At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead complex real estate projects and manage a diverse property portfolio.
- Company: Join the UK's leading environmental science funder, NERC, within UKRI.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, generous leave, and flexible working options.
- Other info: Hybrid working available with excellent career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on global research while advancing your career in property management.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in property management with relevant qualifications required.
The predicted salary is between 46743 - 46743 £ per year.
Salary: 46,743 per annum
Band: UKRI ENERC Transformation: Senior Real Estate Manager
Contract Type: Open Ended
Hours: Full-time
Location: Swindon - Hybrid working available
Closing Date: Monday 7th September 2026
Interview Date: Proposed dates - 16th, 22nd and 23rd September
Background: UK Research and Innovation is an entity that brings together nine partners to create an independent organisation with a strong voice for research and innovation. The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is the largest funder of environmental science in the UK, investing 300 million each year in research, training and innovation through UK universities and research centres.
About the role: The Senior Real Estate Manager provides high level organisation and coordination of complex real estate matters. They act as a subject matter expert for real estate and commercial property law and ensure NERC / BBSRC real estate liabilities are managed well in line with published best practice.
Your responsibilities:
- Leading task management for the property portfolio, defining deadlines and resourcing activities and managing stakeholder requirements & expectations.
- Identifying, managing and escalating risks and opportunities arising from the property function.
- Taking a solutions approach to risk management.
- Developing and managing cut crossing processes and policies for commercial property real estate.
- Leading on data and information management for real estate.
- Maintaining strong proactive working relationships with professional service providers and colleagues across NERC and its operational delivery partners.
- Acting as a subject matter expert for property real estate including for assurance and project development processes.
- Ensuring NERC works within legal and contractual property requirements.
- Managing local project budgets including ensuring effective cost controls for professional services, financial assurance and reporting.
- Assisting senior colleagues with the preparation of briefing documents and other materials for committees & responses to external and internal queries.
- Deputising for the Head of Real Estate as required at internal and external meetings.
Essential:
- Relevant experience in property real estate management (minimum 5 years).
- Professionally recognised qualification(s) relevant for the role e.g. commercial property management, valuation, surveyor, legal qualifications.
- Experience of working on real estate projects.
- Sound understanding of UK government property standards and UK legal property frameworks.
- Effective collaborator and team member.
- A desire to progress professionally in a property-based project and programme management role.
- A willingness to travel for work – to attend project meetings at sites.
Desirable:
- An understanding of UKRI and its property portfolio.
- Experience of preparing government data returns.
- Real estate surveying experience.
- Experience of managing digital database systems.
- Experience of using AutoCAD in the workplace for site plans alterations.
About hybrid working: We support a hybrid approach, and you can expect a mix of working from home, the office, and occasionally at other UK locations.
Benefits of working at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): An outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, 30 days' annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent), employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities, employee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice, flexible working options, and many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have a great work life balance!
Disability Confident Employer: As users of the disability confident scheme, any candidate who opts into the scheme and best meets the essential criteria will be shortlisted for interview. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process.
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