Asset Management Officer

This is a Gloucester City Council job.
 

• Job Title:                           Asset Management Officer
• Job Location:                    Gloucester City Council 
• Salary:                              £36,124 - £38,626 per annum + £5,000 Mkt Rte Supp 
• Hours per Week:              37.00 
• Contract Type:                  Permanent 
• Closing Date:                    07/07/2025 
• Job Requisition Number:  11671 
• This post is open to job share

We are a dynamic local authority providing essential services to the people of Gloucester.

Our main office, based in the Eastgate Centre on Eastgate Street in the heart of the city, is an accessible, modern and light space designed for collaborative working and finding new ways to work. It's all open plan, with a living green wall and other plants without set desks, so you can sit next to someone new every day.  We're always looking to improve how we work and we offer flexible and agile working to give our people a great work life balance.

It’s an exciting time to join Gloucester City Council as we move forward with our ambitious plans for the city. We’re working on multi-million pound regeneration schemes that will transform the city centre, driving cultural change with a varied programme of festivals and events and making the most of our wonderful history and heritage. We are passionate about our city and making Gloucester a vibrant and dynamic city to live, work and visit.

About the role

Gloucester City Council own and operate a very diverse commercial portfolio consisting of community centres, retail parks, open spaces, shopping centres, scheduled monuments, cultural building including the City Museum and guildhall, the newly developed Forum estate and some of the countries most intersting Grade I and II listed buidlings. The property portfolio underpins everything we do here at the council and we support every department in the delivery of their services by ensuring the portfolio is fit for purpose and managed to a high standard. As a part of the Asset Management team you will also play a part of the corporate health and safety function within the council.

Your responsibilities

• Conducting estate surveys and evaluations
• Understanding and identifying when specialist contractors need to be employed and overseeing those operations
• Leasing will play a large part of the role
• Negotiation leases and tenancy agreements both renewals and new tenancies
• Experience of retail property transcation and service charge management would be advantageous
• Ensuring complaince with property regulations 
• All aspects of Landlord and Tenants
• Understanding of local authority peropty regulations
• Collaboration with internal teams and external stakeholders

Qualifications

• A relevnt degree or professional surveying qualificaiton
• Strong communicaion and negotiation skills

What we can offer you 

•    Flexible, hybrid/agile working opportunities 
•    Generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days
•    An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year  
•    2 days paid leave every year to participate in local volunteering activities 
•    Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)  
•    Regular training and career development opportunities 
•    Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone, and an in-house Occupational Health service 
•    Enhanced family friendly leave and pay 
•    Cycle to Work scheme (Salary Sacrifice -T&C apply) 
•    Car Scheme (Salary Sacrifice -T&C apply) 
•    Employee discount scheme 
 
If you're ready to bring your expertise to a role where you can make a real impact in the cultural life of Gloucester, we would love to hear from you. 
 
How to apply
If you feel you have the skills, desire, experience and passion to help deliver our ambitious plans for the city then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.
 
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jayne Wilsdon via email Jayne.wilsdon@gloucester.gov.uk

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile, please follow the link below:-

Asset Management Officer - Job Profile

Gloucester City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Equality and Diversity
We recognise the positive value of equality and diversity and pride ourselves on growing a high-performing workforce that is diverse, skilled and talented; that represents the community it serves.   

We aim to recruit a diverse pool of talent and will recruit the person who is most suited to the job without regard to their race, colour, religion or belief, age, nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, caring responsibilities or disability. 

We are a disability confident employer committed to removing barriers to employment to those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure to ensure that no-one is disadvantages because of their disability. Please contact the recruitment team if you require support or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk  

Further information on our commitment to Equality and Diversity can be found Here

If you wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis, please obtain approval from your current line manager that you may be released on a secondment before submitting an application form.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.