Job summary
Head of Property Compliance and
Facilities Management
Salary: from £65,444 up to £73,755
plus relocation support
Location: Northallerton, North
Yorkshire - with hybrid working
Contract: Full-time / Permanent
Employer: North Yorkshire Council
We would highly encourage you to visit:https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/key-job-opportunities/head-property-compliance-and-facilities-management
Here you can find out more information on the role, learn about the service, North Yorkshire Council and details with advice on how to make an application.
We are requesting a CV and Supporting Statement for this role to be emailed to: Executive.ResourcingSolutions@northyorks.gov.uk. Please visit the link above for further information.
Main duties of the job
Are you a strategic leader ready to shape and manage the future of property compliance and management services? If so, we are seeking a new Head of Property Compliance and Facilities Management to lead, coordinate, and provide effective management of our property compliance and facilities service.
We are at a pivotal point in our history. In April 2023 the 8 councils that served North Yorkshire unified to create geographically the largest council and third largest unitary within the country. Given that we are at the inception of our new council this role provides an unrivalled career opportunity to lead, shape and inspire our new property compliance and facilities management service.
This is a fascinating high profile role, presenting a real career opportunity for an ambitious, creative and experienced property compliance and facilities service professional. You will be the lead professional on all property management, facilities management and compliance matters including reactive repairs and maintenance, condition surveys, property compliance and workplace services. Working at scale, you will be responsible for managing an annual revenue budget of circa £30million, plus £4million from a traded service, and will work closely with other stakeholders including the Head of Strategic Property and the Shared Head of Health and Safety to ensure that the councils property portfolio is fit for purpose and all property risks are managed.
About us
We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice, offering a range of training and development opportunities and career progression allowing you to manage your own development journey and empowering you to control your career. Your career can change with your life here in North Yorkshire.
We positively encourage flexible working and we provide you with the technology you need to work from a wide variety of locations.
We believe in the importance of inclusion, which is why we are always working towards being a more diverse, equitable and inclusive employer. Find out more about our equality, diversity and inclusion work on ourworking for us page. You can bring your whole self to work, and we will support you to be the best that you can be.
Ourvalues, behaviours and ambitionsunderpin everything we do.
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially make life a bit easier. These include:
- a local government, career average employer contribution pension scheme
- family friendly leave
- salary sacrifice schemes
- modern flexible working practices
- learning and development packages
- career advancement opportunities
- employee discount benefits including shopping and gym discounts
- green car and cycle schemes
- travel loans
You can find more information on the range of benefits we offer on ourtotal rewards page.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Your responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the following areas:
- developing and implementing a Compliance Policy, and delivering all associated activity, for the councils entire property portfolio
- facilities and workplace management
- fulfilling the corporate responsibilities for property ownership, as determined through the Corporate Landlord model set out within the Property Asset Strategy
- managing all responsive building maintenance works within the council
- building condition: undertaking a programme of cyclical condition surveys across the councils entire property portfolio, and identifying associated risks relating to building condition to inform property risk registers and the development of the planned maintenance programme
- decommissioning and managing surplus and vacant land and property assets
- managing the property traded service, achieving income targets (currently £4million per annum) and maximising financial returns from the service
This politically restricted post, under the terms of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Your responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the following areas:
- developing and implementing a Compliance Policy, and delivering all associated activity, for the councils entire property portfolio
- facilities and workplace management
- fulfilling the corporate responsibilities for property ownership, as determined through the Corporate Landlord model set out within the Property Asset Strategy
- managing all responsive building maintenance works within the council
- building condition: undertaking a programme of cyclical condition surveys across the councils entire property portfolio, and identifying associated risks relating to building condition to inform property risk registers and the development of the planned maintenance programme
- decommissioning and managing surplus and vacant land and property assets
- managing the property traded service, achieving income targets (currently £4million per annum) and maximising financial returns from the service
This politically restricted post, under the terms of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree, professional qualification related to property management or construction, or equivalent knowledge or experience
Desirable
- Property qualification (eg. RICS, CIWFM) or significant knowledge and experience of leading Property teams
Experience
Essential
- What will you bring to the role?
- To be successful in this role you will bring:
- - evidence of successfully working in a senior management role in a relevant property environment
- - in depth and up to date knowledge and understanding of the current issues and challenges facing local government
- - in depth knowledge of promoting, preserving and protecting the health, safety and wellbeing of councillors, employees, service users, contractors and partners across the councils property portfolio - ensuring that the provisions of all relevant legislation are achieved, such as the Health and Safety at Work Act
- - demonstrable evidence for effective development, accountability, delivery and monitoring of a property related compliance policy
- - extensive experience of successfully and effectively managing and monitoring high value property contracts, contractors and consultants
- - demonstrable evidence of significant service improvement through managing change including staff engagement, capacity building, workforce modernisation and organisational reform
- - evidence of successful partnership development or delivery through partnerships including an ability to work with local partners
- - demonstrable evidence of significant service improvement through managing change including staff engagement, capacity building, workforce modernisation and organisational reform
- - significant experience of driving performance management using appropriate quality and management methods and models to deliver efficient and effective services through collaborative working
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree, professional qualification related to property management or construction, or equivalent knowledge or experience
Desirable
- Property qualification (eg. RICS, CIWFM) or significant knowledge and experience of leading Property teams
Experience
Essential
- What will you bring to the role?
- To be successful in this role you will bring:
- - evidence of successfully working in a senior management role in a relevant property environment
- - in depth and up to date knowledge and understanding of the current issues and challenges facing local government
- - in depth knowledge of promoting, preserving and protecting the health, safety and wellbeing of councillors, employees, service users, contractors and partners across the councils property portfolio - ensuring that the provisions of all relevant legislation are achieved, such as the Health and Safety at Work Act
- - demonstrable evidence for effective development, accountability, delivery and monitoring of a property related compliance policy
- - extensive experience of successfully and effectively managing and monitoring high value property contracts, contractors and consultants
- - demonstrable evidence of significant service improvement through managing change including staff engagement, capacity building, workforce modernisation and organisational reform
- - evidence of successful partnership development or delivery through partnerships including an ability to work with local partners
- - demonstrable evidence of significant service improvement through managing change including staff engagement, capacity building, workforce modernisation and organisational reform
- - significant experience of driving performance management using appropriate quality and management methods and models to deliver efficient and effective services through collaborative working
