Property Building Manager
Gloucester
This is a Gloucester City Council job.
- Job Title: Property Building Manager
- Job Location: Gloucester City Council
- Salary: £44,986 - £50,352 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 07/07/2025
- Job Requisition Number: 9930
- 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
Our property and asset management team over see everything from day to day maintenance works to large scale projects as well as providing vital support for the Major Projects and Regeneration team in delivering some of the cities most notable projects. As a Building Property Manager at Gloucester City Council you will play a pivotal role in supporting the senior management team in delivering a smooth transition from project completion through to operational management, driving sustainability initiatives, refurbishing properties, implementing planned maintenance schedules, compliance registers, managing the car parking team and driving Health and Safety initiatives in our building portfolio in conjunction with the Corporate Health and Safety Officer.
The Council own a very diverse property portfolio of predominantly commercial buildings ranging from community centres, shopping centres, retail parks, office blocks, cultural buildings such as the City Museum and Guildhall all the way through to scheduled monuments and a variety of other grade I and II listed buildings and the new £107 million Forum development in Kings Quarter. It really is an exciting time to come and work for the property department.
Your Responsibilities
• Ensure building compliance with council regulations and wider building regulations.
• Ensure codes of conduct are adhered to with regards all aspects of Health and Safety such as control of contractors, CDM etc.
• Manage planned and reactive maintenance programmes working with both internal and external teams.
• Carry out building condition inspections and reports.
• Identify and manage external specialist contractors.
• Operate the property management software system currently being implemented.
• Have an understanding of landlord and tenant law in relation to tenant obligations.
• Procurement of construction and facilities related contracts including liaison with legal to implement suitable contract provisions.
• Applying for external grant funding in relation to building repairs, improvements and essential maintenance.
Our ideal candidate will have.
• Member of the RICS
• A degree or relevant qualification in the building / property industry.
• A relevant technical qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience of building relationships with stakeholders
• Experience of public sector procurement processes
What we offer to 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:-
Building Property Manager - 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.