Space and Asset Officer

• Provide the strategic and operational property advice across the propertyportfolio to the Associate Director for Health Planning and Property and services as necessary.To undertake and assist colleagues with other planned strategic initiatives asinstructed by the Associate Director of Health Planning and Property.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 executedand completed on time and to meet the needs of the Trust's service provisionsTo achieve the best outcome for the Trust and protect the Trust's intereststhrough effective communication, negotiation, completion of due diligence andmore. To undertake comparable valuations and where necessaryto manage registered valuers/agents.
• 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.

Essential

• Significant experience in managing large value property transactions including acquisition and disposal, asset management, landlord and tenant.
• Detailed knowledge of Property management, RICS best practice.
• Commercial awareness and experience in dealing with landlord, tenants, solicitors, building surveyors, quantity surveyors, compliance H&S officers.

Desirable

• Experience and knowledge of the NHS or public sector. Have broad technical knowledge of the 'Estates Code'.
• Experience and knowledge of managing contracts/consultants.

Essential

• Ability to communicate highly complex / sensitive and commercially confidential information verbally and in writing relating to estates projects, and multi-stranded business cases to Board senior managers, project teams and client departments as appropriate
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, able to negotiate and persuade people with a balanced consultative approach to implementing change.
• Ability to process, analyse, and interpret complex information and arrive at judgements by providing options and professional recommendations compliant with legislation.
• Ability to identify and manage risks
• Ability to manage conflicting demands including financial and political, multiple cases/ be part of multiple projects of varying complexity over a broad geographical area
• Ability to work on own initiative guided by RICS, NHS England, ICB, legislation, and other regulations and guidance
• Be numerate and computer literate in a range of computer packages such as word and excel, particularly in relation to capital projects and estate management applications of computer technology.

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of market testing, tendering process, contract negotiations and performance management.
• Ability to use MICAD system or property database system alike.