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The Property & Investment team of Portsmouth City Council manages and maintains a multi-million pound property portfolio. We have a wide range of property assets across the UK, including the Lakeside Northarbour office campus, industrial sites such as Dunsbury Park, and Hilsea-Limberline, retail sites like the Portsmouth Retail Park, the Portsmouth International Port and the leisure facilities along Southsea seafront. The total asset value is well over £1billion.
Our purpose is to manage these assets cost-effectively and to uphold quality relationships with our tenants. All our work is geared towards achieving this purpose.
What is the Role
Working in a growing team of graduates and experienced property professionals, you will manage and assist others with the management of some of our properties. This will include:
- The valuation of all types of property
- Revenue and capital income generation
- Commercial landlord and tenant work – rent reviews, lease renewals, etc.
- Management of your own portfolio of properties, which you will report on each month.
You will spend around a third of your time out of the office, dealing face-to-face with our customers, and we’ll expect you to be reasonably flexible with your working hours.
In return, experienced chartered surveyors will support you working towards your APC, offering you time to work through your portfolio and assisting you as you gain in-the-role experience. The range of properties we manage is second to none so this job will give you ample opportunity to widen and deepen your surveying knowledge, and assist your decision about where you might specialise later in your career.
What you’ll need to succeed
This role will require the post holder to have or be nearing completion of a degree or acceptable qualification which qualifies for the RICS APC in commercial or valuation disciplines, and possess reasonable technical knowledge gained during study, and a practical common-sense approach to property matters. You must demonstrate a desire to learn on the job and undertake the APC qualification for full membership of RICS.
Also, you must show enthusiasm to take on different projects and generating income and understand the need to challenge existing work practices.
Also, a valid driving license will be required for frequent travel in this role.
What you’ll get in return
As well as highly competitive pay you’ll receive all the benefits of working within a local authority organisation, including flexible working hours, extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme and a fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return. We wish to support all our staffs development throughout, if that’s progression planning or involvement within the on the job apprenticeship scheme we will work together to drive your career. For those with families we have childcare benefits as well as discounts with local businesses which can be enjoyed by all.
What next
To make sure your application is above the rest, please review the “Job Profile” to ensure you application matches the requirements of the role.
Please ensure to complete the application in its entirety and add in comments to the Personal Statement section
We look forward to speaking with you soon.
