Property Services Manager

Title: Property Services Manager
Rate: £450 umbrella
Location: Hybrid working. 2 days a week in the office (negotiable)- Finepoint Way, Wyre Forest House, Kidderminster DY11 7WF
Company: Wyre Forest District Council
Type - Temporary 3 months
Opus People Solutions are working with Wyre Forest District Council to recruit for an interim Property Service Manager To be responsible for a wide range of estate management matters relating to the Council's extensive property holdings and to provide advice where this is within the postholder's professional expertise.
Main Responsibilities:

• To manage the Council's commercial, industrial and other non-residential properties and holdings.
• To oversee a portfolio of transactional matters relating to the acquisition, disposal and valuation of properties, including commercial landlord and tenant issues.
• To support the work of the Corporate Leadership Team in ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of Council wide services.
• To support the work of the Commercial Programme Board in increasing the net commercial income generated from the Council's commercial property portfolio.

• To lead the estate management service across all operational and non-operational buildings falling within the Council's ownership.
• To manage the Council's appointed Asset and Portfolio Managers and Property Managers/Managing Agents in respect of the properties acquired as part of the Capital Portfolio Fund.
• To manage the letting of vacant floorspace and property across the Council's estate.
• To manage, review and issue all leases and licences for occupation across the Council's estate, including undertaking rent and service charging reviews.
• To select, appoint and manage outside consultants and contractors.
• To support the Council's commercialisation agenda and to maximise the potential to derive net commercial income from the Council's assets.

For more information please call 01473 558914.