Estates Manager
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Estates Manager
Lead, Shape, and Create Lasting Value
For experienced property professionals ready to influence strategic direction, this is a standout opportunity to lead Swale’s estate at a pivotal moment. As our Estates Manager, you’ll guide the transformation of a diverse property portfolio while helping embed a modern, efficient, and forward‑thinking approach to asset management.
Drive Strategy, Modernise Systems, and Make a Borough‑Wide Impact – Estates Manager
This role goes far beyond day‑to‑day management. As an experienced qualified RICS professional, you’ll steer valuations, disposals, acquisitions, landlord and tenant matters, and commercial estate management. Alongside this, you’ll modernise processes, advise senior leaders, and shape the future of how we manage, review, and optimise our assets.
You’ll also play a central role in delivering our Property Asset Strategy—ensuring our estate generates income, supports services, and contributes to wider priorities for the Borough. The role will also play an important role as local Government Reform takes shape in Kent.
Why This Role Stands Out
● Strategic Influence:
Lead the implementation of Property Asset Strategy and ensure assets deliver maximum value for both the Council and the community. Play a key role as generational changes in local government are rolled out.
● Professional Leadership:
Act as the council’s expert on all property, valuation, and asset management matters, advising senior managers and Members on high‑profile, complex issues.
● Service Development:
Help modernise systems, processes, and ways of working—and support colleagues progressing toward professional accreditation.
● Collaborative Decision Making:
Work closely with the established Property Review Group, bringing senior officers together from across the Council, to support strong, evidence-based decisions.
● Total Reward:
Competitive salary at Grade 10, hybrid working (34-hour week), and a supportive, ambitious team committed to continuous improvement.
What We’re Looking For
A forward-thinking Estates professional—Member or Fellow of RICS—who brings experience, technical excellence, commercial awareness, and confidence advising at senior levels. You’ll thrive in a varied environment, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on management, and you’ll be motivated by opportunities to improve outcomes for the organisation and the community.
If you're ready to shape Swale’s property future and play a key role in delivering meaningful change, we’d love to hear from you. This is a full-time, permanent role working 34 hours per week.
About Swale Borough Council:
Swale Borough Council is a progressive and ambitious Local Authority, located less than an hour from Central London in an attractive and diverse part of Kent involving urban, rural, and coastal areas. We believe that staff are our most valuable asset, and we’re committed to attracting and retaining the very best. In recent times we have adapted and evolved to meet the current world by introducing a highly flexible hybrid working policy, along with a 34-hour week, recognising that staff wellbeing and work life balance is high on our agenda.
Our Offer:
A range of benefits including:
- Generous holiday entitlement which increases after 5 years LG service plus bank holidays with the option to buy additional leave.
- Additional 3 days leave given to enable a close down of the offices between Christmas and New year.
- Free parking
- Invitations to staff events to celebrate success and support wellbeing that include holistic therapies and outdoor activities
- Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential & independent information and access to counsellors
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with valuable life cover and financial protection for your family.
- Life Assurance – three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
- Season Ticket Loan - to help with the cost of your rail/ bus journey, to & from work
- Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand-new car. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.
- Annual flu vaccine
- Cycle to work scheme
- Staff benefits discounts on leisure, eating out, holidays and shopping
- Excellent learning and career opportunities for committed individuals
- A professional fee payment, if required for the role
Salary range
- £59,435 - £66,853 per year