Corporate Landlord Business Partner - Enfield, United Kingdom - Enfield Council
Description
Grow your career and transform our Borough.
Strategic Property Services are now recruiting for a Corporate Landlord Business Partner. We are looking for an experienced proactive person to join and enhance our team of hardworking, passionate and friendly staff.
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to support how Enfield Council manages its operational estate efficiently via implementation of an effective asset management strategy and corporate landlord approach.
The role
We are looking for an experienced Business Partner who will engage with and support front line services, to understand operational needs and challenges and support the development of a corporate property strategy for Customers property portfolios. Assisting with the delivery of the Corporate Landlord and compliance initiative, driving efficiencies and optimising the Council's operational property assets, to meet corporate objectives and in line with the Council's Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP).
Reporting to the Corporate Landlord Manager, you will commission substantial complex cross-cutting and collaborative asset management projects from conception to completion. This role will also assist with managing the operational assets, ensuring compliance with legal agreements and minimising exposure to risk.
The team
Strategic Property Services is a growing team of public sector property professionals, who are passionate about optimising Enfield Council's property assets to create community dividends. We have created an ambitious new Strategic Asset Management Plan for Enfield, which will deliver on the Council's broadest corporate objectives, including economic growth, diversity, sustainability, well-being and new homes.
We manage all 1,100 of Enfield's non-housing assets, from our own operational accommodation, to industrial estates, retail assets and farms in the Green Belt, with a current income of c.£8M p/a from our investment estate. We act as the Council's Corporate Landlord, responsible for ensuring strategic property planning and compliance across the portfolio. We undertake all aspects of property asset management, from leases and licenses, to disposals, acquisitions, development deals and joint ventures.
We are the custodians of all Enfield's Property Information and operate the Council's Asset Management System. We are also growing the Council's capacity and capability in Geographical Information Systems (mapped data). Our aim is to have a comprehensive and qualified property team, to provide Enfield Council with an exemplar professional property service.
The Operational Estates Management team acts as the Corporate Landlord for the Council and ensures the strategy is fully embedded across the whole operational portfolio to deliver fit-for-purpose space that is efficient, value for money, and environmentally sustainable. You will support the Council's transformative 'Build the Change' programme which focuses on the consolidation and rationalisation of the corporate office estate portfolio. You will be working with the programme's other workstreams of FM, construction, HR, IT, and communications, and their respective external consultants.
The requirements
You will be an experienced Business Partner ideally with previous service or property experience in the public sector, working in a busy dynamic team providing the 'tool' to all Council staff who rely on Property related data ensuring compliance with all Council policies, procedures and legislation.
You should demonstrate good negotiation, influencing and problem-solving skills and have experience of working with a variety of client groups collaboratively within a Property or Service environment. Working with the whole of Strategic Property Services, within deadlines and budget whilst responding positively to changing/competing demands.
The role plays a key part in building relationships with internal staff as well working with external providers of professional services within the operational property team and some fixed-term team members to support upcoming projects. The office is based in Enfield Town and regular travel around the Borough will be required along with the flexibility to work from home.
Summary
In the Strategic Property Services team, no day is the same and there are constant challenges, but we all share a vision, which is to ensure that Enfield's property assets are most effectively used for the benefit of Enfield's residents and businesses.
If this sounds like a great opportunity for you, then we look forward to hearing from you soon.