Bedford Borough Council is committed to working with its communities and partners to improve local quality of life. The Council’s significant and varied investment portfolio makes an important contribution towards generating income for the Council and meeting its ambitious regeneration targets. Growing the income from the estate through investment and development is a high priority.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead and manage the Estates Management (Projects) Team in the delivery of property related strategic corporate projects and other estate management activity. You will be responsible for delivering a proactive, high quality and efficient estates management service for the Council’s strategic property holdings in order to maximise income and contribution towards the delivery of Council objectives, including the management of the temporary accommodation management contract. You will also provide high quality valuation and estates management technical advice to support delivery of the Council’s priorities and fulfilling its statutory and regulatory responsibilities.

The successful applicant will be a Member of the RICS and, preferably, a registered valuer with extensive commercial estates management and project management experience. You will have a commercial approach with excellent communication, organisation and planning skills as well as good IT abilities and strong financial awareness.

To apply you will need to upload a current CV and a document detailing how you meet the selection criteria for the role.  The selection criteria can be found in the job profile below.  Optional CV and selection criteria templates are provided below.  If you do not upload both documents the panel may be unable to score your application.