Space and Asset Manager

The postholder will engage with a wide range of stakeholders, including (but not limited to) healthcare occupiers, property owners, and other NHS partners

To negotiate new leases, lease renewals, reinstatement of premises, dilapidations, licences, rent reviews, wayleaves, easements. Tenancy at wills, and other contracts such as Memorandum agreements in accordance with best practice, legislation and Trust Policy.

To undertake site searches and manage acquisition and disposal cases.

Responsible for lease events and ensure other related transactions are executed and completed on time and to meet the needs of the Trust's service provisions

To achieve the best outcome for the Trust and protect the Trust's interests through effective communication, negotiation, completion of due diligence and more.

To identify income revenue opportunities and ensure that revenue income is optimised.

To assist in the production and to manage Service Charges both as Landlord and Tenant capacity.

o manage The Trust's Property Portfolio and other property related matters. They are responsible for a broad range of property duties, including landlord and tenant negotiations such as rent reviews and lease renewals, manage and administer service charges and formalise all occupational arrangements including the granting of licences and leases. To also manageproperty acquisitions and disposals.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

MRICS or equivalent

Essential: - MRICS or equivalent

Desirable: - Accredited Degree; - AssocRICS; - Member/FRICS

Experience in Property Management

Essential: - Years worked in relevant field and experience in undertaking such a role

Ability to think strategically

Essential: - Can demonstrate an income generating scheme, can demonstrate initiative, service charge managment

Desirable: - General experience; - Works independently and can demonstrate own ideas; - Provides lots of initiative examples

Communication/engage with stakeholders

Essential: - Ability to lead on communications

Desirable: - Demonstrate a variety of communication styles; - Leadership in comms and engaging with stakeholders

Problem solving

Essential: - Can demonstrate investigative skills such as interpreting leases

Desirable: - Depending on the example given; - Extensive and obvious skills to read and interpret contracts

Knowledge of RICS and HBN

Essential: - Estates Code and RICS professional statements

Desirable: - RICS knowledge of best practice or HBN one or the other; - Estates Code knowledge plus RICS