Principal Asset Surveyor
Salary - Grade 10, £49,464 - £53,544 pa
Location - Havering
Closing date - 02.02.21
Job Description & Person Specification
When it comes to asset management, everyone talks about ‘big projects’. But how big? At oneSource, we’re the real thing. With us, you can take on projects with genuine scope and scale. Our portfolio covers 80 square miles and two London boroughs, and our work has a big impact on the 600,000 people we serve. Building stronger communities? Brighter futures? Better lives? It’s all here. This is bigger than big.
About the role
You’ll work across our asset management, estate management and valuation services, providing senior advice to a wide range of partners while reviewing our complex portfolio and putting our wider strategies into action. Alongside your regular responsibilities you’ll also deputise for the Strategic Asset Manager when needed.
At oneSource we’re constantly pushing our services to achieve the highest standards and the best outcomes for our customers. You’ll play a crucial part in this as you get the most of out our complex property projects while encouraging innovation and collaboration across our teams.
About you
What you’ll bring to the table is extensive experience across property, valuations, surveying and project management, ideally within a local authority setting or private practice advising public sector clients. You’ll be equally confident providing high level advice to senior leaders or managing complex projects to demanding timescales. You’ll be a natural communicator and collaborator, able to get the right people on side and make difficult issues easy to understand. You should be RICS qualified .
What you’ll bring to the table is the ability to turn strategies into solid plans, get others on board and make our efforts a success. Innovation will come as second nature and form a huge part of your thinking when it comes to improving our services. We need people who are always asking ‘how will this benefit our customers?’ and have the communication and team-building skills to inspire others and bring plans to life. As you push our standards higher and higher, you’ll also instil integrity and true diversity across our teams, respecting others and expecting the same in return.
For more information about the key competencies of the role, please click here to view the Job Description & Person Specification.
If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact Simeon Nnyombi at Simeon.Nnyombi@onesource.co.uk
Additional Information:
The London Borough of Havering is a Disability Confident employer. Candidates who declare that they have a disability in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 and meet the essential criteria as specified in the Job Profile will be guaranteed an interview.
Priority consideration on all advertised roles will be given to London Borough of Havering Redeployees.
The London Borough of Havering is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please be aware that a Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) check will be required for any position with access to these groups under the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
In addition, the Authority reserves the right to request employees undertake a basic disclosure check (Disclosure Scotland) where required for the role this includes anyone who has access to (or information obtained directly from) a government database, or has a GCSX account. These posts will be required to have a Basic Disclosure Scotland check as per the requirements of BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standards).
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