversity of our community, and we want our workforce to reflect that. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. We understand that some people, especially those from underrepresented or marginalised backgrounds, may hesitate to apply if they don’t meet all the listed requirements. If this role interests you and you think you could be a good fit, we encourage you to apply. We are proud of what makes each of us unique and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels included, can be themselves, and can succeed together.