The Role
Post: Strategic Property Asset Manager
Salary: £54,332 per annum
Grade: FRS F
Salary range: £54,332 - £70,549 per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Application closing date: 4 PM on Monday 06 January 2025
London Fire Brigade (LFB) is London’s Fire and Rescue Service – one of the largest firefighting and rescue organisations in the world. We are here to make London a safer city.
We employ over 5,500 people, across our operational team (our firefighters), control (our call handlers who answer your 999 calls) and our non-operational team (our teams who work behind the scenes to support our front-line services, including HR, IT, Finance, Procurement, Communications etc.).
An exciting opportunity has arisen at the LFB for a Strategic Property Asset Manager to work in the Property Strategy Team within the wider Property and Technical Support Services Department.
With a largely freehold estate enabling service delivery, Property is core to LFB, providing the facilities through which London Fire Brigade can fulfil their obligations and aspirations to London’s communities.
The role - as Strategic Property Asset Manager, your role will lead on supporting business change projects with expert technical advice across a range of property matters to enable intelligent, evidence-based decision making on projects and initiatives with a property impact. You will harness your communication skills to work collaboratively with LFB departments on business requirements and lead on the delivery of the Property Asset Management Plans. Acting as an internal source of real estate knowledge and an intelligent client to external property and legal consultants, this role will ensure the effectiveness of commercial decisions is managed to deliver timely best value whilst optimising property choices and protecting efficient occupation.
About you - you’ll be a strategic thinker and motivated team player and with excellent interpersonal skills in order to build sustainable internal and external relationships and drive customer satisfaction and commercial performance. This role presents a unique opportunity for a chartered surveying practitioner seeking to develop and apply their skills, knowledge and experience in a strategic and project focused environment.
Applicants will need to be able to work flexibly and work well being adaptable to changing demands.
This role is a full-time role is based at Union Street/Home working and involves occasional travel to any of LFB’s fire stations/premises.
Further information about the main duties and responsibilities of the role are detailed in the job description. If you are unable to see the job description, salary range or the full advert, please visit our jobs pages at https://jobs.london-fire.gov.uk/alljobs/ to access the full advert.
We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across London. The London Fire Commissioner is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
Assessment Overview
Stage 1
To apply, please complete the online application, upload a copy of your up-to-date CV and provide evidence to address the following selection criteria:
1. Experience of strategic asset management planning at portfolio and individual asset level in order to ensure an estate meets the organisational business objectives. Ability to communicate technical and complex issues clearly to a range of stakeholders particularly where there are risks to delivery.
2. Creating business cases for investment supported by a thorough and accurate economic model.
3. Establishing and maintaining effective controls in a complex business environment to secure decisions in line with established governance processes in a programme/project based environment.
4. Ability to navigate and maintain effective relationships with senior management/ stakeholders in a programme or project environment.
Please note that we will evaluate score the evidence you provide based on the competencies listed in the selection criteria above. The CV is for information purposes only and will not be marked.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend the stage 2.
Please ensure you give yourself enough time to complete and submit your application. Late or un-submitted applications cannot be accepted.
Please note any correspondence received from us will be via e-mail and sent to the address you provide on your application form.
Stage 2
Assessment for this role is due to take place week commencing 20 January 2025. Please be advised that if you are unable to make the scheduled assessment date, we may not be able to make alternative arrangements.
Additional Information
Benefits of working for the London Fire Brigade
• 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexi-time Scheme (which can result in an additional 12 days annual leave)
• Additional leave between Christmas Day and New Year
• Family (including maternity) leave and emergency support leave
• Flexible working including work from home 60%
• Free access to the Brigade gym
• Use of the Brigade’s Medical Adviser/physios/fitness advisers
• Free counselling
• Season ticket loans
• Join social networks including our Equality Support Groups
• Contributory pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff discount scheme including access to Blue Light Card retail and hospitality discounts
• Opportunity to access affordable accommodation
In line with the Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) employment checks will be completed by successful candidates, which will include a Standard criminal records check. Successful candidate will be required to declare any convictions for offences and any offer of employment is subject to the LFC receiving a criminal records disclosure which it considers satisfactory.
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